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Do not synchronize and remove from my PC

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So far I am not able to achieve a specific wish in Thunderbird. I want to be able to remove e-mails on my webmail after I have them available within Thunderbird; the problem is that if I do so now, the same e-mail I delete in webmail, disappears in Thunderbird as well after starting Thunderbird the next time. To put it short, I do NOT want to synchromize the deleting of mails in both Thunderbird and Webmail (IMAP-version). Thank you very much for any suggestions.

So far I am not able to achieve a specific wish in Thunderbird. I want to be able to remove e-mails on my webmail after I have them available within Thunderbird; the problem is that if I do so now, the same e-mail I delete in webmail, disappears in Thunderbird as well after starting Thunderbird the next time. To put it short, I do NOT want to synchromize the deleting of mails in both Thunderbird and Webmail (IMAP-version). Thank you very much for any suggestions.

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With IMAP the emails are on the server. You are only remotely viewing them from devices like computers or phones. If you want to keep a local copy you need to move the message to a folder under Local Folders before you delete it from the server. This is how IMAP works with any email client.

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With IMAP the emails are on the server. You are only remotely viewing them from devices like computers or phones. If you want to keep a local copy you need to move the message to a folder under Local Folders before you delete it from the server. This is how IMAP works with any email client.

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Thank you very much!