Cannot use global search
I use Thunderbird 38.8.0 on CentOS 6.8.
Since a few days ago, I cannot use the global search function in Thunderbird - if searching for something in the box, I just get a new tab and the text "Searching...", which never completes. This used to work before, and I can't recall that I've modified anything. "Quick FIlter" still works, though. Right-clicking on Inbox and selecting "Search messages" also still works. I can see all my messages in the inbox.
I have tried to delete global-messages-db.sqlite and restart Thunderbird, which makes Thunderbird start indexing the messages again, but this does not change the search behaviour. The account is an IMAP account.
被采纳的解决方案
I finally managed to solve this: Today, even the contents of messages would not be displayed, and I found this forum thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=892575
Basically the solution is to shut down Thunderbird, delete all *.msf files in your profile directory, restart Thunderbird, let it index all the messages, then I actually had to restart Thunderbird again, and now I can see the contents of all messages and also use global search.
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Did you download all your messages in the IMAP account for offline use? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_synchronization
Yes, I have selected to keep all messages locally.
Is this a Thunderbird version provided via your distributions repository or the vanilla Thunderbird downloaded from the Mozilla website? Note, the latest version is Thunderbird 45.2.0.
To my understanding, it is the Thunderbird version that comes with CentOS. I do not manage the system, I don't have admin, and can thus not install updates. However, since this has been working up until recently, I can't understand why it would be a version issue.
Usually rebuilding the global database does fix things. May be you should ask your system administrator.
选择的解决方案
I finally managed to solve this: Today, even the contents of messages would not be displayed, and I found this forum thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=892575
Basically the solution is to shut down Thunderbird, delete all *.msf files in your profile directory, restart Thunderbird, let it index all the messages, then I actually had to restart Thunderbird again, and now I can see the contents of all messages and also use global search.