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| After a mail server failure, where mail data is lost, it may be possible to recover a user's mail from the Thunderbird local IMAP cache. | After a mail server failure, where mail data is lost, it may be possible to recover a user's mail from the Thunderbird local IMAP cache. | ||
| - | - DO NOT reconnect Thunderbird to the new mail server. | + | - **DO NOT reconnect Thunderbird to the new mail server** |
| * If you do, you may lose everything! | * If you do, you may lose everything! | ||
| - Set Thunderbird to **Offline Mode** | - Set Thunderbird to **Offline Mode** | ||
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| Once you are confident that all the desired mail has been copied/ | Once you are confident that all the desired mail has been copied/ | ||
| - | - Connect | + | - Set Thunderbird |
| + | * **File -> Offline -> Work Offline** (again) | ||
| + | - Connect | ||
| - Copy or move the mail from Local Folders to the new IMAP folders | - Copy or move the mail from Local Folders to the new IMAP folders | ||
internet/mail/thunderbird_recovery.1372875104.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/07/03 12:11 by gcooper
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