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Suddenly Thunderbird went wacky- I lost my address book, all my emails, inbox, sent, etc for my 3 email accounts!

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3rdRalph
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I know my previous email are stored in a profile folder, but I cannot seem to get them to display in Thunderbird. I seem to be able to retrieve some emails from their server websites, but much of my previous information is gone! Mostof it I definitely want back to refer to as needed!

I know my previous email are stored in a profile folder, but I cannot seem to get them to display in Thunderbird. I seem to be able to retrieve some emails from their server websites, but much of my previous information is gone! Mostof it I definitely want back to refer to as needed!

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Matt
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared

3rdRalph
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3rdRalph said

I know my previous email are stored in a profile folder, but I cannot seem to get them to display in Thunderbird. I seem to be able to retrieve some emails from their server websites, but much of my previous information is gone! Mostof it I definitely want back to refer to as needed!

I have been able to retrieve many of my previous emails. The Personal Address book and the Collected Addresses portions of the previous Address Book section of Thunderbird, but the biggest portion of my address book seems to have vanished. I cannot seem to find it anywhere on my computer! That biggest portion of them does not appear in the profiles file from which I have been able to retrieve some of my previous emails. Is there some place the missing addresses are hidden, or has Thunderbird simple deleted them?