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Confirm before deleting email from inbox

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sheila23
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Thunderbird 102.11 - I accidentally hit "Don't ask again" when confirming to delete an email from my inbox. Now it doesn't ask and immediately moves it to the trash. How can I get Thunderbird to ask before deleting? I've seen references to mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain and mail.warn_on_delete_from_trash which isn't the problem because it asks before deleting trash but NOT from my inbox anymore.

I downloaded an add-on but didn't install it due to the warning about how it is old tech and can access everything because it doesn't ask for permissions... sounded scarey :)

This confirmation used to work until an hour ago when my fingers slipped while deleting a message (probably hit delete and backspace).

HELP, please. Thanks in advance

Thunderbird 102.11 - I accidentally hit "Don't ask again" when confirming to delete an email from my inbox. Now it doesn't ask and immediately moves it to the trash. How can I get Thunderbird to ask before deleting? I've seen references to mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain and mail.warn_on_delete_from_trash which isn't the problem because it asks before deleting trash but NOT from my inbox anymore. I downloaded an add-on but didn't install it due to the warning about how it is old tech and can access everything because it doesn't ask for permissions... sounded scarey :) This confirmation used to work until an hour ago when my fingers slipped while deleting a message (probably hit delete and backspace). HELP, please. Thanks in advance

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christ1
christ1
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1155312

sheila23
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Thanks for your reply but I have already looked at that thread. It is referring receiving a confirmation message when you want to empty the trash. That still works for me. My problem is when deleting an email from the inbox, for example.

I used to receive a confirmation message before deleting any email from my inbox or other folder. But my hand slipped while deleting and I pressed the backspace which checked the "Don't ask again" box. OOops!

Any other suggestions?

sfhowes
sfhowes
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To restore the confirmation on Shift+Delete:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1104639

Settings/General/Config. editor

To add confirmation for Delete:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/confirmbeforedelete/

sheila23
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Thanks everyone.