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i need to create a subfolder to see my existing subfolders

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Since the last TB upgrade (or maybe something changed on the exchange server?) i lost all my subfolders Using the exchange webclient i can still see the subfolders, but i cant subscribe to them in TB Ticking the 'view all folders' option does not fix this

i have tried deleting/renaming existing folders using the webclient with mixed results what works most of the time is (in TB) when i create a new dummy subfolder. this seems to trigger some sort of refresh (hitting the 'refersh' button in the 'subscribe to folder' window does not work) in the 'subscribe to folder' window of all invisible folders that are on the same level as the new one i just created

but as i said before : it does not always work ...

Since the last TB upgrade (or maybe something changed on the exchange server?) i lost all my subfolders Using the exchange webclient i can still see the subfolders, but i cant subscribe to them in TB Ticking the 'view all folders' option does not fix this i have tried deleting/renaming existing folders using the webclient with mixed results what works most of the time is (in TB) when i create a new dummy subfolder. this seems to trigger some sort of refresh (hitting the 'refersh' button in the 'subscribe to folder' window does not work) in the 'subscribe to folder' window of all invisible folders that are on the same level as the new one i just created but as i said before : it does not always work ...

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forgot to mention this:

  • Thunderbird 38.5.1
  • running ubuntu 12.04.5 64bit
  • 3.13.0-79-generic #123~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 14:48:42 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


not sure if this of any help, but when i run TB from terminal i got this message

JavaScript error: resource://messagingmenu/modules/MessagingMenuModule.jsm, line 536: NS_ERROR_FAILURE: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIMsgFolder.folderURL]

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i was just playing around with ticking/unticking the subscribe box for some folders and after hitting OK _all_ my subscriptions were cleared !?

after re-selecting the folders i need i saw this in the terminal where i started TB from JavaScript error: resource://calendar/modules/calUtils.jsm -> file:///home/tvanseve/.thunderbird/9a02w0lf.default/extensions/%7Be2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103%7D/calendar-js/calIcsParser.js, line 135: : Component returned failure code: 0x804a0100 [calIICSService.parseICS] JavaScript error: resource://calendar/modules/calUtils.jsm -> file:///home/tvanseve/.thunderbird/9a02w0lf.default/extensions/%7Be2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103%7D/calendar-js/calIcsParser.js, line 135: : Component returned failure code: 0x804a0100 [calIICSService.parseICS] 2016-03-07 10:12:29 autosyncActivities ERROR OnDownloadError: SVT of tvanseve@cisco.com

2016-03-07 10:12:29 autosyncActivities ERROR OnDownloadError: SVT of tvanseve@cisco.com

Error: Couldn't find Europe Time 1st-setup:2016-2-1 10:12:56.988:[CISCO] refresh (_refresh in mivExchangeCalendar.js:2849) 1st-setup:2016-2-1 10:12:56.989:[CISCO] getSyncState: Creating erSyncFolderItemsRequest (_getSyncState in mivExchangeCalendar.js:7916) 1st-setup:2016-2-1 10:12:56.990:[CISCO] this._weAreSyncing changed from 'false' to 'true' (calExchangeCalendar.prototype.weAreSyncing in mivExchangeCalendar.js:7900) ...