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Thunderbird setup ? will delete all emails ??

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alekceywk
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Hi, I'm installing Thunderbird, and it displays "Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account", and then "This will allow Mozilla Thunderbird Email to:" and "... permanently delete all your email from Gmail" and "See, edit, share and permanently delete all the calendars that you can access using Google Calendar", DOES THIS MEAN that Thunderbird WILL "DELETE ALL my email from Gmail" as soon as I click ALLOW ??? Silly question, I'm sure, but I don't like the wording, and the possible implication. Thanks, AK

Hi, I'm installing Thunderbird, and it displays "Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account", and then "This will allow Mozilla Thunderbird Email to:" and "... permanently delete all your email from Gmail" and "See, edit, share and permanently delete all the calendars that you can access using Google Calendar", DOES THIS MEAN that Thunderbird WILL "DELETE ALL my email from Gmail" as soon as I click ALLOW ??? Silly question, I'm sure, but I don't like the wording, and the possible implication. Thanks, AK

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david
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NO. You're safe. That wording is stating that Thunderbird will be your agent to do those things, under your direction. I agree that the wording sounds aggressive, but nothing bad happens without your control.

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