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| Thread ID: 124539 | 2012-05-02 04:48:00 | Thunderbird Inbox corruption | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 1273217 | 2012-05-02 04:48:00 | Hi guys, I'm not super familiar with thunderbird, I'm an Outlook guy myself. :p Anyway, I've got a PC here with Thunderbird, the chap who used it never compacted his inbox, and as a consequence, it has become rather obese (4GB+) and it's corrupted. The messages in the inbox can't be seen, I've tried deleting the .msf file and letting TB rebuild the summary inbox file, but to no avail - it sits there for around 5 mins rebuilding then displays a blank folder. If I copy the corrupted inbox file out, TB will re-create a new one and everything is hunky dory, it will receive new mail etc, so that aspect of things is OK, but what I need to know is how to recover the email from the corrupted inbox file - most of the solutions found from a quick google seem to involve deleting the .msf file and letting TB rebuild it, but that doesn't seem to be working for me. Any ideas? Thanks. :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1273218 | 2012-05-02 05:27:00 | Try this (byronmiller.typepad.com). You maybe deleting the wrong file in the wrong folder I turns out that the profile in the Mozilla folder was an OLD profile. So by deleting the msf, I wasn't doing anything, which is why nothing changed after I did it. My ACTUAL, working profile was in Application Data/Thunderbird folder. So all along, I was working off the wrong file. When I deleted the msf file in the correct folder and reopened Thunderbird, the system rebuilt itself just as it should and all was right with the world, but I had to go through some major aggravation before I figured this out. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1273219 | 2012-05-02 05:56:00 | Thanks Speedy - been down that road, and double checked that I'm deleting the right files. I've also tried the corrupted inbox file on another PC with the same issues too. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1273220 | 2012-05-02 06:23:00 | Its like OL and OL Express. Leave it too long, it will get corrupted. Have you tried this? (nic-nac-project.de)It may split the messages | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1273221 | 2012-05-02 07:51:00 | The very latest TBird version (12.0.1) is bolloxed! I upgraded it tonight, and am now unable to send emails! I add an attachement and hit Send. It sits there indefinitely saying "Attaching..." I delete the attachment and again try to send. It again sits there indefinitely saying "Attaching..." Now in search of a way to undo the upgrade, or find a patch ASAP. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1273222 | 2012-05-02 08:02:00 | Uninstall it, delete its folder then reinstall it. Or wait for 12.02. Looks like this can happen, if you create a custom html sig too | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1273223 | 2012-05-02 09:06:00 | It is a simple text file and each separate mail starts with the string "From - somedate". A simple script could loop through it and spit each mail out to a separate .eml file. Should be one somewhere or you could write one :) Try doing that with a borked pst file ... edit: if you don't feel like diy, maybe see apveening.a61.nl for cut-to-eml or such |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1273224 | 2012-05-02 09:10:00 | If a PST file is corrupted then theres always recovery software, no big deal. No mail program is perfect. The very latest TBird version (12.0.1) is bolloxed! Agree with that statement, had to fix a few in the last week or so, all TB of various versions. Its going like a lot of other programs, they start out good and slowly turn to trouble after a while with each passing version. Wratt: have a look at stupid_thunderb (byronmiller.typepad.com) May or may not relate to your problem. Worth a crack :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1273225 | 2012-05-02 09:13:00 | If a PST file is corrupted then theres always recovery software, no big deal. No mail program is perfect. Yes, but you can't just open it in a simple text editor or even just print the file and read your lost mail. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1273226 | 2012-05-02 09:21:00 | Yes, but you can't just open it in a simple text editor or even just print the file and read your lost mail.Hope your meaning that TB is perfect and "the" email program to use - if so take the blinkers off ;) As I said no mail program is 100% and theres different ways to recover various types of mail, no matter what they are. If a text editor is your cup of joy then good on ya. I have programs here that can open OE, Outlook corrupted files and read/print off what ever is required. |
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