Good Morning Joy, I us IMAP as well. Followed your instructions and reset my internet g-mail account. Did you find your deleted emails? Sure hope this works. Hey go for "Heck a Doodle." It's a great saying. I use it once in awhile myself. Keep posted. Now, I am going into Thunderbird and see if I can figure out if I have TB's setting correct. Sure appreciate your help. Yvonne ____________________________________________________________________________________ On 1/25/2013 11:19 AM, JIM HOPE wrote: > Check your settings in gmail and make sure the box is checked that > leaves a copy of the message in gmail when POP'd to your T'bird email > program. Once the email has left gmail without this box being checked it > is gone forever from gmail. > ______________________________________________________________________________________ > > On 25/01/2013 2:12 PM, Joy Gulden wrote: >> Yvonne -- >> >> I checked my settings under Gmail in Thunderbird and I do not find >> anything that would delete emails in both places. >> >> BUT---- >> When I go to Gmail on the web I did find the problem, I think -- MAYBE. >> :-) >> >> Open your Gmail account on the internet >> To the right of your Gmail screen, shows an icon for settings (like a >> lug nut?) >> Click on it and then click on settings in that list >> At the top are different links >> Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP link >> I use the IMAP, so under that section is an option: >> When I mark a message in IMAP as deleted: >> It had the Auto-Expunge on - Immediately update the server (Default) >> >> I changed it to Auto-Expunge off - Wait for the client to update the >> server. Now, since I do not use the POP, I cannot see the options for >> that, but if you use POP, then check and see if there is a similar option. >> >> I also find in IMAP >> When a message is marked as deleted and expunged from the last visible >> IMAP folder: >> the option is to Archive the message (default). >> >> Hope I have written all these things correctly. I have a tendency to go >> to fast sometimes. >> >> I am going to check that and see if I can find the ones that were >> deleted before. Will let you know what happens with my settings. >> By the way - I like the Heck a doodle saying. I may use it. Joy >> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> On 1/24/2013 9:19 PM, Yvonne Strong wrote: >>> Hi Joy, >>> >>> Well, I guess "Too Bad" - it sure is. I would think maybe that >>> something that you and I are doing is just not quite correct here. I >>> wonder if it has something to do with Account Settings? I set up RR >>> again tonight. But I hesitate to use it as my default email - >>> Thunderbird tells me it is not secure - something to do with encryption. >>> >>> This has not been the computer month for me. Two crashes with my old >>> computer and a bad technician plus a new computer. Oh "Heck a Doodle" >>> as my auntie used to say. >>> >>> Let me know how you come out. >>> >>> Yvonne >>> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> On 1/24/2013 9:08 PM, Joy Gulden wrote: >>>> When I deleted emails in Thunderbird, thinking they would remain on the >>>> Gmail website, I lost them all in both places. So, I guess if you >>>> delete them in either place, it looks as if you will lose them in both. >>>> Too bad!! Joy >>>> >> ******************** >> >>

Let me know if all goes well. In doing all this, I selected a setting that turned off the highlighting of new emails that came into Tbird, but I am not sure just what one it was. I messed around and got the highlighting back, but am not sure what one did the trick. Heck a Doodle!!! Hope that did not happen for you. :-) No, I have not found my deleted messages. Joy On 1/26/2013 10:21 AM, Yvonne Strong wrote: > Good Morning Joy, > > I us IMAP as well. Followed your instructions and reset my internet > g-mail account. Did you find your deleted emails? > > Sure hope this works. Hey go for "Heck a Doodle." It's a great saying. > I use it once in awhile myself. > > Keep posted. Now, I am going into Thunderbird and see if I can figure > out if I have TB's setting correct. > > Sure appreciate your help. > > Yvonne