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Messages from local folder seem to be deleted - help

New user - I recently moved thousands of messages from my inbox to a local folder. At some point, Thunderbird asked me to compact folders and I said yes. I noticed today … (mear ynfo)

New user - I recently moved thousands of messages from my inbox to a local folder.

At some point, Thunderbird asked me to compact folders and I said yes. I noticed today that I am now missing about 13 years worth of messages from my local inbox folder.

Since I moved them, it deleted the messages out of the original inbox (I also logged into that account via the web and they are not located in the trash on the server either). There are now only a handful of messages there.

Does compacting mean that messages are deleted? Everything else I read said specifically that it would NOT delete messages. Any tips on how I can recover some really important messages? (It deleted about 13 years worth of messages from early May 2026 back to mid-2013, so there are recent messages in there I really need!).

Steps already taken: I tried using "repair folder" and that did not work. I do not have any automatic filters set up. I tried locating my Profile, and moved the "msf" files to my recycling bin, as I read that deleting the msf file would rebuild the index and display emails that had disappeared. Nothing changed. This was new for me so perhaps I did something wrong? I haven't emptied the recycling bin yet so the files are easily retrievable if necessary.

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Thunderbird and Yahoo mail not syncing

Hi - I can't seem to delete from my Yahoo Mail via Thunderbird. With Yahoo's new mailbox limits I wanted to clean up my Yahoo mail box and Yahoo obviously does not prov… (mear ynfo)

Hi - I can't seem to delete from my Yahoo Mail via Thunderbird.

With Yahoo's new mailbox limits I wanted to clean up my Yahoo mail box and Yahoo obviously does not provide any decent tools to support search and delete.

I downloaded Thunderbird and despite several deletion attempts my Yahoo mailbox still shows 160,000 emails whilst my Thunderbird client only 9,000 - so when I delete it is not syncing.

Most emails are deleted from Thunderbird however some are now reappearing (in Thunderbird). No deletions from Thunderbird are reachign my Yahoo mail inbox, however I can send emails from Thunderbird and see the sent and received email in Yahoo and I can add folders in Thunderbird and see those folders in Yahoo.

I tried several things

- immeadiate delete in Thunderbird - moving the emails to a folder in Thunderbird and then deleting from that and then deleting the the folder - I check this article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-yahoo and everything appears correct

I've had to pay for extra storage to get the code to make this post.

Mike

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Need urgent help setting up problematic IMAP account Please?

Trying to setup Thunderbird for wife’s new laptop… Her 4 separate email accounts with auto setup for the IMAP server info without issues. One account however will not – V… (mear ynfo)

Trying to setup Thunderbird for wife’s new laptop… Her 4 separate email accounts with auto setup for the IMAP server info without issues. One account however will not – VERY frustrating as this works fine on her old laptop. Thunderbird setup now appears to have an extra (4th) field required when setting up the account: Usually, its just name, email address and password. I see there’s now an extra box titled ‘Your Login’ being required for auto login. I have no idea what this field should be set to. Also, when I attempt to do a manual setup for the account, the port numbers and server names shown on the internet are completely different to those used on auto, and still get rejected. Doesn’t help that MS trying (and succeeding) to confuse us with all this “Outlook vs Outlook Classic vs Outlook.com”. My wife is unable to continue her work until I get this sorted:-( PLEEEAAASE can someone help me setup this xxxxxxx@outlook.com email account in Thunderbird as an IMAP account?

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adding earthlink email account

Is Thunderbird not compatible with Earthlink email? I can't seem to get my account added. All of the information is directly from my earthlink account set up information … (mear ynfo)

Is Thunderbird not compatible with Earthlink email? I can't seem to get my account added. All of the information is directly from my earthlink account set up information but I just get messages saying the configuration is wrong or password etc. I have checked and rechecked, reset the password multiple times so it is definitely the right password yet it fails to connect. if it simply can't be added I get it and will move on but I have no issue setting it up to other accounts so I just want to be sure I am doing it right and that it is in fact compatible. thanks for any help.

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Slettede mails vises med flag som der stadig er en ulæst mails

Når jeg sletter mails, bliver der stadig ved med at vise en mails som ikke er læst med et flag på bundlinien . Først når jeg trykker på eks. kladeer og derefter indbakke … (mear ynfo)

Når jeg sletter mails, bliver der stadig ved med at vise en mails som ikke er læst med et flag på bundlinien . Først når jeg trykker på eks. kladeer og derefter indbakke forsvinder dette.

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Störung beim Email-Empfang auf dem IPhone

Beim Aufrufen meiner Emails auf dem PC, erscheint ein Fenster: Verbindung konnte mit .arcor.de nicht hergestellt werden, obwohl ich Mails empfangen und senden kann. Bis … (mear ynfo)

Beim Aufrufen meiner Emails auf dem PC, erscheint ein Fenster: Verbindung konnte mit .arcor.de nicht hergestellt werden, obwohl ich Mails empfangen und senden kann. Bis vor einer Woche konnte ich mit gleicher Enail-Adresse auch gleichzeitig auf meinem IPhone senden und empfangen, im Moment kann ich nur Mails versenden, empfangen nicht mehr.

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A composed but not sent message is lost

I have app version 18.0. About 20 minutes ago I composed an email to a new contact (responding to a letter he sent me). The email was ready to be sent but before I did so… (mear ynfo)

I have app version 18.0. About 20 minutes ago I composed an email to a new contact (responding to a letter he sent me). The email was ready to be sent but before I did so I passed the phone across to my wife to read it. She passed the phone back and the message had disappeared from the screen. I have two email accounts that are Unified. The missing email was written with the main account so I checked in all those folders, including Sent, Junk, Spam, etc. I tried searching for the recipient's email address and tried Search everywhere. I also checked on TB for desktop on my laptop. I thought that composed messages were automatically saved. I have seen this during composition when opening a different app to check something and a message appears at the bottom of the screen "Message saved as draft" or similar. I'm trying think what is different this time. Can you offer any suggestion?

Richard

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my email for saved personal emails has disappeared

bold texti had a folder for emails for personal saved emails and i went to thunderbird email and it was gone i have checked my profile and that folder does not exist. i c… (mear ynfo)

bold texti had a folder for emails for personal saved emails and i went to thunderbird email and it was gone i have checked my profile and that folder does not exist. i checked my yahoo mail file and that folder does not exist

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