Q – I am using Thunderbird for a long time but a few days ago, due to some issues in Thunderbird my entire mailbox emails denies to open. Is there anyone who knows the solution to repair the corrupt Thunderbird mailbox?
Hi, I read your query and concluded that you want to repair your Thunderbird mailbox. For this, you can go through the simple steps –
- Locate the folder in Mozilla Thunderbird which you wish to repair
- Right click on it and select properties
- Go to general information option
- Click on Repair folder and click ok
Note: It is also advised to turn off automatic mail checking to reduce the chances of errors.
You can try this alternate solution to rebuild your Thunderbird mailbox.
I don’t know how to rebuild multiple folders in Thunderbird. Can you please elaborate the steps?
Sure. You can go through the following steps to know the working–
- Close Mozilla application
- Open its directory
- Select the account to rebuild the inbox.msf
- Select the corresponding .msf files you want to rebuildv
- Delete .msf files or move the files which have .msf as an extension to the trash
- Restart Mozilla application, it will rebuild the deleted .msf index files
Hi, I have tried both the manual techniques but the messages are still missing from my Thunderbird. Is there any other method that can help me?
Even after deleting & rebuilding the Thunderbird index files, if you are still facing the issue. You can try this alternative solution. Given below are the steps –
- Open Thunderbird
- Go to Help > Troubleshoot information
- Click on Open folder
- You will find the ImapMail folder, click on it & select the IMAP mail account name.
- Click on Inbox & open it with notepad, your emails start receiving one by one.
If you still face the issue, I would like to recommend you MBOX Viewer Pro Third-party tool. The tool comes with simplified and a few steps to recover MBOX files. A free demo is also attached with the tool to test and to become familiar with the tool.