Lost emails from Sent folder
TB at version 128.8.1 ESR on Windows 10 PC
I wanted to delete a single message in the Sent folder. I assumed it would go to Trash. I highlighted the line with the email, hit Enter and all the emails after the selected one disappeared. Nothing went to Trash. I copied the Sent folder, opened it with Editpad Lite. All of the emails are sitting there. They have X-Mozilla-Status of either 0009 or 0019. I'm not sure of what I should do next to get these back. Could someone help me out please. Sorry I have a typo here - I said "hit Enter" - that should read "hit Delete"
Modified by dobrphi
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Thank you "H" for the info. I have successfully edited the Sent folder changing all status 0009 and 0019 to 0001, deleted the .msf and all looks good! I'm not sure I did anything wrong to create this situation. Is there any reason to suspect there is a problem? I have been using this method to delete unwanted emails for years without ever encountering what happened this time. Is there another method for deleting that I should consider?
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1. The following link might be helpful: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1440880#answer-1640296
2. If you want to know the meaning of the values of X-Mozilla-Status, the following link might be helpful: https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/x-mozilla-status
Besides, you can search for nsMsgMessageFlagType in the following source code: https://searchfox.org/comm-central/source/mailnews/base/public/nsMsgMessageFlags.idl
The following is some of the values of X-Mozilla-Status and the corresponding meanings (Note: the values are expressed in hexadecimal): 0001: Read. This message has been read. 0002: Replied. A reply to this message has been successfully sent. 0008: Expunged. This message has already gone, but the folder hasn't been compacted yet. 0010: HasRe. The subject of this message has "Re:" on the front.
The following calculations are expressed in hexadecimal, too: 0009 = 0001 (Read) + 0008 (Expunged). 0019 = 0001 (Read) + 0008 (Expunged) + 0010 (HasRe).
Therefore, 0009 means Read and Expunged. 0019 means Read and Expunged and HasRe.
Modified by NoahSUMO
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Thank you "H" for the info. I have successfully edited the Sent folder changing all status 0009 and 0019 to 0001, deleted the .msf and all looks good! I'm not sure I did anything wrong to create this situation. Is there any reason to suspect there is a problem? I have been using this method to delete unwanted emails for years without ever encountering what happened this time. Is there another method for deleting that I should consider?
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