Blake Hudson wrote: > Thunderbird automatically downloads messages for pop accts into the > "Local Folders" at the bottom of the folder list. IMAP acts have > individual inbox, outbox, etc folders. The messages retrieved via POP > should still be under local folders and the client can drag n' drop them > into the IMAP folders if desired. > > Most mail clients seem to separate IMAP and POP accounts like this and > like to require remaking an account to change between server types. So > this does not just pertain to T-Bird. > Thanks. I'd just decided to change tack and i've informed the client how to attempt to retrieve the mails on the client side. This page has some info about that: Recovering deleted mail accounts http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_deleted_mail_accounts I've yet to hear back from the client as to whether or not the deleted acct. dir is still there. b ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html