Accidently deleted account & lost maps
Hi!
I have an question & I hope someone can help me out. I had to help my stepdad to sort some e-mail stuff out. I accidentally deleted one of his accounts where he created all kinds of different maps in for important e-mails etc. I was so close crying, i feel so bad, is there any way to be able to recover them? I looked online but I can't really find a solution, if there is one.
Best regards, Celine
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Ok, no easy answer. If account was IMAP (ask stepfather), the data may all still be on server. If a POP account, read this article carefully: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_deleted_mail_accounts
Do not make any changes without first verifying what is there. Do NOT delete everything and reinstall thunderbird, hoping that will give rebirth; that could eliminate what you're seeking. Go slowly.
search history setting something might be saved there
david said
Ok, no easy answer. If account was IMAP (ask stepfather), the data may all still be on server. If a POP account, read this article carefully: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_deleted_mail_accounts Do not make any changes without first verifying what is there. Do NOT delete everything and reinstall thunderbird, hoping that will give rebirth; that could eliminate what you're seeking. Go slowly.
Thank you for your reply & info! It was a smtp account. He needed to make a new safer account imap or pop from the provider but my mom made 3 accounts and he only wanted one of course. I will look at it when i'm there this week and I will do it more carefully and slowly like you said. Does that also work for a smtp account or is that only imap or pop?
Thanks again!
lazizakhmedov1014 said
search history setting something might be saved there
Will give it a look! Thank you!!!!!
On your SMTP question, that is the outgoing server definition and applies to both POP and IMAP.