Problems with Thunderbird junk mail folder

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Problems with Thunderbird junk mail folder

Postby cdaniel » Sun 05 Aug, 2007 10:41 am

All of a sudden, I cannot access the contents to delete them. I get the hour glass hang
either as soon as I select the folder or after I select the folder and any one email to
delete it.

I deleted the junk.msf, but it did not help.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Cynthia
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Postby Fulvio » Sun 05 Aug, 2007 1:38 pm

The Junk mail folder is interesting, if you want to access some of that mail, but but totally unnecessary. If you set up your Junk Mail settings to send the contents to Trash, you have all you want. I mark the mail as Junk, if it is not marked, and I do not have to worry.
I can, always, check the e-mails in the Trash folder.
What could be your problem? I would look at the size of the Junk file. If awfully large, all folders should be compacted. And, if nothing else helps, delete the Junk file, not just the junk.msf file. A new junk file will be created, and empty. But, again, why bother with a Junk folder?
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