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After laptop reset, my inbox, sent emails, and templates are back but archived emails are missing

Thunderbird Email and messaging
johnparkerwrites
johnparkerwrites

I recently had to to do a factory reset on my laptop on 5/31/2026. When I re-installed Thunderbird and re-connected my accounts, I used the same settings in copies and folders for my sent mail, message archives, drafts/templates.

And when I click on my sent mail folders for each account, all my emails are there -- all the emails I've sent going back to January 2026 when I started using Thunderbird. The same for my saved drafts and templates. Also, all the emails in my inboxes from prior to the factory reset are there as well.

But none of my archived emails are there. Under settings, I have the same settings as before. I've checked Keep Message Archives in "Archives" folder on j*****@email.com (not sharing my actual email address).

I wasn't seeing the folder in my left panel, so I left-clicked and subscribed to Archive. But there aren't any emails in the folder when it appears. One thing I noticed was that the setting is for "Archives" plural and the folder itself is singular "Archive." But I don't know if that matters since it's Thunderbird's default settings.

It's six months worth of archived emails that I would like to find. Are they gone? I'm not sure why my sent and drafts would be there, but not archived. I imagine they would be stored in the same profile?

I recently had to to do a factory reset on my laptop on 5/31/2026. When I re-installed Thunderbird and re-connected my accounts, I used the same settings in copies and folders for my sent mail, message archives, drafts/templates. And when I click on my sent mail folders for each account, all my emails are there -- all the emails I've sent going back to January 2026 when I started using Thunderbird. The same for my saved drafts and templates. Also, all the emails in my inboxes from prior to the factory reset are there as well. But none of my archived emails are there. Under settings, I have the same settings as before. I've checked Keep Message Archives in "Archives" folder on j*****@email.com (not sharing my actual email address). I wasn't seeing the folder in my left panel, so I left-clicked and subscribed to Archive. But there aren't any emails in the folder when it appears. One thing I noticed was that the setting is for "Archives" plural and the folder itself is singular "Archive." But I don't know if that matters since it's Thunderbird's default settings. It's six months worth of archived emails that I would like to find. Are they gone? I'm not sure why my sent and drafts would be there, but not archived. I imagine they would be stored in the same profile?

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