[Hidden-tech] Lost 2008 email from Thunderbird 2.0.0.16

Ron Miller ronsmiller at comcast.net
Fri Aug 29 11:30:13 EDT 2008


Hi Stacy:
I ran into a similar problem a couple of years ago and found a  
solution, which I outlined in a blog entry:

Stupid Thunderbird Tricks: Fixing a Corrupt In Box
http://byronmiller.typepad.com/byronmiller/2006/04/stupid_thunderb.html

Perhaps this will help.

Ron

Ron Miller

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On Aug 29, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Stacy Kontrabecki wrote:

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> My Dell laptop with XP on it has been cranky about waking from  
> hibernation when I lift the lid.  It often is a minute before  
> anything shows on the screen, but most times it's a few seconds.  I  
> couldn't get anything so I tapped the power button, which sometimes  
> pops the image on the screen and I'm OK.  The other times it shuts  
> down the PC in a bad way.  After today's shut down I open to  
> Thunderbird to see my Inbox with mail as recent as July 07, but  
> nothing new.  There are new emails that have been filtered into my  
> INbox subdirectories that still exist, but nothing in just the Inbox.
>
> So I have 2 problems - the biggest being
>
> Where can I find 2008 new email?
>
> The bigger Q is Why do I get these hibernate lockups that require  
> nasty manual power button intervention?  I've had similar issues  
> twice already this year where my Inbox has been totally relocated  
> to some cryptic place on my hard drive that takes a 2nd party and  
> hours to find - never relocates to a logical place.  I just need to  
> start from scratch with this PC, but haven't done so yet.
>
> Help me find my email!
>
> Stacy
>
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