I want to switch my emails back to my email provider and not use thunderbird. How do I do this?
I need to be able to access my email on my iPhone. I doesn't seem like this is an option when using thunderbird. Therefore, I need to switch my emails back to my original email provider. I would like to know how to do that.
Or if you have a solution for checking my thunderbird account via my iPhone, I would be happy to do that. I looked for a thunderbird app for the iPhone but couldn't find one.
thank you
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Is your mail account set up as as POP account?
When you set up Thunderbird to access your mail using the POP protocol, it has an option to keep mail on the server for access though other clients or to remove it (either immediately or after a period of time).
To stop the damage: You can change this setting on your account within Thunderbird. In Account Settings (app menu button or classic Tools menu), check Server Settings.
To restore the removed messages: POP is a one-way protocol, so there isn't a way within Thunderbird to upload the mail back to the server without setting up a different kind of connection.
If your mail service allows an IMAP connection, that would create a new set of folders in Thunderbird, and by copying messages into the Inbox in Thunderbird you could sync them back to the server. (Not sure whether the dates will be 100% preserved in the process.)
Volunteers can describe this in more detail if you want to try it.
Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
Thank you for the feedback.
I couldn't understand it fully, but I am realizing that I actually need to cancel my thunderbird account so that I can receive my emails on the server they were previously on.
Can you explain how to do this?
Thank you
There is no such thing as a Thunderbird account. There is no such thing as a Thunderbird server. The only server is your email providers server. Thunderbird is an email client just like the iSomething that you will have on your iPhone.
If you want to check your email on multiple devices then re-enter your account in Thunderbird but select IMAP protocol instead of POP like you have now.
There are plenty of pages explaining the difference between IMAP and POP protocol. You should educate yourself on the differences and how they work.
Thank You.
I set up my accounts as IMAP.
I don't receive emails on the original server I was using (Go Daddy).
I understand that this is probably very elementary information. I somehow still can't seem to figure out how to access the settings in thunderbird to change it all.
Any information on that would be very helpful. Specifically, where do i go within my thunderbird account to change it and what to do.
I REALLY appreciate your feedback.
Thank You