Windows 10: Thunderbird: Switch POP to identical IMAP profiles on 2 computers

Discus and support Thunderbird: Switch POP to identical IMAP profiles on 2 computers in Browsers and Email to solve the problem; I have Thunderbird on 2 computers & have a POP profile on both. I want to switch to IMAP & make sure that the profile names are identical on both... Discussion in 'Browsers and Email' started by phrab, Nov 30, 2018.

  1. PHRAB
    phrab Win User

    Thunderbird: Switch POP to identical IMAP profiles on 2 computers


    I have Thunderbird on 2 computers & have a POP profile on both. I want to switch to IMAP & make sure that the profile names are identical on both computers. If I change POP to IMAP on 1 computer first, how do I make sure that the IMAP profile I create on the 2nd computer is identical?
    Thank you in advance.

    :)
     
    phrab, Nov 30, 2018
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  2. EMVEE
    emvee Win User

    Thunderbird does not show GMail folders

    I am running Thunderbird 45.2.0 on a Windows 10 Pro X64 desktop PC without any problems. I access 2 GMail accounts, and a Yahoo account for a couple of years.

    I also access these accounts on a Windows 10 Pro X64 laptop running the same version of Thunderbird. Recently, the IMAP folders disappeared in Thunderbird.

    I cannot retrieve the IMAP folders, even after uninstalling Thunderbird, deleting all unused folders in Program Files and in Appdata. I also removed unused registry keys in the hope of getting rid of any corruption associated with Thunderbird installation.

    After installing Thunderbird again, the problem remains: I only see an Inbox folder for the accounts, no other accounts as are still available on the Desktop installation.

    I selected imap.gmail.com port 993 as the IMAP server and smtp.gmail.com port 465 as SMTP server as Thunderbird suggested. I changed the authentication to Normal password, as used on the desktop PC. However, Thunderbird reports User Name or password incorrect. The user name and password I use is correct: I can log in to GMail in Windows Edge with the user name and password I try to use in the Thunderbird setup.

    I suspect the problem to be with Thunderbird as I tried to copy the profile files from the desktop PC to the laptop but the problem persists, even with the Yahoo account.

    Any suggestions to get this going on the laptop?
     
    emvee, Nov 30, 2018
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  3. PAUL2463
    Paul2463 Win User
    Thunderbird has suddenly stopped working with "hotmail" IMAP

    Hello

    Yesterday (17 November 2016) my perfectly functioning Hotmail IMap functionality in Thunderbird stopped working saying the Password is incorrect, it has been working for about 10 years prior to yesterday, nothing changed at my end. My laptop with thunderbird
    and my home computer with thunderbird both have stopped working, so its not a settings issue here, I am using the following settings:-

    IMAP

    imap-mail.outlook.com - 993 - SSL/TLS - Full Email address - Normal Password

    SMTP

    smtp-mail.outlook.com - 587 - STARTTLS - Full Email Address - Normal Password

    I can log into my account on the internet no problem

    Having read on the internet it could be due to 2 step authentication, I checked, it was turned off, and to be sure, I set it up and then turned it off to be sure it wasnt a glitch

    I uninstalled Thunderbird and reinstalled it, I deleted my hotmail account and tried to recreate it, all to no avail, thunderbird refuses to connect, any help gratefully recieved
     
    Paul2463, Nov 30, 2018
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  4. SHARONDUKEMAN1
    SharonDukeman1 Win User

    Thunderbird: Switch POP to identical IMAP profiles on 2 computers

    email switch from pop to imap

    Do I really need to make the switch from POP to IMAP as Xfinity has stated? If so, then I may need help making this switch. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!!!
     
    SharonDukeman1, Nov 30, 2018
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