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random failures to move files or folders from LOCAL FOLDERS to Main emails.

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steve f
steve f

I'm on latest T-bird 140.7.0-ESR 64-bit. I have random failures when trying to move individual files or folders from LOCAL FOLDERS back to MAIN emails. Moves some, sometimes, then won't move, or will move some but not all, and often corrupts the files back into Main folder. I only use one email under T-Bird. This has happened for years, but I have been judicious about moving files and lived with it. But it's still a problem that I would have thought something like this would have been fixed long ago? .The formatting of LOCAL FOLDERS & FILES in LOCAL FOLDERS seems different & convoluted vs. a straightforward formatting in MAIN where I can easily move withing Microsoft file management. But trying to reconfigure and COPY or MOVE Files or Folders from LOCAL is very problematic.

I'm on latest T-bird 140.7.0-ESR 64-bit. I have random failures when trying to move individual files or folders from LOCAL FOLDERS back to MAIN emails. Moves some, sometimes, then won't move, or will move some but not all, and often corrupts the files back into Main folder. I only use one email under T-Bird. This has happened for years, but I have been judicious about moving files and lived with it. But it's still a problem that I would have thought something like this would have been fixed long ago? .The formatting of LOCAL FOLDERS & FILES in LOCAL FOLDERS seems different & convoluted vs. a straightforward formatting in MAIN where I can easily move withing Microsoft file management. But trying to reconfigure and COPY or MOVE Files or Folders from LOCAL is very problematic.

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Rick
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Hi Steve,

Would you please describe a specific example of a move? What file? From where? To where? (What are you calling "main"?) Exactly what steps do you take? What makes you think that files get corrupted? What formatting is convoluted in local folders but straightforward in "main"?

"Moves some, sometimes, then won't move, or will move some but not all," — Some files and folders get moved in the file system but others don't? You copy and paste them or you click and drag them, and some move but some don't?

Some context for these operations would be helpful too. Why are you moving files and folders from local folders to "main"? Is your e-mail account an IMAP or a POP account? Why do you move files and folders in the file system instead of moving folders and messages in Thunderbird?

With more information, someone may be able to help.

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