I don't understand the problem, as Thunderbird does not enforce quotas.

Sorry, I don't understand your comment. The problem is that Thunderbird is stating that my storage is 98% full, but in webmail I see that it is only 2% full. I have checked with names.co.uk and they confirm that I am using only 2% of my storage quota. Thunderbird is set up with IMAP. Everything should synchronise, and I keep all emails on my computer. I do not want to lose any emails, unless I specifically delete them or move them to local storage folders outside of IMAP. I regularly empty my deleted messages folder, and compact folders.

I am assuming that I am misunderstanding something about Thunderbird's synchronisation and storage and I have a setting wrong somewhere. I will try to attach an image of my synchronisation settings in case it helps. Thanks..

re :The problem is that Thunderbird is stating that my storage is 98% full, My quota for my inbox, as indicated in the lower right, is 98%.

Most people never bother looking in the quota location until required, so something obviously prompted you to check it. What prompted you to check the quota ? Please can you post an image of that information as 'lower right' is not fully understood - lower right of what?

Then check this location - this is where Thunderbird stores quota data for an imap account.

• Right click on 'Inbox' and select 'Properties'
• Click on the 'Quota' tab

What does it say ? Post an image.

Hi, The 98% box is at the lower right of my screen when I am looking at my Inbox. Impossible to miss. I am attaching the image you requested. This states I am using 383 of 400MB quota. It is the 400MB that is the problem: namesco say that I have a 5GB quota and on webmail this is reflected correctly on the usage percent on webmail. Thanks.