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Deleting from Thunderbird did not delete from Yahoo

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Deleting from my Thunderbird account did not delete the message from my Yahoo account.

Deleting from my Thunderbird account did not delete the message from my Yahoo account.

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That means the message is removed from the server immediately when you open it in Thunderbird. Does this solve your problem?

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There is no such thing as a Thunderbird account. If you delete messages in Thunderbird, you delete them in your Yahoo account. What is your account type - POP or IMAP?

My Yahoo account type is POP. When I delete messages using Thunderbird they are not deleted in my Yahoo account.

Open Account Settings - Server Settings. Is 'Leave messages on server' checked? If so, is anything checked underneath that?

Thanks for the input. 'Leave messages on server' is checked also 'For a most 14 days' and 'Until I delete' then are checked. I unchecked 'Leave messages on server' and then when I restarted Thunderbird all the messages on Yahoo had been placed in the Yahoo trash folder.

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That means the message is removed from the server immediately when you open it in Thunderbird. Does this solve your problem?