how to recover deleted messages on my mac

Read this answer in context 👍 0 All Replies (5) Make sure TB is closed before copying that folder. You can do that manually by copying the Profile folder name usually called fault. You can then use the 'OldInbox' as one of your backups, but you should backup the entire Profile. Allow some time for computer and server to synchronise and then check to see if the email is on the server Inbox via webmail. Test one email first: Use the right click on email 'copy to' and select the imap mail account Inbox. This time you should see all those emails in a new folder called 'OldInbox' in the 'Local Folders' account. Then save file as eg: OldInbox then put the 'OldInbox' file in 'Local Folders' account which is under 'Mail' folder not 'ImapMail'. Do the correction again eg X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Go through the same process again - making sure TB is closed/exited first. If it fails to put back on server and seems to delete them again. See if that puts the emails back onto the server. If imap then TB should connect to server. That should get emails back in Thunderbird Inbox. edit the number as required working down through the document.Make sure each X-Mozilla-Status: has the number 0001 Starting at the top use the look for this line: X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 If imap and there is no Inbox (no extension) only an inbox.msf then the following is of no use because the folders were never synchronised for offline use.Įach email will start with these lines: this is an example

You should see the eg: 'Inbox' mbox file - it has no extension.

If Imap: click on 'ImapMail' folder click on imap mail account name If pop: click on Mail then click on pop mail account name You should see 'Mail' and 'ImapMail' folders

A new window opens showing profile folder nameĬlose Thunderbird now - this is important

How to recover deleted messages on my mac