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Thunderbird update ruins my setup

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There must have been an update for Thunderbird that screwed up the way I have been using Thunderbird for years now. I had sub folders under inbox. For example, I had an investment newsletter go into a sub folder under inbox labelled "inv". I had a filter set up to move emails that had the name of the newsletter in the title to go to that "inv" folder. In this new version of Thunderbird, those separate sub folders are gone. The filters are still there but the folders are gone. Now all emails just go into the inbox. Is there a way to roll back to a previous version? 

TIA Eric
There must have been an update for Thunderbird that screwed up the way I have been using Thunderbird for years now. I had sub folders under inbox. For example, I had an investment newsletter go into a sub folder under inbox labelled "inv". I had a filter set up to move emails that had the name of the newsletter in the title to go to that "inv" folder. In this new version of Thunderbird, those separate sub folders are gone. The filters are still there but the folders are gone. Now all emails just go into the inbox. Is there a way to roll back to a previous version? TIA Eric

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DavidGG
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What type of account is this (POP, IMAP)?

If IMAP, right-click on the account in the folder pane and choose Subscribe. Do the missing folders appear there checked or unchecked. Check the folders you want to appear in Thunderbird that are not already checked, then click Subscribe, then OK.

Take a look at the view options in the following article, in case you're simply getting confused by the different ways in which accounts and folders may appear in the folder pane (All Folders / Unified Folders): https://support.mozilla.org/kb/switching-folder-pane-view

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