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mail folders out of sync

hambug
hambug
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my Thunderbird mail folders are out of sync

i can not retrieve my old emails as they have different content then the header

Thunderbird is the latest version

my email data folder is now 8 years old and i have would like to recover and sync the data base

any ideas  ?

Here is the help data dump

Tim B:( 


 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.6.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150330093429
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.gis.net.au:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.gis.net.au:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true

   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

 Crash Reports

 Extensions
   ImportExportTools, 3.1, true, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3}

 Important Modified Preferences

   Name: Value

     browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
     browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false
     extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.6.0
     font.internaluseonly.changed: true
     font.name.monospace.el: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas
     font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas
     font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri
     font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri
     font.name.serif.el: Cambria
     font.name.serif.tr: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria
     font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria
     font.size.fixed.el: 14
     font.size.fixed.tr: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14
     font.size.fixed.x-western: 14
     font.size.variable.el: 17
     font.size.variable.tr: 17
     font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17
     font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17
     font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17
     font.size.variable.x-western: 17
     gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: b0dbc9f6-4ee6-4d16-8984-b8d42ccb468
     mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false…
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1427892281
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 99247
     plugin.importedState: true
     privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 4

 Graphics

     Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics
     Vendor ID: 0x8086
     Device ID: 0x0102
     Adapter RAM: Unknown
     Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32
     Driver Version: 9.17.10.3347
     Driver Date: 1-29-2014
     Direct2D Enabled: true
     DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571)
     ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10

     AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: direct2d

 JavaScript

 Incremental GC: 1

 Accessibility

   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0

 Library Versions

     Expected minimum version
     Version in use

     NSPR
     4.10.6
     4.10.6

     NSS
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

     NSS Util
     3.16.2.3
     3.16.2.3

     NSS SSL
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

     NSS S/MIME
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
     3.16.2.3 Basic ECC
my Thunderbird mail folders are out of sync i can not retrieve my old emails as they have different content then the header Thunderbird is the latest version my email data folder is now 8 years old and i have would like to recover and sync the data base any ideas ? Here is the help data dump Tim B:( Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 31.6.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 Profile Folder: Show Folder (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20150330093429 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.gis.net.au:110, plain, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.gis.net.au:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext Crash Reports Extensions ImportExportTools, 3.1, true, {3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3} Important Modified Preferences Name: Value browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.6.0 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.name.monospace.el: Consolas font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-western: Consolas font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Calibri font.name.serif.el: Cambria font.name.serif.tr: Cambria font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria font.name.serif.x-western: Cambria font.size.fixed.el: 14 font.size.fixed.tr: 14 font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14 font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14 font.size.fixed.x-western: 14 font.size.variable.el: 17 font.size.variable.tr: 17 font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17 font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17 font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17 font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17 font.size.variable.x-western: 17 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: b0dbc9f6-4ee6-4d16-8984-b8d42ccb468 mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1427892281 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 99247 plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 4 Graphics Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x0102 Adapter RAM: Unknown Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Driver Version: 9.17.10.3347 Driver Date: 1-29-2014 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: direct2d JavaScript Incremental GC: 1 Accessibility Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.10.6 4.10.6 NSS 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS Util 3.16.2.3 3.16.2.3 NSS SSL 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC NSS S/MIME 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC 3.16.2.3 Basic ECC

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user01229325
user01229325
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Headers not matching the email body is a sign of folder corruption. If you have 8 years of messages in your inbox that is why. Right click the problem folder and select Properties. Then Repair Folder. Thunderbird will rebuild the index and recover the files it can. You may lose some.

Then read this about maintaining your email folders.http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_%28Thunderbird%29

hambug
hambug Question owner
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Hi

i Have checked the add ons and disabled them still same problem

I have not compacted the folder for some time as i thought this may have contributed to the problem

Im using Nortons anti virus and have checked its settings and all seems good there as only quarantining them

I did move the emails i wanted to keep about 10% of them to other folders but this seem to make the problem worse

is there any way of re indexing the data ?

Tim B:(

user01229325
user01229325
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Did you read my answer? Your response indicates that is a no. Repair folder.