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email to/from one account shows in another

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Email sent to my primary account (optimum domain) shows in a folder in another account (outlook domain), though I never exported anything to or imported anything from any other account (each account should have only that account's emails). When I search for emails that have been sent to the primary account, they show as being sent to a third account (yahoo domain), though they were not sent there. Why is Thunderbird confusing my accounts like this, and how do I get it to stop?

Email sent to my primary account (optimum domain) shows in a folder in another account (outlook domain), though I never exported anything to or imported anything from any other account (each account should have only that account's emails). When I search for emails that have been sent to the primary account, they show as being sent to a third account (yahoo domain), though they were not sent there. Why is Thunderbird confusing my accounts like this, and how do I get it to stop?

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In order for us to better investigate this issue you need to add a little more non-personal information.

Please add the troubleshooting information to your post To find the Troubleshooting information:

  • Open Help (or click on three-line-icon and select Help)
  • Choose Troubleshooting Information
  • Use the button Copy to clipboard to select all. Do not check box "Include account names"!
  • Paste this in your post.

Please also add the result of these troubleshooting steps to your post

  • Does Thunderbird work in TB Safe mode (see Thunderbird Safe Mode)?
  • Do you use anti-virus and firewall software? What is the version?
  • Who is the email provider?
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TB works, so Safe Mode probably not necessary; it just seems to get confused about what emails came from where. I use Avira Free antivirus, v15.0.10.434 There are several email providers: AT&T, GMail, Optimum, Outlook, Yahoo. Clipboard info below (removed info about fonts & printers; if you need that, I can provide it).


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 31.6.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; 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
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.optimum.net:110, plain, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: mail.optimum.net:587, plain, passwordCleartext, true
   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) inbound.att.net:995, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: outbound.att.net:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account5:
     INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
   account8:
     INCOMING: account8, , (imap) imap.mail.yahoo.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account9:
     INCOMING: account9, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account10:
     INCOMING: account10, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account12:
     INCOMING: account12, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
   account13:
     INCOMING: account13, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
 Crash Reports
 Extensions
   McAfee Anti-Spam Thunderbird Extension, 2.0, false, msktbird@mcafee.com
 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: false
     gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0
     mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1
     mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true
     mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: cfa9e670-1714-4869-b758-f5d2bee959e
     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: 1432511173
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
     plugin.importedState: true
   
 Graphics
     Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
     Vendor ID: 0x8086
     Device ID: 0x0416
     Adapter RAM: Unknown
     Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32
     Driver Version: 10.18.10.3277
     Driver Date: 8-19-2013
     Direct2D Enabled: true
     DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.3.9600.17111)
     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: 1
   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