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I have old email accounts that have a bunch of emails on them and the servers are no longer accessible. How do I stop thunderbird from trying to get messages on those servers and giving login failure messages?

I have old email accounts that have a bunch of emails on them and the servers are no longer accessible. How do I stop thunderbird from trying to get messages on those servers and giving login failure messages?

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- move the messages to Local Folders to save them - delete the accounts

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Thanks David, but it keeps wanting me to sign into the server before it will let me do anything.

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but after you don't sign in, doesn't Thunderbird continue to run?

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yes it's running but that account will not let me move messages. it keeps popping up a failed login box.

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If all fails, - click help>troubleshootinginformation - scroll down to 'profile folder' and click open folder - exit thunderbird - click to Mail\account name (if POP) or to imapmail\account (if imap) - copy the folders to Mail\Local Folders - restart thunderbird and verify content. If all is well, you have successfully salvaged to data and can now delete the account.

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