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I've lost the trash folder on one email account, how to I get it back?

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Somehow, I must have deleted the trash folder on my main email account. I DO now have a trash folder in the 'local folders', but I want it back on the email account, how do I do that?

Somehow, I must have deleted the trash folder on my main email account. I DO now have a trash folder in the 'local folders', but I want it back on the email account, how do I do that?

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You can manually create a new folder and call it "Trash" but it won't quite behave like a normal Trash folder.

However, there is an addon called Folder Flags which adds a new tab to the folders properties page and this lets you set it as a Trash folder, restoring the usual properties.

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You can manually create a new folder and call it "Trash" but it won't quite behave like a normal Trash folder.

However, there is an addon called Folder Flags which adds a new tab to the folders properties page and this lets you set it as a Trash folder, restoring the usual properties.

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Thanks, that fixed it.