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How to stop it asking for credentials for a closed account ?

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I've closed an account on yahoo, but still have emails on my pc. How to avoid the credentials window very single time i open thunderbird, or any of the hundreds or maybe thousands emails? "Check for new messages at startup/every X minutes" are both off. Any clues?

I've closed an account on yahoo, but still have emails on my pc. How to avoid the credentials window very single time i open thunderbird, or any of the hundreds or maybe thousands emails? "Check for new messages at startup/every X minutes" are both off. Any clues?

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Copy the message folders for old account to new folders in Local Folders. Then delete the old account.

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Copy the message folders for old account to new folders in Local Folders. Then delete the old account.

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Thank you. I never used the local folders before, and it solved the issue

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Super. You're very welcome. )