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"Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox"

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dfolks
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Get this error message I think since the update on September 2nd. See below

Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox. Also, I downloads a few old emails from September 2. If I delete them, they re-download when I click on get mail. I do get mail on my phone and on the Xfinity web site. I really would like to get this fixed as soon as I can. Thanks, William Dudzinski - <redacted>@comcast.net - <redacted>

Get this error message I think since the update on September 2nd. See below Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox. Also, I downloads a few old emails from September 2. If I delete them, they re-download when I click on get mail. I do get mail on my phone and on the Xfinity web site. I really would like to get this fixed as soon as I can. Thanks, William Dudzinski - <redacted>@comcast.net - <redacted>
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Wayne Mery
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Are you using version 140.2.1 ?

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P Dennis
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I'm running thunderbird 146.0 and having that error It seemed to start about time of the auto update

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P Dennis said
I'm running thunderbird 146.0 and having that error It seemed to start about time of the auto update

If it still happens, try R. click Inbox > Properties > click 'Repair folder' button, then R. click Inbox > Compact. If that doesn't help either, make a new post instead of continuing here.

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Wayne Mery
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William, if your problem is not gone, please create a new question https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird