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Can I use Thunderbird to build an incremental local backup/archive of all messages transiting (incoming/outgoing) a webmail account ?

Any idea how to achieve this ?

My problem is:

• A POP3 account will miss all folders except the Inbox. (It's a pity that POP4 has not gained traction yet.)
• An IMAP account creates a mirror, not a backup. Remote deletions in the webmail account must not delete messages from my backup and vice versa.

detailed requirements:

• one-way sync only, since a local backup/archive must be built, not a mirror (two-way synchronization):
• Remote deletions must not cause local deletions (otherwise it would be a mirror, not an archive/backup).
• Local move/delete operations must not be reflected back to the mail server.
• Read‐only access to the mail server: no moves, deletes or flags remotely.
• All messages in all folders must be included in the backup: Inbox, Sent, custom folders, etc. Since POP3 can only back up the Inbox, I will probably have to settle for IMAP to include all folders.
• No duplicates: Messages must not be stored locally more than once.
• Messages must be stored as full offline copies locally (not just headers).

I looked up how to import from Gmail into Thunderbird but, after doing an export from Gmail to MBOX, realised the instructions appear to be for Thunderbird for desktop.

I'm using POP/SMTP.

So I have my email sitting in an MBOX file on my phone, but I can't find any instructions on how to import the email to Thunderbird for Android.

I moved to Thunderbird for Android, away from K9mail, because K9 wouldn't seem to download all my messages. Worked fine for a while, then just started downloading one email per fetch even though there were hundreds yet more to download.

I read about the import feature for Thunderbird and so installed onto both PC and mobile phone. Now I can't see how to get the mail onto the phone.

I've been searching for more than 24 hours now for a solution. It probably doesn't help that a search for Thunderbird for Android still brings up solutions for Thunderbird for desktop.

Can anyone here assist?

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I set my old profile as DEFAULT.

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I'm afraid to close my browser windows or even restart PC like I often do; I'm afraid I'll have to waste another 6 hours (like yesterday) trying to restore the profile, bookmarks and passwords.

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Is there a way to locate the empty "Inbox" In the TB folders and delete it from there?

I can't see them in any sub, and "Inbox.sbd" is empty 🤷

( TB folders are located on a local Disk, managed by Dropbox. Also doing Cloud BKP)