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IMAP email downloading broken if clicking on the email list

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Baron Young replied 1 day ago
Baron Young
Baron Young

Hi,

For both servers imap.exmail.qq.com / imap.263.net, when I click on the email subject in the email list during downloading processes (many emails headers are being downloaded but email body downloading is not completed), the email is broken without any content (only header).

I go to the web email server and move the email to another folder and then move it back to inbox. Then I delete the same email in Thunderbird and donwload again the email again, it's completely downloaded with the email body.

I don't have any issue with eM client or Outlook for such issues. Any possible setting to solve this issue?

Thanks.

Hi, For both servers imap.exmail.qq.com / imap.263.net, when I click on the email subject in the email list during downloading processes (many emails headers are being downloaded but email body downloading is not completed), the email is broken without any content (only header). I go to the web email server and move the email to another folder and then move it back to inbox. Then I delete the same email in Thunderbird and donwload again the email again, it's completely downloaded with the email body. I don't have any issue with eM client or Outlook for such issues. Any possible setting to solve this issue? Thanks.

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christ1
christ1
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Try right-click Inbox > Properties > click 'Repair folder' button.

Then I delete the same email in Thunderbird ...

Note, this would also delete the message on the server when Thunderbird is online. With IMAP there is no concept of deleting messages locally only, and keep them on the server, unless Thunderbird is offline.

Baron Young
Baron Young Question owner

Hi

Thanks for attention.

This doesn't work for me.

I have more and more emails coming in with similar issues: either part of the email (not completed conversations) downloaded, or just the email header downloaded during the downloading trafic jam if I clicked them... It seems that my click on the email which is not fully downloaded yet kind of broke or stopped the downloading processes and can not resume even if I restarted Thunderbird.

No way to refresh the email or to continue the downloading or to redownload it. Very strange.

christ1
christ1
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What is your anti-virus software?

Baron Young
Baron Young Question owner

I stopped / deleted microsoft defender and don't use any anti-virus app.

Thanks

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