On 5/10/2016 5:34 PM, Brian Scrivner wrote: > Here's an odd question which I've searched many forums and haven't seen > a good answer, although the question has been asked a few times. In > Thunderbird on Linux Mint 17, I have a huge email archive that might be > slightly corrupted or suffer from formatting problems. Often when I copy > messages to a new folder, the folder ends up with one or more "unread" > messages with blank subject line and sometimes a date in the distant > past, to fix this I use the "Repair Folder" in the folder's Properties > then the messages appear as I expect. > > I have a large number of folders which organize various volunteer > activities, friends and relatives, saved humor, employment-related, etc. > The email archive has been transferred from Windows, to Mac, to Windows, > to Linux... I forget what all. Some of the messages were received online > or in another app ([cough]Outlook[cough]) before I transferred them to > TB. I imagine that the folders/files have gotten quite beat up in all > this time, maybe there's corruption or file formatting problems. > > Does anyone know of a way to make TB re-save them all, not just new > copies but filtering them through the latest TB so that they are saved > as they would be if new messages/folders without retaining any old > formatting? I want to shake this corruption/formatting problem, since it > comes up often enough now that it is a big nuisance. > > Thanks! > > - Brian >
Start at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail#Mbox_files [also follow links in that section] then browse the entire article. It may prompt more questions but I think it will help in framing/answering them. HTH YMMV ;) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
