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I've deleted a lot of emails from my account and then tried to compact them. When I click compact on any of the folders, nothing happens- no spinning wheel, no error message. Can you help?

I have a Microsoft Online Exchange email account configured in Thunderbird 142.0 as an exchange account (not IMAP). I had a draft email in the drafts folder that was created using Outlook Web Access (OWA). Upon saving the email in Thunderbird, the email completely disappeared from the drafts folder. This email was not found in trash, sent items, outbox or anywhere else. Further if I create a new email message and click save or save as draft it appears momentarily in the drafts folder then completely disappears and cannot be found.

In Account Settings > [Exchange Email Account] > Copies & Folders > Drafts & Templates > Keep draft messages in: I have "Drafts" Folder on: [Exchange Email Account] set. If I change this to Local Folders, the draft message does not get lost (but also does not sync in exchange).

I also have a Gmail account in Thunderbird which does not exhibit this behavior of losing drafts. This is a fresh installation of Thunderbird.

The previous answer to this message isn't compatible with the current v142 of TB. I used this feature all the time when using Outlook 2019 before I switched to TB and I really miss it. I was able to clean up incoming messages to remove the many indentations and other unwanted formatting.

Is there anything that works with the current release of TB?

The Local Folders displayed in the left-hand panel of my Linux Mint version of Thunderbird do not appear when I attempt to move an email into a local folder, even though the folder is there.

Please tell me what the difference is between "size on disk" and "user quota"? I don't understand why my mailbox is full when all folders take only 1/5 of the available space. My hosting give me 5GB, a user quota in mailbox is 4.7GB (in the app for computer: the main folder containing all other folders - properties folder - Quota - Storage: 4.7GB), size on disk is 853MB (in the app for computer: the main folder containing all other folders - properties folder - General Information - Size on disk: 853MB), and the weight of all folders is ~1040MB (the sum of the weights of all individual folders in the main folder). None of the numbers match. I understand that the sum of the weights of all folders is probably supposed to be 853MB, that the discrepancy is due to rounding the numbers. I understand that some space may be "lost" from the hosting because installation files take up some space, so I actually have 4.7GB to use, not 5GB. However, I don't understand why my mailbox is full, when from 4.7 GB only 853 MB is used?

I have Thunderbird set up with various POP accounts to act as an aggregator, bringing all email into one Inbox.

Most of the accounts are hotmail or gmail accounts.

When searching on terms, it will bring up old emails and the location given is "Inbox".

These emails are however not in my combined Inbox. I have gone through the Local Folders structure and there is no other folder names Inbox.

Is there a means to access these emails and either recover them or properly deleted them?

TBird 140.2. I save draft emails in my Local Folders. However, within 'gmail' I also have two Drafts folders neither of which I have been able to delete. Within my other 'outlook' account there is only one Drafts Folder. None of these folders are used for saving my Drafts ... how can I delete the extra folder in 'gmail' Thanks

i am trying to add my google mail account and i keep getting an authentication error with this message: " Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password."

I am using the same configuration that i used for my other google account. and i am not given the opportunity to change the password. so how do i fix the problem?

I accidentally dragged some a "local folder" into my junkmail folder and then asked for the junkmail folder to be emptied. IN the process I have lost a couple of years' very important e-mails that I stored in the local folder (accounts information, etc). Is there anyway to retrieve it?