Email becoming "ghosts"
The messages that were left in my Inbox folder overnight have become ghosts. The subject, sender, recipient, and date are shown but none of the messages show any content when clicked on. None of them can be moved, or deleted. This seems to be the same condition for the Junk folder where the one spam message that was left in the folder is also a ghost. All of the attachments in these messages have been downloaded but I still need the messages for the record. Is there some way to make them whole again? Thanks.
P.S. I just restored the Inbox and Junk files from the nightly backup and all of the messages became whole. I still need to determine what may have caused this and how to prevent it. Thanks.
Modified by Ambrose Wong
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Some thoughts...
- Re-start Thunderbird, or even better, reboot the computer. There could a memory leak in Thunderbird or one of its extensions, or something else running on the computer, leaving programs memory-starved.
- It could be a corrupted search index. Quit Thunderbird and delete the file global-messages-db.sqlite in your profile. Thunderbird will recreate the index on restart (though this could take a long time.)
- Compact the folder(s.) That can sometimes sort out some minor corruption. Best to make a backup of your profile first.
You can also try repairing the folder (right-click on the folder name, choose Properties, General Information tab, "Repair Folder" button.)
Thanks, rednoise, will keep those suggestions in mind if the issue comes up again. The one thing that I really need to track down is what may be causing this condition so that I can either prevent it or avoid it. Thanks again.
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