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saved search for messages not older that 5 days is not working

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GéraldT
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I created a saved search on Thunderbird (POP, mac M1) to get all messages not older that 5 days. The result is aberrant: only a few messages are found and not the right ones.

I tried deleting and recreating the smart folder, with no success. I also tried to compact folders. No improvement.

I created a saved search on Thunderbird (POP, mac M1) to get all messages not older that 5 days. The result is aberrant: only a few messages are found and not the right ones. I tried deleting and recreating the smart folder, with no success. I also tried to compact folders. No improvement.

Modified by Wayne Mery

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sfhowes
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By 'smart folder', do you mean the Mail/smart mailboxes subfolder of the profile? Did you also delete virtualFolders.dat?

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GéraldT
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Yes I mean saving a search as shown on the attachment. I did not delete virtualFolders.dat but I rebuilt the index and now it seems to work. Thanks for helping.

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