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I have no "Local Folders" account in Thunderbird. How do I establish this account?

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I have no "Local Folders" account under Tools - Account Settings.

I dont remember if I deleted it, or how it happened that it isn't there, but it isn't, and I'd like to reestablish it. How do I do that?

I have no "Local Folders" account under Tools - Account Settings. I dont remember if I deleted it, or how it happened that it isn't there, but it isn't, and I'd like to reestablish it. How do I do that?

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That's strange. It is not possible to delete "Local Folders".

Do you have a "Local Folders" section in the folder list on the left side of Thunderbird?

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Yes, there is one. But, it is the one I created under one of my email accounts. I simply created a folder called local folders, and then created sub-folders under it to contain mail moved out of the inbox. This local folders folder did not exist until I created it. It does not appear under Tools - Account Settings as an account.

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Please add the "mail and new accounts details from the troubleshooting information to your post To find the Troubleshooting information:

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That is not the info we need. See my screenshot as an example of what we need.

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Gar_S. said

{ "application": { "name": "Firefox", "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0", "version": "50.1.0",

Good try right location, but wrong application. That is the Firefox information.

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OK. This is the Thunderbird stuff. Sorry about that....


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Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

SO you have a local folders account.

On the toolbar > Options> (click the > ) account settings.

Locate the local folders acount. It will probably show with a blue monitor icon while other account will show with an envelope icon. (with or without a padlock) Edit the account name so you can find it again.