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Old emails corrupted - any way to fix?

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rodak99
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I've got emails in Thunderbird going back to 2008. I recently discovered that most of the older ones (prior to 9/2018) in my inbox are corrupted. I have older emails in various folders that are just fine, it's only the ones in the Inbox that are corrupt. Here are a couple of examples of what they look like: Here's one:

U†?á µ?†NŸ±1\OÆ?¢ï„`{å5|fõÕE8ÔwÎÕ¦É=ÎÄO %WØàÆ?Y®®MŸ2òµ…?åÚ‚h¬¹_óóÞëÔ#=CÀ ¸?Á*,dkÃC>]Úø= 7Eµ?„Úº}"‰“¨Cƒ5ºw_PÃ?Exãd=^”

Here's another:

if (!title || title === subtitle) subtitle = null;

var section = new WebInspector.ObjectPropertiesSection(WebInspector.RemoteObject.fromPayload(scope.object), title, subtitle, emptyPlaceholder, true, extraProperties, WebInspector.ScopeVariableTreeElement); section.editInSelectedCallFrameWhenPaused = true; section.pane = this;

if (!foundLocalScope || scope.type === "local" || title in this._expandedSections) section.expanded = true;


Any suggestions?

I've got emails in Thunderbird going back to 2008. I recently discovered that most of the older ones (prior to 9/2018) in my inbox are corrupted. I have older emails in various folders that are just fine, it's only the ones in the Inbox that are corrupt. Here are a couple of examples of what they look like: Here's one: U†á '''µ†NŸ±1\OÆ?¢ï„`{å5|fõÕE8ÔwÎÕ¦É=ÎÄO %WØàÆY®®MŸ2òµ…åÚ‚h¬¹_óóÞëÔ#=CÀ ¸Á*,dkÃC>]Úø= 7Eµ„Úº}"‰“¨Cƒ5ºw_PÃExãd=^” ''' Here's another: if (!title || title === subtitle) subtitle = null; var section = new WebInspector.ObjectPropertiesSection(WebInspector.RemoteObject.fromPayload(scope.object), title, subtitle, emptyPlaceholder, true, extraProperties, WebInspector.ScopeVariableTreeElement); section.editInSelectedCallFrameWhenPaused = true; section.pane = this; if (!foundLocalScope || scope.type === "local" || title in this._expandedSections) section.expanded = true; Any suggestions?

Modified by rodak99

Chosen solution

right click the folder, select properties and then the repair button.

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Matt
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Chosen Solution

right click the folder, select properties and then the repair button.

rodak99
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Wow, thanks! I've done some searching about this in the past, even here, and found various solutions to similar problems, but this is the first time I've seen this. Not something I'd have looked for on my own (I might have expected a "Repair" option on the right-click menu, but not within Properties.

It worked great, thanks again!