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how do I get the emails filed in folder in my yahoo.com email account

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dl374824
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My email account is in yahoo (sbcglobal.com). Install v38.x and was able to get to connect to my email account. When I click on get messages, it seems like it is getting them but I don't see them when I search. The specific emails were save in a folder on the email system (ex: orders). Is it because it's in a folder and I need to do something else to get them down or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help.

My email account is in yahoo (sbcglobal.com). Install v38.x and was able to get to connect to my email account. When I click on get messages, it seems like it is getting them but I don't see them when I search. The specific emails were save in a folder on the email system (ex: orders). Is it because it's in a folder and I need to do something else to get them down or am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.

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user01229325
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Did you set the account in Thunderbird as IMAP? POP only connects to the inbox.

dl374824
dl374824 Vraag-eienaar
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Hi Airmail, thank you for the pointer as I'm new to Thunderbird. I used the automatic connection, and as I look at the set up (see attached), there's not an edit choice for me. How can I change to IMAP?

user01229325
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You do not change the existing account. This article explains the process. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switch-pop-imap-account

Then I suggest to read up on the differences between POP and IMAP so there are no surprises.

dl374824
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Hi Airmail,

Read the reference links and it seems like sbcglobal.net (yahoo, AT&T) does not support IMAP  :-(. It seems to me if the POP3 only pick up mail from InBox of the email provider, then I should be able to move emails filed in folder to InBox and it will come to Thumderbird. But that does not seems to be the case. Is it something else I need to do? Does it based on last download date some where in Thunderbird?

Matt
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Yahoo supports IMAP. So if scglobal are using yahoo then they do by default.

I suggest you try these manual settings http://settings.email/sbcglobal.net-email-settings.html