#Restoring thunderbird email update
#Restoring thunderbird email archive
#Restoring thunderbird email full

Delete both 'All Mail.' and 'All Mail.msf'.This will show you the files used to display the emails. click on ' ' or ' (depends upon which server you use).a new window opens showing your profile folder.unsubscribe the 'AllMail' folder and click on OK to save changes.'Tools' > 'Account Settings' > 'Synchronization & Storage' for gmail account.Make hidden files and folders visible - either of these links:

This is refering to Thunderbird Profile folder on your computer. '''re : 'inability to retrieve gmail emails''''

#Restoring thunderbird email full

If you logon to gmail webmail using a browser, can you see the emails?ĭo you synchronize your folders to download a full copy of the folder or do you choose to syncronize the most recent xx days or emails ? Re : 'inability to retrieve gmail emails' Use this tool to backup these emails and save as. This can impact on performance especially if the folders are large.Īny emails you have copied or moved to 'Local Folders' will be on your computer. You do not have to subscribe to see those Archived emails unless you need to. This would help to reduce the folder size. So have you Archived older emails by year and month and kept folder structure eg: anything older than 60 days. Larger files take up more space and memory. I compact folders daily as I will delete several emails each day.ĭo you synchronize your folders to download a full copy of the folder or do you choose to syncronize the most recent xx days or emails ? How often do you compact your folders to remove traces of deleted emails? Info on things that can effect performace: See info - scroll down to 'All Mail' section:

#Restoring thunderbird email archive

It is only gmail' archive copy of all your emails, so it will double the amount of space used. If this is an IMAP mail account, do you see an 'All Mail' folder? Look at the following to see how you can better manage your Thunderbird to see if you can improve on performance. Just as info: -The Thunderbird Program is not stored in the same place as Thunderbird Profiles, so reinstalling or updating does not effect the emails.

#Restoring thunderbird email update

'Your computer must be restarted to complete a previous update of Thunderbird.It is not likely to be a Program issue and more likely to be an issue with how you manage your emails. So I went to the Apps&Features screen in MS settings, scrolled down to 'Mozilla Thunderbird 68.5.0 (x86 en-US), and tried to uninstall. I then tried to do a new installation of Thunderbird from the Mozilla website (Thunderbird Setup 68.6.0.exe) - but after a couple of steps I was again told that: I saved all the files from C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Profiles//Mail, and also from C:/Users//AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Profiles//ImapMail to a separate disk, together with the address book (abook.mab). And in these times of covid19 there are people that I need to contact. But it's clunky, and it doesn't give me access to my address list. Not having time to investigate further, I have used webmail to get my email for the last nearly 2 months. Do you want to reboot now?'īut still I couldn't open Thunderbird. 'Your computer must be restarted to complete a previous update of Thunderbird.

My machine uses Windows 10 Home (currently version 1909, installed )įollowing the latest major MS update (night of Feb:16, completed morning of Feb:17), I tried to open Thunderbird.