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Setting up and migrating to Thunderbird on multiple devices

greg248

I have all my past emails in specific folders within Windows Mail currently. I have three email accounts. I want to set up Thunderbird and import all the folders of emails into it and access all three accounts from within Thunderbird. I have a Master computer running windows, a tablet and a phone. I would like each device to be able to access all the email accounts and the stored folder tree within Thunderbird. I would like the Master computer to be set up with POP3 for all accounts so I can archive those I need to keep. I would like the tablet and the phone to be able to see and interact with the emails via imap so that when the Master is opened it downloads everything for processing. Do I need to set up each device separately with accounts being either imap or pop3 accordingly? will they all sync together? Thanks for your input.

I have all my past emails in specific folders within Windows Mail currently. I have three email accounts. I want to set up Thunderbird and import all the folders of emails into it and access all three accounts from within Thunderbird. I have a Master computer running windows, a tablet and a phone. I would like each device to be able to access all the email accounts and the stored folder tree within Thunderbird. I would like the Master computer to be set up with POP3 for all accounts so I can archive those I need to keep. I would like the tablet and the phone to be able to see and interact with the emails via imap so that when the Master is opened it downloads everything for processing. Do I need to set up each device separately with accounts being either imap or pop3 accordingly? will they all sync together? Thanks for your input.

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I finally have my brain in gear and realise the chaos this would cause. Hopefully on track now with all accounts as IMAP and using Local Folders. Cheers.

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