Thunderbird question

[Avi Schwartz]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Thank you for reading this and while my question may be considered off
> topic I hope someone may be able to provide an answer.
>
> My ISP has changed it's mail server from POP to IMAP. If I delete my POP
> account within Thunderbird that will also delete all of me e-mails as
> well. So my question is, how do I restore my old e-mails to my new account?
>
> A Google search hasn't helped and I have tried copying from my backup
> into the newly created Thunderbird folders without success.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
>
>
I'd try to create create a 2nd account in Thunderbird using the new IMAP
settings and then drag and drop the emails from the old POP account to the
new IMAP account. I have done something similar when I moved from one IMAP
account to another IMAP account in a different ISP.

Avi
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