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imap and pop emails go into "local folders" instead of their own folders

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Bill99
Bill99
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Transitioned from Outlook Express to Tbird, and imported all the messages from there (and probably some settings). I thus have a "local folders" folder that has all the folders previously in OE.

I also have some pop and imap accounts, like on gmail, etc. Well, I really don't remember now, but in at least some of those, I input the info into Tbird and let it do the configuration. I've notice that when I get incoming emails from, say, a gmail account, they end up in local folders inbox, AND in the inbox under the gmail account.

I can't figure out why. I have looked at settings on the gmail website, and there is no forwarding in play.

HELP!

Thanks.

Transitioned from Outlook Express to Tbird, and imported all the messages from there (and probably some settings). I thus have a "local folders" folder that has all the folders previously in OE. I also have some pop and imap accounts, like on gmail, etc. Well, I really don't remember now, but in at least some of those, I input the info into Tbird and let it do the configuration. I've notice that when I get incoming emails from, say, a gmail account, they end up in local folders inbox, AND in the inbox under the gmail account. I can't figure out why. I have looked at settings on the gmail website, and there is no forwarding in play. HELP! Thanks.

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christ1
christ1
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Can you post your Troubleshooting Information? Help (Alt-H) - Troubleshooting Information

Bill99
Bill99 Question owner
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Well...that contains a lot of info about my email accounts, and I'd rather that not be made public. I can remove that part (Mail and News Accounts) if the remaining would be of use. Thanks.

Gnospen
Gnospen
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It should have your settings and your email servers but NOT your personal info like your email address or username or password. Do not mark the box Include account names

Bill99
Bill99 Question owner
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Well, I removed the section Mail and News Accounts. Still contains lots of info...Hope the remaining sections will prove helpful. 

 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.5.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150222233048
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts (info redacted)

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   MoreFunctionsForAddressBook, 0.7.1, true, {3e17310d-82e8-4a43-bd2f-7c3055bfe589}
   Remove Duplicate Messages (Alternate), 0.3.11b, true, {a300a000-5e21-4ee0-a115-9ec8f4eaa92b}
   Select Addressbook Text, 1.5, true, [email protected]
   Send Later, 4.4, true, [email protected]
   Signature Switch, 1.6.12, true, {2ab1b709-ba03-4361-abf9-c50b964ff75d}
   Use Bcc Instead, 3.4, true, {cc138c46-ac77-4397-afc0-6cb6a13b7242}

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Zenos
Zenos
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Nope. You have cut out exactly the useful bit. :-(