have you followed this link's instructions?
http://opensourcearticles.com/thunderbird_15/english/part_01

james

2009/1/5 James Freer <jessejazza@...>:
> Dan
>
> I've used Thunderbird for sometime for 4 email accounts and i think
> you have got a bit confused about the local folders. Basically forget
> them - only applicable if you have one email account... just ignore...
> why it's like that i don't know.
>
> Set up separate email accounts and you'll be fine. Remember to set the
> outgoing smtp for each one.
>
> james
>
> 2009/1/5 Dan <hyattdj@...>:
>> I am trying to figure out a configuration I did on Thunderbird mail
>> client a while ago and cannot figure out how to do it now. I have poured
>> through google and thunderbird/mozilla to no avail. As I remember it was
>> a very easy configuration, just not obvious.
>>
>> On the left side it has the folders pane. Under it, it has Local Folders
>> with all the sub folders underneath.
>> But you can have the emails to each specific address under its own
>> heading, not under local folders. In this pane, in the past I had a tier
>> one folder for each of my email addresses, with "Local Folders" being
>> tier one.
>>
>> I have my various email addresses in tools:account settings but they
>> do not show up individually on the pain, they use the inbox/send box
>> under "local folders".
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
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