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Trash folder is trashed, i.e. not working

Thunderbird Junk email and spam
MarcC
MarcC

First some feedback on your website, the URL is https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird/form If you are going to present the user with a list to select from, as you do in your selection list, "Which topic best describes your question?" ALWAYS present the user with an OTHER option. Despite you ego, thinking you can cover all the bases that a user will want to send you a message about, YOU CAN'T!!! Make sure ALL selection lists have an Other option on your website.

My version to Thunderbird, 140.9.0esr (64-bit), running under Linux (OpenSuSE 15.6) has developed a problem with the Trash folder. Despite the fact that I am deleting email messages or moving them to the Trash folder, nothing is showing up in the Trash folder, even though the messages do seem to be getting deleted or moved from the source folder. Also the Trash folder is always showing me I have 99 unread messages in it.

I have tried to repair the Trash folder, but no joy. So how do I determine what's bugging my trash folder, and how do I get it to behave itself once again? Thanks in advance for all thoughtful replies and responses!

Marc...

First some feedback on your website, the URL is https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird/form If you are going to present the user with a list to select from, as you do in your selection list, "Which topic best describes your question?" ALWAYS present the user with an OTHER option. Despite you ego, thinking you can cover all the bases that a user will want to send you a message about, YOU CAN'T!!! Make sure ALL selection lists have an Other option on your website. My version to Thunderbird, 140.9.0esr (64-bit), running under Linux (OpenSuSE 15.6) has developed a problem with the Trash folder. Despite the fact that I am deleting email messages or moving them to the Trash folder, nothing is showing up in the Trash folder, even though the messages do seem to be getting deleted or moved from the source folder. Also the Trash folder is always showing me I have 99 unread messages in it. I have tried to repair the Trash folder, but no joy. So how do I determine what's bugging my trash folder, and how do I get it to behave itself once again? Thanks in advance for all thoughtful replies and responses! Marc...

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