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CAN'T RESURRECT EMAILS AFTER ALL ATTEMPTS

whenangelscry
whenangelscry

As a last resort to restore my emails after trying everything else, if I delete my account and register it again as a new account will I lose all current emails and folders?

As a last resort to restore my emails after trying everything else, if I delete my account and register it again as a new account will I lose all current emails and folders?
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Matt
Matt
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Short answer is probably.

My limited understanding is optus have just completed handing all of their mail business to the same firm that took over iinet and westnet mail. Have you gone through at migration?

whenangelscry
whenangelscry Question owner

Sorry, I don't understand "gone through at migration". I've had Thunderbird for a long time and this 'failed to log in to server' is a recurring problem, the solution for which seems to be different every time. This time it's got me stumped. If this and other issues seem to be common and constantly occurring, why doesn't Mozilla fix them?

whenangelscry
whenangelscry Question owner

I have two accounts on Thunderbird. One is via outlook.office365.com and works fine. The other is via mail.optusnet.com.au and has stopped responding. The only differences are the port number and the fact that the Optus one has no option for OAuth2. I can only set it to Normal Password. Please help!!

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