Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 16 to 17 of 17

Thread: Firefox thunderbird can't delete emails help!

  1. #16
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Posts
    2

    Re: Firefox thunderbird can't delete emails help!

    Quote Originally Posted by colden View Post
    TBird is "for the birds." I'm looking for a decent email program that won't refuse to delete email or go through contortions by selectively eliminating add-ons one-by-one until nirvana is reached. This has happened with several versions of Thunderbird. By the way, closing it down to later delete emails often doesn't work.
    Did the Mozilla team develop or install the add-ons in question? No? Then how about either accepting that third-party features come with potential major bugs, or else living without the features and the bugs.

    Did you even check whether it ever happens in a long-term use of safe mode (a few days would be best)? Safe mode disables all add-ons and plugins for you.

  2. #17
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    1

    Re: Firefox thunderbird can't delete emails help!

    I've had similar problems with T'bird - emails won't delete, phanton message in an empty trash box, seven emails (totally blank) appeared dated 1970, so I've been round and round the 'net looking for the response. Here is what worked for me -

    1. I decided to use Mozbackup as my starting point, before re-booting my PC.
    2. So I closed T'bird so's I could use Mozbackup.
    3. T'bird closed but Mozbackuop wouldn't run, said T'bird was still open.
    4. Opened task manager (I'm still using XP Pro SP3) and saw the T'bird application was still active, although not on the task-bar.
    5. Clicked end task, T'bird dropped off the task manager.
    6. Ran Mozbackup.
    7. Out of curiosity, re-opened T'bird - everything was working fine, the phantom messages all gone and delete worked.

    So I thought it worth recording for anyone else having the same problem - it seems that T'bird was stuck in some sort of loophad gotten confused and simply closing from within T'bird didn't work. Who knows?

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Similar Threads

  1. Unable to backup Smartware emails due to Thunderbird email application
    By Robert Beck in forum Technology & Internet
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 23-07-2011, 10:29 AM
  2. Emails in thunderbird disappeared
    By roshan45 in forum Technology & Internet
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 05-10-2010, 10:22 PM
  3. Recovering deleted Emails from thunderbird
    By Pyrotechnic in forum Tips & Tweaks
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 16-02-2010, 06:17 AM
  4. Unable to send emails using Mozilla Thunderbird
    By roshan45 in forum Technology & Internet
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 10-02-2010, 02:04 AM
  5. How to open Thunderbird in Firefox 3 ?
    By Andrzej in forum Technology & Internet
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 09-01-2009, 03:02 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Page generated in 1,711,725,436.14012 seconds with 17 queries