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Email is gone!!!

Submitted by ggrosser on June 2, 2008 - 7:33am

I recently added another account to my Thunderbird portable email. I then decided that I didn't really need the other email account, so I deleted it. Now, all of my email that I had stored on there is gone. Folders and all. When I go into my flash drive, I can still see the folders listed in there, but then don't show in Thunderbird. It seems to have created a new email folder. It now has a -1 at the end. How do I get all of my email back to the way it was?

Sorting by Date - When Searching Emails

Submitted by Catfish931 on May 30, 2008 - 10:10am

Howdi,
Something that drives me nuts , and I am not sure if it is just a plain Thunderbird issue or if it is something to do with the Portable Version . I frequently search through old email for items .. When I search the old email and come up with a list - Many times I like to sort it by date --- WHile some sorting definately happens , It is never still completely sorted by date and I always ending up scrolling through emails ... Anyone know the solution ?

Thanks ,

Catfish

TBird can not download from my pop3 servers.

Submitted by Dauphinflyer on May 30, 2008 - 8:56am

Thunder bird was working fine yesterday at home, today cam into work and all I get is " an error occurred with the POP3 mailserver. Mailserver responded: " And that is all the info I get on all my accounts. I even changed the Mailserver and no change. Any idea what is going on? I have checked my main Mailserver by longing in over the web but that is working fine so it cant be them. I ran Clamwin on the usb memorystick and I reinstalled Thunderbird on top of the old version. Still no change.

I would be very grateful for your help.

Regards DF

Moving from Thunderbird for WinXP to Thunderbird Portable

Submitted by Eco-rah on May 29, 2008 - 6:39pm

Hello,

Some time ago, due to bad viruses in my system, I quickly search for the way to save my mail data.
I copied both the 'Local Folders' and 'mail.eco-rah.be' folders data, not the profile.ini, abook.mab, pref.js and other data in the profile directory.

Now I installed the portable version of Thunderbird on a USB stick and (re-)created the account. I then copied the 'Local Folders' and 'mail.eco-rah.be' data to the new folders.

But when I start Thunderbird Portable, it doesn't make the link.
The 'import' function in 'Tools' doesn't propose Thunderbird as mail format to import.

TBP.exe on one partition - Datas on a second partition

Submitted by zaam on May 28, 2008 - 4:38pm

Hi,
I have been using TBP for quite a time on a USB drive as to now but, recently, I bought an external hdd which I parted in two : 1 part for my portable apps, the other one for my datas.
I copied/pasted my profile folders to their "new" direction (the second part, if you follow ... -;) ) and indicated this "new" path in the settings options of my TB.
Everything works fine as long as I use TBP from my ext HDD plugged on my personal laptop.
The pbm is ... the path is not relative ! And thus cannot be used/read/recognized on another PC !!!

Lost mail, locked settings?

Submitted by wigginspop on May 27, 2008 - 1:18pm

Thunderbird Portable 2.0.0.14 on PNY 1GB usb stick.
ONE of my four popped Gmail accounts has lost messages and will not allow settings changes.

I have deleted msf files tried compacting etc.
Appears as two unread three total but nothing shows in message list pane or preview pane.

Unusual behavior:

1) Additional property tabs
Right click - Inbox of any other gmail account shows properties shows General Information and Retention Policy tabs. Account in trouble ALSO has Offline Sharing and Quota tabs.

2) Incorrect setting cannot be changed

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