Annailis wrote:
> I don't know if this will help now since you have already done
>
things to the files but perhaps you could look at -
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering...ly_disappeared
>
> Ann

> metin esgin wrote:


> HELLO ANN, SORRY FOR THE CAPS, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE..
>
> OF COURSE I HAD LOOKED AT THAT ARTICLE BEFORE. THE PROBLEM
> LIES EXACTLY THERE: IT MUST BE A BUG. TWO ACCOUNTS, SAME
> STEPS, ONE WORKED AND ONE DID NOT. HERE IS WHAT DID NOT WORK:
>
>
> 2- It will create a new account directory with a numeric
> suffix. For example, if your old mail account directory was
> pop.gmail.com it will create a pop-gmail-1.com.
>
> FOR ONE ACCOUNT IT DID, AND THE OTHER, IT JUST WROTE, IN FRONT
> OF MY OWN EYES, OVER THE OLD ONE, WITH THE SAME FOLDER NAME.
>
> MY POINT IS: I DID NOT COMPRESS MY FOLDER. THE RELEVANT MB IS
> STILL NOT FREED. SO, THE FILES SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN MY WINDOWS
> SYSTEM. THE RECOVERY DID NOT WORK. BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WAY
> TO FIND THEM. PLEASE?



I'd be way over my head trying to be of any assistance in
recovering those files. What a horrible experience to go
through. I can only suggest you repost here again and submit
your problem to the Thunderbird google group and mozillazine forum.

Ann

Annailis wrote:
> Annailis wrote:
> > I don't know if this will help now since you have already done
> >
> things to the files but perhaps you could look at -
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering...ly_disappeared
> >
> > Ann
>
> > metin esgin wrote:
>
>
> > HELLO ANN, SORRY FOR THE CAPS, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE..
> >
> > OF COURSE I HAD LOOKED AT THAT ARTICLE BEFORE. THE PROBLEM
> > LIES EXACTLY THERE: IT MUST BE A BUG. TWO ACCOUNTS, SAME
> > STEPS, ONE WORKED AND ONE DID NOT. HERE IS WHAT DID NOT WORK:
> >
> >
> > 2- It will create a new account directory with a numeric
> > suffix. For example, if your old mail account directory was
> > pop.gmail.com it will create a pop-gmail-1.com.
> >
> > FOR ONE ACCOUNT IT DID, AND THE OTHER, IT JUST WROTE, IN FRONT
> > OF MY OWN EYES, OVER THE OLD ONE, WITH THE SAME FOLDER NAME.
> >
> > MY POINT IS: I DID NOT COMPRESS MY FOLDER. THE RELEVANT MB IS
> > STILL NOT FREED. SO, THE FILES SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN MY WINDOWS
> > SYSTEM. THE RECOVERY DID NOT WORK. BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WAY
> > TO FIND THEM. PLEASE?
>
>
>
> I'd be way over my head trying to be of any assistance in recovering
> those files. What a horrible experience to go through. I can only
> suggest you repost here again and submit your problem to the
> Thunderbird google group and mozillazine forum.
>
> Ann

ANN:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMPATHIC APPROACH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I TRIED TO
SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAIL DIRECT SO AS NOT TO CLUTTER HERE BUT FAILED. I
FOUND A BACKDOOR SOLUTION THAT SOLVED HALF THE PROBLEM WITH MY MAIL
SERVER, NOT MOZILLA. THE OTHER HALF APPARENTLY IS GONE FOREVER. I DO
BACK UP TWICE A YEAR, TRUSTING MOZILLA'S SYSTEM FOLDERS, BUT APPARENTLY
WILL HAVE TO DO IT NOW MORE FREQUENTLY.

AGAIN, THANKS A MILLIOM.

metin esgin wrote:
>
> ANN:
>
> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMPATHIC APPROACH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I TRIED TO
> SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAIL DIRECT SO AS NOT TO CLUTTER HERE BUT
FAILED. I
> FOUND A BACKDOOR SOLUTION THAT SOLVED HALF THE PROBLEM WITH MY
MAIL
> SERVER, NOT MOZILLA. THE OTHER HALF APPARENTLY IS GONE
FOREVER. I DO
> BACK UP TWICE A YEAR, TRUSTING MOZILLA'S SYSTEM FOLDERS, BUT
APPARENTLY
> WILL HAVE TO DO IT NOW MORE FREQUENTLY.
>
> AGAIN, THANKS A MILLIOM.

If you haven't read this article already, I recommend it even if
it's pretty basic:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird

Keeping your Tbird (and Firefox) profile in a custom location
makes it much easier to back up, IMHO, so it's less a chore and
you don't mind backing up more frequently. And it's been my
experience that fewer "funny things" happen to your profiles when
they're stored in a location other than the default.

Good luck and I hope you never run into major problems again with
Thunderbird.

Ann W.

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>> Annailis wrote:
>> > I don't know if this will help now since you have already done
>> >
>> things to the files but perhaps you could look at -
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering...ly_disappeared
>> >
>> > Ann
>>
>> > metin esgin wrote:
>>
>>
>> > HELLO ANN, SORRY FOR THE CAPS, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE..
>> >
>> > OF COURSE I HAD LOOKED AT THAT ARTICLE BEFORE. THE PROBLEM
>> > LIES EXACTLY THERE: IT MUST BE A BUG. TWO ACCOUNTS, SAME
>> > STEPS, ONE WORKED AND ONE DID NOT. HERE IS WHAT DID NOT WORK:
>> >
>> >
>> > 2- It will create a new account directory with a numeric
>> > suffix. For example, if your old mail account directory was
>> > pop.gmail.com it will create a pop-gmail-1.com.
>> >
>> > FOR ONE ACCOUNT IT DID, AND THE OTHER, IT JUST WROTE, IN FRONT
>> > OF MY OWN EYES, OVER THE OLD ONE, WITH THE SAME FOLDER NAME.
>> >
>> > MY POINT IS: I DID NOT COMPRESS MY FOLDER. THE RELEVANT MB IS
>> > STILL NOT FREED. SO, THE FILES SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN MY WINDOWS
>> > SYSTEM. THE RECOVERY DID NOT WORK. BUT THERE SHOULD BE A WAY
>> > TO FIND THEM. PLEASE?
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd be way over my head trying to be of any assistance in recovering
>> those files. What a horrible experience to go through. I can only
>> suggest you repost here again and submit your problem to the
>> Thunderbird google group and mozillazine forum.
>>
>> Ann