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Stored Gmail email are empty

Carlo Tappero
Carlo Tappero

I use Thunderbird to store loacally some email from gmail and delete it from the online server.

Until october last year it was working flawless, to day I need to read an old email and I discovered that locally since october of some email is only stored the subject and somtime I only have the ticker that increase in the stored email email, but there is either not title or subject. I didn't change any setting in my computer or in the antivirus,, the only thing is that I perform the update of thunderbird as usual. Is it possible to recover these emails or they are gone forever?

Best regards

I use Thunderbird to store loacally some email from gmail and delete it from the online server. Until october last year it was working flawless, to day I need to read an old email and I discovered that locally since october of some email is only stored the subject and somtime I only have the ticker that increase in the stored email email, but there is either not title or subject. I didn't change any setting in my computer or in the antivirus,, the only thing is that I perform the update of thunderbird as usual. Is it possible to recover these emails or they are gone forever? Best regards

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Matt
Matt
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Is that account IMAP. It sounds like it and you have not considered the syncronised basis of IMAP mail accounts. ie delete on the server means implicitly it is also deleted locally.

Carlo Tappero
Carlo Tappero Jụọ onye nwe ya ajụjụ

I know that, for this reason I created a filter that automatically copy the email on local folder, it worked very well since September than the copied email are empty, either you see only the object but no content other you see a list of empty entry, with only the sender.

I am wondering if it's only an index problem, but I don't know how to test it or if a Thunderbird problem and it deletes thousands of email without warnings. The Pc has plenty of free space.

TIA

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