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Set new account inbox location to Local Folders

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I had to create a new e-mail account and I would like to have the incoming messages automatically go to the Inbox in LocalFolders. Right now the messages go to an inbox associated with the new account. How do I change the default location for the new account? I am running Thunderbird 52.3.0 (64-bit) on Fedora. I have found some posts that talk about it but description of the pages does not fit my version.

I had to create a new e-mail account and I would like to have the incoming messages automatically go to the Inbox in LocalFolders. Right now the messages go to an inbox associated with the new account. How do I change the default location for the new account? I am running Thunderbird 52.3.0 (64-bit) on Fedora. I have found some posts that talk about it but description of the pages does not fit my version.

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Is the account you have created IMAP (global inbox not available) or POP (global inbox available)

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I have several e-mail accounts. All are POP accounts. When I try to change the destination in the Message Storage settings in the Server section of the account, I get the message that the location is already used in a different account. I have an account called Local Folders which is where I would like all of the incoming messages to be stored rather than separated by account.

Sorry for the late response. I changed e-mail providers and forgot to change the address here. It has been changed.

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The account is an IMAP account. How do I use Local Folders for this account?

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vhradice said

The account is an IMAP account. How do I use Local Folders for this account?

You can not.

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The closest to a unified inbox is the unified folder view.

Appmenu > folders > unified.