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Why some but not all starred messages automatically go to starred folder?

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mojoshog
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I though I was going crazy when the email disappeared. Now it seems that when I star some messages the go to a starred folder under the folders for that email account. I don't think I ever set a message filter to do this and some emails I have starred have not been moved. I would prefer just to have a copy of the email in the starred folder, but what is really puzzling is when and why Thunderbird started doing this.....? Seems like a good idea but I am not sure how to control it.

I though I was going crazy when the email disappeared. Now it seems that when I star some messages the go to a starred folder under the folders for that email account. I don't think I ever set a message filter to do this and some emails I have starred have not been moved. I would prefer just to have a copy of the email in the starred folder, but what is really puzzling is when and why Thunderbird started doing this.....? Seems like a good idea but I am not sure how to control it.

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Toad-Hall
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As far as I'm aware, there is no default folder called 'Starred' in Thunderbird. Perhaps you used one of the following methods to create it.

You can create a folder called 'Starred' and choose to manually move starred messages to that folder.

You can also create a Message Filter to manually run on a folder to search for Status is Starred messages and move them to a specified folder called 'Starred' assuming you have previously created the 'Starred' folder.

You could also perform a search using: 'Edit' > 'Find' > 'Search Messages' and search for starred messages in a particular folder or mail account and then choose to 'Save as Search Folder' and then give folder the name 'Starred'.