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Thunderbird downloads my messages from my ISP, but the messages do not show up in my inbox or anywhere else.

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aofarrell
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Thunderbird downloads my emails from my ISP. Thunderbird shows the number of messages downloaded, and the number of messages in my inbox increases, but I cannot see any of them. What is happening?

Thunderbird downloads my emails from my ISP. Thunderbird shows the number of messages downloaded, and the number of messages in my inbox increases, but I cannot see any of them. What is happening?

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gild
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Try to repair the 'Inbox' folder. right-click 'Inbox - 'Properties - General Information - Repair Folder' Fixes most problems with issues in folders.

If the 'Repair Folder' doesn't work -

Emails disappeared from Inbox, "repair folder" doesn't help https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1074528