google mail and thunderbird -

[Bob Goodwin]

My ISP, Wildblue.net, has switched all their e-mail accounts to "gmail."

I am accustomed to having all my mail neatly sorted into directories 
with Thunderbird mail.

Suddenly I have almost 800 messages dumped into one list broken into 
pages of fifty lines.  I found a rudimentary filter system but it 
doesn't appear to sort my mail into directories as I am accustomed to?  
Or I may be missing something ...

Can someone tell me how to deal with this mess?  At least point me in 
the right direction.  I am still in shock and not sure what to do next!

Bob Goodwin