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Thunderbird stopped deleting messages from server

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Thunderbird has stopped deleting emails from the server. Previously, when I deleted a message from my inbox, the corresponding message was deleted from the server. Here are my settings. Ideas?

Thunderbird has stopped deleting emails from the server. Previously, when I deleted a message from my inbox, the corresponding message was deleted from the server. Here are my settings. Ideas?

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Uncheck the option 'Leave messages on server'.

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