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Will I lose my deleted messages when I compact my folders

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Phoebe replied 7 साल पहले
Phoebe
Phoebe

I'm new to Thunderbird. I've read up on the articles on Compacting Folders. Will I lose all my emails that are in my Trash folder, when I compact the folders? Thanks

I'm new to Thunderbird. I've read up on the articles on Compacting Folders. Will I lose all my emails that are in my Trash folder, when I compact the folders? Thanks

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sfhowes
sfhowes

There is no one-word answer to this question. It depends on whether you delete, empty or expunge messages in a folder, e.g. when you empty Trash, messages are permanently removed from Trash, but they are not removed from the original folder until that folder is compacted.

It's worth reading this article carefully and doing a few tests to become aware of exactly how compacting and deleting works.

Phoebe
Phoebe प्रश्नकर्ता

Thank you for your replies. I forgot to mention I'm using POP. Will have to read the article carefully to understand how it works.