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Copy some emails from Desktop to Laptop

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Hi,How do I copy a few emails(Thunderbird)from my Desktop Computer to my Laptop(Thunderbird) (both are Windows 10

Hi,How do I copy a few emails(Thunderbird)from my Desktop Computer to my Laptop(Thunderbird) (both are Windows 10

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Hi Sorry nobody has picked up your question yet. Can you supply some more details? - Are the two machines connecting to the same email account, or different accounts? If different accounts try forwarding the emails to the other account. - Are you using POP or IMAP - or one on the laptop and one on the desktop? If both are IMAP, then an email that exists in the Inbox on either one should appear both Inboxes. If you moved the message to a 'local folder' it would only exist on one of them. Copy to Inbox from the local folder should make it appear in both. If POP, then the message may exist only on the POP computer, and need to be sent back to the online inbox. Not a good idea to run two machines using the same account and both using POP, as your messages may end up on one or the other but not both.

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Hi,sorry to take so long to get back to you,Yes,Both Computers are Windows 10 & both have POP mail Server & the same email accounts If I have the Laptop Turnt on & I receive a email on both Computers,If I open it on the Desktop Computer,Then I cannot open it on the Laptop & the same in reverse Due to my Desktop having to have a minimum of 14 Windows 10 downloads,I loose all my Emails & the Important some Folders & emails,I would like to copy from my Desktop Computer to my Laptop At the moment,my 3 emails addresses are under Local Folder & I don't see them Individually Hopefully this is sufficient info Thanks Darryl