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Sent mail has suddenly vanished

Thunderbird Email and messaging
Joan Kemp replied
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Sent mail has suddenly vanished, even though it is still on the originating file server. This happened very suddenly. I uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird, but no change. I am about to reboot PC to see if this will solve the problem. Very strange!

Sent mail has suddenly vanished, even though it is still on the originating file server. This happened very suddenly. I uninstalled and reinstalled Thunderbird, but no change. I am about to reboot PC to see if this will solve the problem. Very strange!
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Mapenzi
Mapenzi
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Unfortunately your attached tiny screen shot doesn’t help! Did your sent messages suddenly vanish from your Sent (or Sent Mail) folder? Or did the Sent (or Sent Mail) folder itself vanish from your IMAP account in the folder pane? If the Sent (or Sent Mail) folder is missing you might recover it via a R-click on the account name > Subscribe ...

Joan Kemp
Joan Kemp

Thankyou, Mapenzi. After rebooting my PC twice and reinstalling Thunderbird, everything started working again. It was a weird problem as I could see ‘Sent Mail’ by logging into the home file server (Cantab.net) but my ‘Sent Mail’ folder wasn’t showing up in Thunderbird. I keep all my travel email in a folder under ‘Sent Mail’ - so was really alarmed! Thank you again, jkgla