Thunderbird is deleting all of the emails throughout my whole email account including ones which were in folders. How do I stop this?

Yesterday Thunderbird started to delete all emails in my account. Leaving only the most recent email in all of the folders including inbox. Please help me stop this, I have a lot of important documents which have been wiped out.

If your account is POP, check that the setting in Tools menu (ALt+T) > Account settings > disk space is not set to automatically delete messages based on age or total.

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http://www.needhelp4mac.com/2013/12/use-gmail-with-mavericks-mail/
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http://postbox-inc.com/?/blog/entry/using_gmail_in_mavericks/
http://blog.freron.com/category/gmail/
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Hi, cameo557.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you are receiving a prompt for an old Apple ID when attempting an update. You cant attempt to reset that password for the Apple ID via the steps in the first article below. If you need assistance with this or are not receiving the email, see the second attached article. You can also delete the applications in question and download them again with your new Apple ID. However, this will cause any application data in those applications to be deleted and you may be charged if these are paid for applications.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5787
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
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