But the emails are on the old laptop? Can you send a screenshot of the left hand folder tree?
Sent from my iPhone > On 25 May 2016, at 07:37, voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: > >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 4:31 pm, Philip McGaw wrote: >> Did user historically have POP set up? > > Philip, thanks > > no, not for a long time, IMAP/143/StartTLS on old laptop > >> If you still have access to the old laptop set up imap and move the >> emails back. > > yes, I have old laptop here. > sorry, not sure how to, is that inside TBird, or how ? (not very familiar > with TBird...) > >>> another OT: >>> >>> setting up new W10 laptop with TBird: >>> >>> user has three accounts, several hundred emails on old laptop BUT NO >>> LONGER on server >>> >>> >>> two of the accounts are on my Dovecot server, one on ISP server >>> >>> what's best way to transfer local emails: >>> >>> transfer TBird files laptop to laptop ? or, is there some way to sync >>> old laptop to server, then retrieve on new laptop ? >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> V >
