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Feature Request - A scheduable task for Repair

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I would love to be able to create a task to have Thunderbird repair my Inbox (all folders really).

A few years ago, I ended up getting some corruption and lost thousands of emails (I didn't have a backup). In the process of everything, I also started to get errors for folder and was forced to do a repair daily. I did multiple checks on my storage and all checked out good, changed AV and everything but could never figure out what was causing the issue. At this point, I think the issue has resolved itself, but it would be great to have a way to schedule a repair.

I would love to be able to create a task to have Thunderbird repair my Inbox (all folders really). A few years ago, I ended up getting some corruption and lost thousands of emails (I didn't have a backup). In the process of everything, I also started to get errors for folder and was forced to do a repair daily. I did multiple checks on my storage and all checked out good, changed AV and everything but could never figure out what was causing the issue. At this point, I think the issue has resolved itself, but it would be great to have a way to schedule a repair.

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sfhowes
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Haven't tried it myself, but the Windows Task Scheduler might work to delete all .msf files from the profile folder's subfolders.

But if folders require frequent repair, rebuilding them is possibly a permanent solution:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Compacting_folders#Real_fix