Re: [CGUYS] machine turned off, lost Thunderbird unread messages

2008-02-07 Thread Richard P.
When was the last time the folders were compacted? I encountered a situation where the emails wouldn't load in a folder (such as inbox), and after compacting the folder, the emails returned. Ended up going through and compacting all of the folders for prevention. Just a thought... Richard P.

Re: [CGUYS] machine turned off, lost Thunderbird unread messages

2008-02-07 Thread Judy Cosler
do a search on a subject? it's the inbox. doing a search on a specific subject didn't cause it to be rebuilt. maybe i'm not understanding. didn't there use to be something about deleting ??.msf? don't remember the other part of the filename. John DeCarlo wrote: On Feb 7, 2008 11:31 AM, Judy

Re: [CGUYS] machine turned off, lost Thunderbird unread messages

2008-02-07 Thread John DeCarlo
On Feb 7, 2008 11:31 AM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how can i get them back? Very concise. Not necessarily sufficient. If you have lost the indications of unread messages that shows up in the left hand pane in parentheses, that probably means the indices (*.msf folders) are hosed.

Re: [CGUYS] machine turned off, lost Thunderbird unread messages

2008-02-07 Thread Richard P.
Compacting folders is pretty much the same thing as deleting the .msf files. See Mozilla link: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Compacting_folders Richard P. Judy wrote: didn't there use to be something about deleting ??.msf? don't remember the other part of the filename.