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Using that password,
Thunderbird downloads all your messages from the mail server. It downloads messages again
every 10 minutes, or you can click the Get Msgs button at any time.
If you want to change how often mail is downloaded, or other features of your account, choose
Edit???Account Settings. Under the e-mail account you added are categories to change the setup
and behavior of the account. (Click Server Settings to change how often, if at all, new messages
are automatically downloaded from the mail server.)
Managing Incoming Mail
There are various ways to store and manage e-mail messages in Thunderbird. Here??™s a quick
rundown of how to manage incoming mail:
 Mail folders??”Mail messages are stored in folders in the left column. There should be a
separate heading for each mail account you have. For each mail account, incoming messages
are stored (by default) in your Inbox folder. You can create additional folders to
better keep track of your mail (right-click on Inbox, and select New Folder to add a
folder). Other folders contain drafts of messages set aside for a time (Drafts), templates
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for creating messages (Templates), messages you have sent (Sent), and messages that you
have discarded (Trash). You can also specify that Thunderbird use a global Inbox where
messages from all accounts get placed in the same Inbox folder.


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