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how to change a gmail address from pop3 to imap?

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Lin replied 13 kwiiyure ezidlulileyo
rbetts209
rbetts209

I somehow changed one of the gmail accounts on my Thunderbird acct from imap to pop3. I want to change it back to imap, I am now getting POP3 errors

I somehow changed one of the gmail accounts on my Thunderbird acct from imap to pop3. I want to change it back to imap, I am now getting POP3 errors

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david
david
  • Abanikeli abali-10 abaPhezulu

Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

You need to create a new account in POP3. You cannot change an existing account from IMAP to POP or from POP to IMAP

Lin
Lin
  • Abanikeli abali-10 abaPhezulu

Here's an article about how to do just that. A main point you should take from this is that you should not try to "change" an existing POP3 account to IMAP. You should, instead, first disable the POP3 account, then create a new IMAP account in Thunderbird.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switch-pop-imap-account

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