How do I import all folders and saved messages from another email address?

Question

I'm using Mac OS X. Only my inbox messages have imported. I'm trying to import from my GoDaddy email account.

Answer 1

''re : Only my inbox messages have imported.''
This sounds like you have created a POP mail account.
Pop mail accounts can only get access and download from server Inbox to Thunderbrd mail account Inbox. This is not a Thunderbird quirk; it is how all POP mail accounts work.
There is a workaround.
In Thunderbird
* Move all good emails from Inbox to other suitable folders.
* Delete any emails you do not want.
* Right click on Inbox and select : 'Compact'
Now you have an empty Inbox which will make it easier to identify emails downloaded from different folders.
* Log on to webmail account using a browser.
* Move all emails from one of your folders into Inbox.
* In Thunderbird select to 'Get Messages'
* Thunderbird will download any emails not previously downloaded to the Inbox.
* Create a suitable folder and move all those emails into it.
Repeat this action to move emails in other folders into webmail Inbox and then download them.
This will get emails from server folders into Thunderbird.
From then onwards any new mail coming into server Inbox will get downloaded to Thunderbird mail account Inbox, so this workaround would only need to be done once.
'''Note:'''
Pop mail accounts usually download and delete off server, so if you do not want this to occur, check this first:
Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings for the mail account
OR
right click on mail account in Flder Pane and select 'Settings'
then 'Server Settings' for mail account.
* Select 'Leave messages on server'
If you want to auto delete some emails, you can select either ot both of these options:
* For at most xx days
* Until I delete them
* Click on 'OK'
If a POP mail account does not do what you want, you would need to see if your webmail account allows 'IMAP forwarding' and select that option.
Then create a new IMAP mail account in Thunderbird.
This would allow you to subscribe to see any folders on the server.
IMAP accounts mean that you get a remote view of the server folders, so anything you do in Thunderbird will also occur on the server. eg: if you delete an email in Thunderbird it will delete off server as you are seeing one in the same folders.
In both cases it is always advisable to periodically create a backup:
Profile Folder location:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird
Backup info:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
Imap backup:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/IMAP_backup