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On start, all gmail messages and folders are deleted from thunderbird

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I have multiple accounts in my TB, one of them gmail. When I restarted my computer just now, all content of the gmail folder was gone, ie. only the account heading exists, with all subfolders missing. The main problem: also all of the files are gone - the IMAPMail folder had ~1.5gb in size in yesterdays backup, now it is at ~30mb!

I reproduced it with yesterdays backup and even another profile: same behaviour. Update: started TB in safe mode: same behaviour.

Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated! Is there a logging parameter I can turn on and reproduce the behavour to better see what is going on the second after TB is started up?

I have multiple accounts in my TB, one of them gmail. When I restarted my computer just now, all content of the gmail folder was gone, ie. only the account heading exists, with all subfolders missing. The main problem: also all of the files are gone - the IMAPMail folder had ~1.5gb in size in yesterdays backup, now it is at ~30mb! I reproduced it with yesterdays backup and even another profile: same behaviour. Update: started TB in safe mode: same behaviour. Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated! Is there a logging parameter I can turn on and reproduce the behavour to better see what is going on the second after TB is started up?

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This can happen on version 52.2.0. If you update to 52.2.1 the problem should go away, except on the first startup.

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Wayne Mery
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This can happen on version 52.2.0. If you update to 52.2.1 the problem should go away, except on the first startup.

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Thanks. I did not realise I was still on 45.8.0 - now I upgraded to 52.2.1 --> solved it.