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i've run email fine for years. but today the inbox was completely empty. would not load old messages from server even marked as unseen. new msgs are downloading

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clairechang
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would not load old messages from server even marked as unseen. new msgs are downloading. All other files are fine. I will now keep the inbox cleaned out.

but it would be nice to have my old emails back.

would not load old messages from server even marked as unseen. new msgs are downloading. All other files are fine. I will now keep the inbox cleaned out. but it would be nice to have my old emails back.

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christ1
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disappearing_mail

For the future: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird