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I want the emails on the server to delete once I download them on Thunderbird. Is this possible using IMAP with Thunderbird? I don't want emails stored on some remote server. I want to get my emails from Thunderbird after I have received them, and after 10 days remove these read emails from the server while keeping my thunderbird emails on my PC. Please can you help! Cheers

I want the emails on the server to delete once I download them on Thunderbird. Is this possible using IMAP with Thunderbird? I don't want emails stored on some remote server. I want to get my emails from Thunderbird after I have received them, and after 10 days remove these read emails from the server while keeping my thunderbird emails on my PC. Please can you help! Cheers

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You'll need to use POP3 for that, not IMAP.

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Hi, I understand most email clients are not supporting pop3 anymore. could you suggest a solution? Cheers

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But Thunderbird DOES support POP3, as do many (most?) email hosts. POP users account for a significant percentage of email users. If you're looking for a solution, possibly it is to change email providers. @Stans is right as rain in this.