Now to get the messages in thunderbird do this to make it easier to download and move mail move all emails out of inbox into other suitable folders logon to webmail account via a browser move emails from one folder into the inbox in thunderbird use the 'get messages' to download those emails move emails into suitable folders. Mozilla thunderbird download all messages. In my current thunderbird 1702 (on ubuntu 1204), 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 (ie has keep all messages regardless of age local) then that is what it will download.
mozilla thunderbird download all messages
Launch thunderbird select your inbox or another folder select the email you want to export or press ctrl+a to select all emails click the menu button to display the thunderbird menu select save as > file select the folder where the emails should be saved and click save. Curiousely, if after installing thunderbird you install eudora ose, which has a bad reviews, eudora ose goes smoothly,and does all than thundebird refuses (check & send messages). summary unusable. Sometimes a message with a malformed header can block thunderbird from properly reading and downloading it from the server and that can prevent the download of the other messages in the server inbox. also, compacting is something that needs to be done regularly in any email program, particularly with pop type accounts..
