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I entered Thunderbird to a new computer and there are a lot less emails than are on my old computer.

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I downloaded Thunderbird into a new computer and there are a lot less emails than on the old computer. I cannot find a setting to download the rest of the emails. Can you please help. Please send me an email telling me if I can download the rest of them.

I downloaded Thunderbird into a new computer and there are a lot less emails than on the old computer. I cannot find a setting to download the rest of the emails. Can you please help. Please send me an email telling me if I can download the rest of them.

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Lin
Lin
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Is this a POP3 account or IMAP?

Have you checked your email provider's web mail interface to confirm that the 'missing' emails are there?

Do you still have access to the old computer, more specifically, to your old Thunderbird Profile?

scamp1
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I don't know how to tell if it is POP3 or IMAP. I think it is POP3. The emails are there on the old computer. Just not on the new one. I bought a laptop about a year ago and the same thing happened with it. This new computer has got the same starting email as the laptop has. It is like this new computer copied the laptop and not my old computer. Thank you for the help.

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