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Thunderbird deletes all emails in the trash that are older than 3 days

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Matt replied 5 years ago
dl5re
dl5re

Thunderbird deletes all emails in the trash that are older than 3 days, although "No messages" is activated in the account settings "Permanently delete old messages ...". Thunderbird also deletes emails saved in the Drafts folder. Thanks for an answer

Thunderbird deletes all emails in the trash that are older than 3 days, although "No messages" is activated in the account settings "Permanently delete old messages ...". Thunderbird also deletes emails saved in the Drafts folder. Thanks for an answer

Modified by Wayne Mery

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Matt
Matt
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Is your account IMAP? Most are.

What is your providers retention policy on drafts and trash?

dl5re
dl5re Question owner

I have IMAP, the provider retention is unknown

Matt
Matt
  • Top 25 Contributor

Then I suggest you make it known. I don't even know who it is. But it is a reasonable assumption that their are the reason your mail is going away.