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cannot view emails CAUSED by Thunderbird Conversations, 2.8.1 SOLUTION update to Thunderbird Conversations, 2.9

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I recently updated to 38.1.0 Thunderbird. I can receive all my messages, but when I go to view them I cannot see the content or open in another tab. Is there a major issue? This is on Windows 7.


 Application Basics
   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 38.1.0
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0
   Profile Folder: Show Folder
             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20150707103124
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory
 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
 Crash Reports
 Extensions
   gContactSync, 2.0.5, true, gContactSync@pirules.net
   Lightning, 4.0.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}
   Provider for Google Calendar, 1.0.4, true, {a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc}
   Thunderbird Conversations, 2.8.1, true, gconversation@xulforum.org
 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: 38.1.0
     font.internaluseonly.changed: false
     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: 3bdd7619-8e4c-4d35-b8b9-adbc6486014
     network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
     network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
     places.database.lastMaintenance: 1436830738
     places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
     plugin.importedState: true
 Graphics
     Adapter Description: AMD Radeon HD 5670
     Vendor ID: 0x1002
     Device ID: 0x68d8
     Adapter RAM: 1024
     Adapter Drivers: aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
     Driver Version: 15.200.1046.0
     Driver Date: 6-22-2015
     Direct2D Enabled: true
     DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.17292)
     ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 11
     AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1
 JavaScript
 Incremental GC: 1
 Accessibility
   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0
 Library Versions
     Expected minimum version
     Version in use
     NSPR
     4.10.8
     4.10.8
     NSS
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     NSS Util
     3.19.2
     3.19.2
     NSS SSL
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     NSS S/MIME
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
     3.19.2 Basic ECC
I recently updated to 38.1.0 Thunderbird. I can receive all my messages, but when I go to view them I cannot see the content or open in another tab. Is there a major issue? This is on Windows 7. Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 38.1.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 Profile Folder: Show Folder (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20150707103124 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext Crash Reports Extensions gContactSync, 2.0.5, true, gContactSync@pirules.net Lightning, 4.0.1, true, {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} Provider for Google Calendar, 1.0.4, true, {a62ef8ec-5fdc-40c2-873c-223b8a6925cc} Thunderbird Conversations, 2.8.1, true, gconversation@xulforum.org 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: 38.1.0 font.internaluseonly.changed: false 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: 3bdd7619-8e4c-4d35-b8b9-adbc6486014 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1436830738 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.importedState: true Graphics Adapter Description: AMD Radeon HD 5670 Vendor ID: 0x1002 Device ID: 0x68d8 Adapter RAM: 1024 Adapter Drivers: aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Driver Version: 15.200.1046.0 Driver Date: 6-22-2015 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.17292) ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 11 AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1 JavaScript Incremental GC: 1 Accessibility Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.10.8 4.10.8 NSS 3.19.2 Basic ECC 3.19.2 Basic ECC NSS Util 3.19.2 3.19.2 NSS SSL 3.19.2 Basic ECC 3.19.2 Basic ECC NSS S/MIME 3.19.2 Basic ECC 3.19.2 Basic ECC

Modified by Wayne Mery

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You have Thunderbird Conversations, 2.8.1

you need to updatet to a newer version

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right click the folder, select properties and then the repair button.

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Unfortunately, this did not help. Are there any other suggestions?

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Chosen Solution

You have Thunderbird Conversations, 2.8.1

you need to updatet to a newer version