Comments on: Mozilla Thunderbird Maintenance

By: Marcos

Marcos — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:25:53 +0000

I’m having a similar problem!
I closed Thunder, deleted the msf and reopen. I now can see the “corrupted” emails, but the new ones arrive still have the issue.
Thanks for the post!

By: Studi0 2

Studi0 2 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:20:36 +0000

I have the same problem as someone above mentioned. Started Thunderbird (v2 on XP) up – it’s all blank asking me to set up an account like it’s just been installed!

I did a system restore and still nothing.

Is there a way to recover please?

By: Moz-ThunderBird Inbox Counting [Aneh] « Piece of Life Recorded

Moz-ThunderBird Inbox Counting [Aneh] « Piece of Life Recorded — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:28:23 +0000

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By: Bill M

Bill M — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:48:44 +0000

T’bird mail folders are gobbling up my hard drive !

I’ve got more than 12 gigs of old mail showing in Application Data for T’bird even though I’ve deleted the files in the program interface itself.

I hate the thought of just deleting the inbox files for various pop addresses but some of them show no activity since January (and are more than a gig in size).

If I’ve
1- Deleted files from program interface itself and
2- Still have stuffed mail folders in Application Data
Do I dare just delete files through Internet Explorer?

Thanks in advance.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:49:31 +0000

I’m wondering if this is what happened to me.. I’m just dumbfounded as to what happened. Everything was working fine with no problems at all. I turned my computer off to come back later and boot it up.. go to check my email and it opens like it’s just been installed, asking to make a new profile and all of my emails are gone. it’s just empty! grrr.. no clue what happened. I’m wondering if doing this will restore everything..

By: Barry Gow

Barry Gow — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:16:08 +0000

When using Mozilla Thunderbird, if I select “last 5 days” the list of selected subjects appears briefly and then disappears. If I select “all” or “recent mail” these work and I can read the emails. If I customize “last 4 days” for example, I also get nothing.
Has anyone experienced someting like this and even better, does anyone know how to fix the problem?

By: dave

dave — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:23:08 +0000

I’ve lost my inbox about 3 times now.. not massive sizes of messages, Thunderbird just decides to zero them now and then..

not too happy.. Maybe I should dump it.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:49:03 +0000

Hi,

After compacting my emails in Thunderbird, all my emails in 2007 were gone?

I tried deleting all the *.msf files. it is still the same. Can I still retrieve my files, Can anybody help?

with high hopes,
-Philipp

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:31:26 +0000

Just another good comment here, I migrated from Outlook and a number of my folders were blank, but the files themselves have considerable size. Deleting the msf files did the trick!

Thanks!

By: Bennie Q. Shaft

Bennie Q. Shaft — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:26:14 +0000

To find the “msf” files on my W98 computer, I merely do a “find” for inbox, drafts, sent, junk, templates, unsent, and trash, one at a time, of course. I then delete the “msf” files right from the “find” box. They are VERY easy to find using this method.