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Thunderbird downloading all 32000+ emails from yandex server

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pizzipie1
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Using Ubuntu 22.04.

I was having trouble with thunderbird email so I purged it. Created new IMAP account in Yandex.com. Installed new thunderbird deleted new default profile and restored old profile in profile.ini.

Thunderbird now works BUT it is downloading ALL 32000+ emails stored on Yandex server instead of just new emails. HEEEEEELP.

How do I get thunderbird to just email the last few days new emails?

Using Ubuntu 22.04. I was having trouble with thunderbird email so I purged it. Created new IMAP account in Yandex.com. Installed new thunderbird deleted new default profile and restored old profile in profile.ini. Thunderbird now works BUT it is downloading ALL 32000+ emails stored on Yandex server instead of just new emails. HEEEEEELP. How do I get thunderbird to just email the last few days new emails?

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pizzipie1
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MY ADDITION TO ABOVE:

Was using pop3 protocol when all the trouble started: Yandex advised to use IMAP instead of POP3 so changed to IMAP. Old profile that I used was from thunderbird I used when Yandex was setup using POP3.

david
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You probably have account set to synchronize all messages. See 'synchronization&storage' pane in 'account settings' pane.