have used it for years -2 sep. accounts -my wife and me
tried to set up new account
accepts password and username for IMAP -but not POP3 set up -keeps saying not valid
also-
GMAIL
we use gmail - but one account now keeps deleting messages -and most messages now go into 'all mail'
and they all look 'read' - like when you click on then - they remain 'darkened'

don't want to use another email -as had this one for years
WHATS HAPPENNING

ANGRY, July 2016

sorted
in gmail -had to allow 'less secure apps'
that allowed me to set up accounts in t/b outlook using pop3 --leaving mail on server
imap set up was the problem
all is as was before

very happy, July 2016

SORRY ELECTRO
PROBLEM IS WITH THE T/BIRD OUTLOOK -NOT GMAIL
just set up an old account in outlook- IMAP -(as server would not take p/word etc for POP3)
once opened that same gmail account acted funny like the bad one
my wife has her POP3 in the t/b outlook account -NO PROBLEMS
but i can't set up a POP3 does not allow it
how can i get round it -so to set up in POP3 -TO AT LEAST TRY IT
grrrrrrrrrrrrr

FRUSTRATED, July 2016

Thanks Electro
Seems the problem is with my gmail account
all messages -in 'inbox' gets deleted -when i delete them in t/bird outlook
i can see these folders (gmail) in the t/bird outlook
most messages in gmail go into 'all mail'
they all look read -in 'all mail' and other folders ( darkend)
had this account for years -just started being strange -i want to keep it
filters -does not show 'read' anywhere
i set up folders in t/bird outlook - now i see them in gmail account
my sent email from outlook are in sent gmail????????
driving me nuts
HELP PLEASE

FRUSTRATED, July 2016

On a given account, you use the IMAP or the POP protol, never both.
If it works correctly with IMAP, you don't need POP.
If you ever want to access your account with more than a single device, you need to use IMAP, not POP.

For Gmail, take a look at your filters. Maybe they are set to mark all messages as read.
In Parameters, the gear icon, select "Transfer and POP/IMAP".
If you use POP:
Look at item 2. It set what is done to the transferred messaged. The first option is probably the one you want to use.

Electro, July 2016