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I deleted my emails between 2017 - 2019 by mistake, I found file : uq4n2zn3.default file, I opened the sent in this file and it is encode base64. I'm I in the right file? And if so how do I convert them to readable email format?

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paul526
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I deleted my emails between 2017 - 2019 by mistake, I think I have found them in this Thunderbird file : Profiles uq4n2zn3.default mail mail.pestblastersrus.co.nz, it is the sent emails I want to retrieve, I opened the sent in this file, someone told me to put all numbers to zero in the X-Mozilla-Status 0000, I then opened it in wordpad and it is encode base64, is this correct file to recover deleted sent emails ? And if so how do I convert them to readable email format?

I deleted my emails between 2017 - 2019 by mistake, I think I have found them in this Thunderbird file : Profiles uq4n2zn3.default mail mail.pestblastersrus.co.nz, it is the sent emails I want to retrieve, I opened the sent in this file, someone told me to put all numbers to zero in the X-Mozilla-Status 0000, I then opened it in wordpad and it is encode base64, is this correct file to recover deleted sent emails ? And if so how do I convert them to readable email format?

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david
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That is probably a folder, not a file. Maybe if you do a screenshot of it from File Explorer so the folders and files are visible, someone here can confirm what you see. Thank you.

sfhowes
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The file you tried to view, Sent (with no extension), is an mbox file. Copy it into the Mail/Local Folders subfolder of the profile folder, with TB closed. Restart TB and find the Sent folder under Local Folders in the Folder Pane.

Help/More Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, to open the profile in File Explorer.