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New install. Delete function will not work.

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Have run thunderbird on winxp for years. Running ubuntu now and tb 24.4.0. The delete function will not work at all under any circumstances I can discover.

Have run thunderbird on winxp for years. Running ubuntu now and tb 24.4.0. The delete function will not work at all under any circumstances I can discover.

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Try to rebuild the index file of the troubled folder. Right-click the folder - Properties - Repair Folder

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I already tried that. Tried it again, and again. How can one flush TB from the system?