Get back Yahoo mails

[Angelina]

I used Mozilla ThunderBird for the first time with my Yahoo account,
that was working and I could see all my messages, but when I tried to
connect at Yahoo Web, there was no messages, I think that ThunderBird
had moved them all, that was so horrible, and I really need to get
them back, Please help me doing so.

[Blues Renegade]

Go look at the Server settings under the yahoo account you setup in TB; there's a checkbox to leave messages on the server. Another checkbox to delete them from the server when you delete them in TB, which is what I use, otherwise, I end up having to go into Yahoo mail on the web and delete them a 2nd time.

As for putting your emails back into yahoo's Inbox, you have to email them back to yourself. The easiest way so that they don't all come back in as Forwards, is to use the Redirect plugin for TB.

Mail Redirect add-on for TB:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/550


IMPORTANT! To install the Mail Redirect Add-on:
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1. Make sure you Right-Click on the [Download Now] button and Save Link As... (to your Desktop or anywhere you'll remember).

2. Run TB.

  a. Open the Tools menu, Add-ons..., click on the Extensions tab, and click on the [Install...] button

  b. Navigate the File:Open... window that pops-up; go to your Desktop
        and select the mail-redirect<version>.xpi you downloaded

  c. Click Open, the window will close and and an Install Add-on window will popup.

  d. Click on [Install Now].

3. After installing the add-on, you should be prompted to click a button Restart Thunderbird;
     if not, close TB and restart it yourself to complete the installation of the add-on.

After installing the add-on, select a message (to test it out the add-on).

To demonstrate this add-on, I used it to redirect a copy of your email back to you.
Notice how it shows up? It doesn't come embedded like a Forwarded email!!

ENJOY!

John

[Webmail Author]

The emails should still be in Yahoo's trash can.

[Angelina]

Hello John

Your tips were so helpful and the operation was successful, I would
thank you very much and I’m really so grateful.

Thanks to your instructions I was able to restore my messages and I’m
so glad for doing that, I had found many solutions in other forums but
no way…

I would be pleased if I can help you in something, You can email me
to b_channouf(a)yahoo.fr


Best Regards

[alanrf]

Did you try the suggestion of the Webmail Author? If tried in time
that would have been even easier.

[Angelina]

I didn't, because I usually empty the trash an without seeing inside,
that was too late!!!

[Blues Renegade]

Angelina, you're very welcome! I'm glad you were able to restore your
messages.

To me, sharing information and helping each other is all part of the
open source philosophy.

Pass it on and help someone else, that's all I ask of you.

Keep smiling and enjoy every breath!

John

P.S. I invite you to be my friend and a friend of the Bleu Lane Band on
MySpace.
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