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How to undo "ignore thread"

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Am using Thunderbird 102.2.2 on Linux Mint. I have somehow marked email messages to ignore thread. Selecting those messages, then right-clicking to choose "Watch Thread" has no effect. How do I undo "Ignore Thread" for those messages? Thank you for your help.

Am using Thunderbird 102.2.2 on Linux Mint. I have somehow marked email messages to ignore thread. Selecting those messages, then right-clicking to choose "Watch Thread" has no effect. How do I undo "Ignore Thread" for those messages? Thank you for your help.

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If I understand correctly, repeat the steps you used to ignore threads. That is, repeating the steps will 'untick' the setting. '

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Unfortunately, I don't know what I did to mark the messages, so I can't duplicate the steps.

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I hadn't meant to sound flippant. I think you just need to click View>threads>Ignored Threads to untick it.

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I thought your reply was helpful, not flippant at all. I appreciate you taking the time to offer help. Using the dropdown menu "View>Threads>Ignored Threads" had no effect. To get rid of the problem, I reinstalled the folder .thunderbird from a backup taken before I inadvertently marked ignore messages. This approach shouldn't be necessary, but trying to apply changes from the Threads' menu didn't work.

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Thanks for sharing your solution.