Thunderbird Won't Download New Emails
Hi, When I log in via my HP laptop it says it is downloading 1 of 40+ emails from my server, the green bar is full but it doesn't download the emails? I access the same email account from my iphone and this is working fine. I haven't changed any settings, not done anything different, but. Open your gmail, account settings, go to POP/IMAP settings, and there is something about receivig mails through POP. In my case it was the first option to choose to allow POP for all the messages which has already been downloaded. Thunderbird started after to download messages which were missing.
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I just created a new Thunderbird profile. Unfortunately Thunderbird only downloads recent messages. I need to get all my messages and subfolders. Any idea?
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Go to Tools/Options/General/Config Editor or in more recent versions Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General/Config Editor. This may vary between operating systems.
If presented with a
This might void your warranty!
dialog, click on the button 'I'll be careful, I promise!'.
Type folders_for_new in the filter box.
Look for an option called mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new or on newer versions mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new.
Change this setting to true. This has the effect of not treating inbox as special, but all folders are 'inbox', so all folders will be checked and downloaded.
If this key does not exist, then add it (right click / new) exactly as it is written above as a boolean preference. When you add the preference, you will be asked for the initial value. Choose true.
Next, in Account Settings/the account you are referring to/Synchronisation & Storage ensure that 'Synchronise all messages locally regardless of age' and 'Keep messages for this account on this computer' are selected.
There should be a menu or button to 'go offline'
In my current Thunderbird 17.0.2 (on Ubuntu 12.04), the button is at the lower-left corner of the whole application.
Clicking the button will start the download and if everything is configured correctly (i.e. has keep all messages regardless of age local) then that is what it will download
You have to check a box called 'Keep messages for this account on this computer'. Have a look at this tutorial for keeping IMAP messages in Thunderbird.
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In the list of your accounts in the main window, and right click on the account name and click the 'Subscribe...' option. You will then see the list of (sub)folders on the server, check the ones you want. They will now be synced with everything else.
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Error Number: 0x800C0133 = a corrupt Inbox.
Move any mail you wish to save to a local folder you create. Then delete the problem Inbox as follows.
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Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3 the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View.
With OE closed, find the Inbox.dbx and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in the Inbox or Sent Items. Create your own user defined folders and move the messages you wish to save to them. Empty Deleted Items folder daily. Although dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2GB, I recommend about a 300MB max for less chance of corruption.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3