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Thunderbird: What does Repair Folder ACTUALLY do?
What does repair folder actually do? A search online gets answers like 'it rebuilds the index', but that's not very explanatory. Does it recreate the index by looking at… (διαβάστε περισσότερα)
What does repair folder actually do?
A search online gets answers like 'it rebuilds the index', but that's not very explanatory. Does it recreate the index by looking at the folder contents or by going back to the server and downloading emails again?
After a couple of odd things happening (emails appearing in the web version of Gmail, but not in my Thunderbird Inbox), I decided to repair my Inbox. It's an IMAP account with Gmail, and has got over 700 messages in it (yes I know, time for a clear out...).
Thunderbird went slow for quite a long time (like half an hour at least), and messages kept flashing up in the status bar at the bottom saying stuff like "Downloading message 237 of 700". When clicking on messages with large attachments, while the repair was apparently still underway, the messages took some time to load, though they seem to be about normal now.
Was it really downloading emails? I ask, because I have some archive folders MUCH bigger than the Inbox, and would like to know what to expect if I have to repair other folders.
For info: Thunderbird 91.11.0 (64-bit) running under Linux Mint 19.1