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Thunderbird email archiving

Apis Mellifera
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Thunderbird randomly archives a significant percentage of my emails. I would like to stop that and control which email is archived. Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks.

Thunderbird randomly archives a significant percentage of my emails. I would like to stop that and control which email is archived. Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks.

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Ed
Ed
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"Messages can only be archived manually, not automatically"

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/archived-messages

Maybe your filters or an add-on is doing it?

Apis Mellifera
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I have no filters or addons.

Ed
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Apis Mellifera said
I have no filters or addons.

Then unless you're selecting a load of messages and pressing the A key, your email provider must be doing it.

Apis Mellifera
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Appreciate your reply but I rarely archive and your reply was archived. Not be me. Email provider. Didn't think they would do this. I will check. Thanks.

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