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Data tranfer from old to new laptop

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Help As a relative newbie to the transfer game I am relieved to have just transferred data from my old laptop to a new one. Everything seems to have worked OK but I would like to keep the old laptop available as a once only backup in case of future problems with transferred files (not just Thunderbird email ones). Both laptops are currently receiving latest emails via Thunderbird. If I delete an unwanted latest email from the new laptop it still remains on the old one and I have to repeat the deletion. Future excursions into the old laptop will hopefully be few and far between but it looks like I may have long list of emails waiting to be sorted once again if I do. Is there any way that when I delete or relocate emails on the new laptop then they will automatically be deleted from the old one? Alternatively can I now stop emails coming to the old laptop when I have the new one? Thank you John

Help As a relative newbie to the transfer game I am relieved to have just transferred data from my old laptop to a new one. Everything seems to have worked OK but I would like to keep the old laptop available as a once only backup in case of future problems with transferred files (not just Thunderbird email ones). Both laptops are currently receiving latest emails via Thunderbird. If I delete an unwanted latest email from the new laptop it still remains on the old one and I have to repeat the deletion. Future excursions into the old laptop will hopefully be few and far between but it looks like I may have long list of emails waiting to be sorted once again if I do. Is there any way that when I delete or relocate emails on the new laptop then they will automatically be deleted from the old one? Alternatively can I now stop emails coming to the old laptop when I have the new one? Thank you John

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The old one should be syncing with the server, so not sure why it isn't. To disable the account, here are some things to try:

- go to TB menu > Account Settings > Account > Server Settings and disable these options: 

 - Check for new messages at startup

 - Check for new messages every X minutes

 - Allow immediate server notification when new messages arrive

 - under Junk Settings, uncheck 'Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account'

Note that accessing any folder in the disabled account will cause a connection and message fetch from the server.

If it fails to deactivate:

- check to see if your address book and/or calendar are trying to make connections

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Thank you Ed. Your comments were very helpful. I would not have had the courage to make those moves without advice. Today's emails did not appear on my old computer today which is what I wanted. John