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i can not save messages to the sent folder, there is a padlock symbol over the file name

Thunderbird Troubleshooting
peterfwallis replied 11 years ago
peterfwallis
peterfwallis

the Thunderbird mail engine has stopped saving emails to the sent folder, when i checked the sent folder it had a padlock symbol over the beginning of the file file. and a error came up saying 'error copying to sent folder'

the Thunderbird mail engine has stopped saving emails to the sent folder, when i checked the sent folder it had a padlock symbol over the beginning of the file file. and a error came up saying 'error copying to sent folder'

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Matt
Matt
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The padlock, which has been there always, indicated the account uses a secure connection.

Now

In order for us to better investigate this issue you need to add a little more non-personal information.

Please add the troubleshooting information to your post To find the Troubleshooting information:

  • Open Help (or click on three-line-icon and select Help)
  • Choose Troubleshooting Information
  • Use the button Copy to clipboard to select all. Do not check box "Include account names"!
  • Paste this in your post.

Please also add the result of these troubleshooting steps to your post

  • Does Thunderbird work in TB Safe mode (see Thunderbird Safe Mode)?
  • Do you use anti-virus and firewall software? What is the version?
  • Who is the email provider?
  • Who is the internet provider?

Please post back with this information and any other questions you might have.

peterfwallis
peterfwallis صاحب السؤال

Matt 

. thunderbird is not in safe mode

. i am using Avast free anti-virus version 10.3.2225 . i am using gmail . i am using mozilla firefox

Matt i had to delete the last few line of the trouble shooting lines as it exceeded the 10,000 characters of content.

Peter 


 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.7.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150507114201
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (pop3) pop.tiscali.co.uk:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) pop.tiscali.co.uk:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

   account6:
     INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

 Crash Reports

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peterfwallis
peterfwallis صاحب السؤال

Matt

. thunderbird is not in safe mode

. i am using Avast free anti-virus version 10.3.2225 . i am using gmail . i am using mozilla firefox

Matt i had to delete the last few line of the trouble shooting lines as it exceeded the 10,000 characters of content.

Peter 


Application Basics

  Name: Thunderbird
  Version: 31.7.0
  User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0
  Profile Folder: Show Folder

            (Local drive)
  Application Build ID: 20150507114201
  Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
  Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
  Memory Use: about:memory

Mail and News Accounts
  account1:
    INCOMING: account1, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

  account2:
    INCOMING: account2, , (pop3) pop.tiscali.co.uk:110, plain, passwordCleartext
    OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

  account3:
    INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) pop.tiscali.co.uk:110, plain, passwordCleartext
    OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

  account4:
    INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
    OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

  account6:
    INCOMING: account6, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
    OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true

Crash Reports

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