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Once in a while the body of my messages in my inbox get "garbled", meaning the messages all look like http code and can't be read. And the code in one doesn't seem to necessarily match the message - inside one could be referencing a different message. It only happens in one of my email accounts, the other is fine. And it only happens when I restart my computer after a long while.

Once in a while the body of my messages in my inbox get "garbled", meaning the messages all look like http code and can't be read. And the code in one doesn't seem to necessarily match the message - inside one could be referencing a different message. It only happens in one of my email accounts, the other is fine. And it only happens when I restart my computer after a long while.

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You are seeing signs of corruption. You can repair the problem by right clicking the folder and selecting Properties. Then Repair Folder.

Be prepared to lose some messages if the corruption is too bad.

Read this on maintaining your system to help prevent this in the future.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird

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You are seeing signs of corruption. You can repair the problem by right clicking the folder and selecting Properties. Then Repair Folder.

Be prepared to lose some messages if the corruption is too bad.

Read this on maintaining your system to help prevent this in the future.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird