I have no "Local Folders" account in Thunderbird. How do I establish this account?
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?
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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That is not the info we need. See my screenshot as an example of what we need.
Gar_S. said
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Good try right location, but wrong application. That is the Firefox information.
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.