That makes sense, the bottom line is that TB was fooled into thinking that these were all new messages.
alanrf wrote: > It is more simple than that .... > > Please see my explanation of how this works in the "double messages" > thread. > > Sorry that Thunderbird deleted your Inbox for you (and I am glad Chris > helped you to get it back quickly) but in the meantime Thunderbird > (nothing to do with these extensions) got an empty Inbox list from the > server and stored it. Then you moved all your messages back to the > Inbox. Thunderbird then got a new list containing all your messages > again and thought every message was new and wanted to download them > all again. The POP3 protocal was written when dirt was new. It's > ability to understand whether messages are new or not only stretches > back to the last time it connected to the server. > > On Oct 17, 1:35 pm, Mohammed Abdela <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok I see. Thanks for your help, have a good one. >> >> On 16 Okt, 22:35, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Possibly, having been deleted and then recovered from the deleted >>> folder, the mails now have different ID numbers. Therefore Thunderbird >>> sees them as new mails. This should only happen once, any new mails >>> received from now on will only be downloaded once. >>> >>> Mohammed Abdela wrote: >>> >>>> Ok I see. I just checked the "deleted" folder and all of them was >>>> there so I just had to move them back to the inbox. Puh! Thanks for >>>> your help! >>>> >>>> Now when I have moved them back and changed the settings thunderbird >>>> is trying to download all of the mails that already have been >>>> downloaded for some reason though. >>>> >>>> On 16 Okt, 20:30, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> By default Thunderbird deletes mails from the server once it downloads >>>>> them, this is standard behaviour for a POP client, not a fault of the >>>>> extensions. To change this, go to "Tools", "Account Settings" in >>>>> Thunderbird, then look at the server settings for the Hotmail account. >>>>> There is an option to leave mails on the server, with two further >>>>> sub-options to leave mails for a set time or until you delete them in >>>>> Thunderbird. Select the option to leave messages on the server and, if >>>>> you want, one of the sub-options. If you're lucky, the deleted mails may >>>>> still be in the Hotmail website "Deleted" folder, if not the best thing >>>>> I can do is quote from an earlier post; >>>>> >>>>>>>>> As for putting your emails back into yahoo's Inbox, you have to email >>>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>>> back to yourself. The easiest way so that they don't all come back in >>>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>>> Forwards, is to use the Redirect plugin for TB. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Mail Redirect add-on for TB:* >>>>>>>>> *https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/550* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> IMPORTANT! To install the Mail Redirect Add-on: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> 1. Make sure you Right-Click on the [Download Now] button and Save >>>>>>>>> Link >>>>>>>>> As... (to your Desktop or anywhere you'll remember). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2. Run TB. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> a. Open the Tools menu, Add-ons..., click on the Extensions tab, and >>>>>>>>> click on the [Install...] button >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> b. Navigate the File:Open... window that pops-up; go to your Desktop >>>>>>>>> and select the mail-redirect<version>.xpi you downloaded >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> c. Click Open, the window will close and and an Install Add-on >>>>>>>>> window >>>>>>>>> will popup. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> d. Click on [Install Now]. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 3. After installing the add-on, you should be prompted to click a >>>>>>>>> button >>>>>>>>> Restart Thunderbird; >>>>>>>>> if not, close TB and restart it yourself to complete the >>>>>>>>> installation >>>>>>>>> of the add-on. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After installing the add-on, select a message (to test it out the >>>>>>>>> add-on). >>>>>>>>> >>>>> Although this refers to Yahoo mail, the redirect add on will do the same >>>>> job with your Hotmail. >>>>> >>>>> Mohammed Abdela wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello. >>>>>> >>>>>> I just installed thunderbird and webmail + hotmail exstension. I >>>>>> followed the guide to set up a account and everything worked out well. >>>>>> However, now when I tryed to check my mail via the hotmail site my >>>>>> inbox is completly empty? The junk folder still have emails in it but >>>>>> the regular inbox have been emptyed on mails. What have happened? Is >>>>>> it possible that I have deleted all the mails some way through >>>>>> thunderbird? 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