How do I retrieve email stocked in thunderbird from an account that was deleted from the remote server?
I have an email account that was deleted from the server that hosted it. Thunderbird used to collect the mail via imap.
Now although I can't access the mail directly anymore, it turns out that Thunderbird still remembers it somehow, and I can see that because when I run a search on a keyword, email from that account appears in the result.
I can't double-click on them, they won't open, but still I can read the text that surrounds my keyword in the mail that is supposedly deleted. Therefore, running new searches on keywords nearby in the mail allows me to access the whole contents of it, if I am desperate enough to spend so much time retrieving it.
Obviously this means that the mail is still stored in there, somewhere, but how can I restore it into a more convenient display?
I would be happy with a file that is stored somewhere in the .thunderbird folder, where the contents of the email appear although I doubt that there is such a thing.
email thunderbird undelete
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
add a comment |
I have an email account that was deleted from the server that hosted it. Thunderbird used to collect the mail via imap.
Now although I can't access the mail directly anymore, it turns out that Thunderbird still remembers it somehow, and I can see that because when I run a search on a keyword, email from that account appears in the result.
I can't double-click on them, they won't open, but still I can read the text that surrounds my keyword in the mail that is supposedly deleted. Therefore, running new searches on keywords nearby in the mail allows me to access the whole contents of it, if I am desperate enough to spend so much time retrieving it.
Obviously this means that the mail is still stored in there, somewhere, but how can I restore it into a more convenient display?
I would be happy with a file that is stored somewhere in the .thunderbird folder, where the contents of the email appear although I doubt that there is such a thing.
email thunderbird undelete
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
2
First thing I would do is make a backup of that.thunderbordfolder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday
add a comment |
I have an email account that was deleted from the server that hosted it. Thunderbird used to collect the mail via imap.
Now although I can't access the mail directly anymore, it turns out that Thunderbird still remembers it somehow, and I can see that because when I run a search on a keyword, email from that account appears in the result.
I can't double-click on them, they won't open, but still I can read the text that surrounds my keyword in the mail that is supposedly deleted. Therefore, running new searches on keywords nearby in the mail allows me to access the whole contents of it, if I am desperate enough to spend so much time retrieving it.
Obviously this means that the mail is still stored in there, somewhere, but how can I restore it into a more convenient display?
I would be happy with a file that is stored somewhere in the .thunderbird folder, where the contents of the email appear although I doubt that there is such a thing.
email thunderbird undelete
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
I have an email account that was deleted from the server that hosted it. Thunderbird used to collect the mail via imap.
Now although I can't access the mail directly anymore, it turns out that Thunderbird still remembers it somehow, and I can see that because when I run a search on a keyword, email from that account appears in the result.
I can't double-click on them, they won't open, but still I can read the text that surrounds my keyword in the mail that is supposedly deleted. Therefore, running new searches on keywords nearby in the mail allows me to access the whole contents of it, if I am desperate enough to spend so much time retrieving it.
Obviously this means that the mail is still stored in there, somewhere, but how can I restore it into a more convenient display?
I would be happy with a file that is stored somewhere in the .thunderbird folder, where the contents of the email appear although I doubt that there is such a thing.
email thunderbird undelete
email thunderbird undelete
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
asked yesterday
Arnaud MortierArnaud Mortier
1011
1011
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
2
First thing I would do is make a backup of that.thunderbordfolder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday
add a comment |
2
First thing I would do is make a backup of that.thunderbordfolder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday
2
2
First thing I would do is make a backup of that
.thunderbord folder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.– PerlDuck
yesterday
First thing I would do is make a backup of that
.thunderbord folder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.– PerlDuck
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday
add a comment |
0
active
oldest
votes
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1116455%2fhow-do-i-retrieve-email-stocked-in-thunderbird-from-an-account-that-was-deleted%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
0
active
oldest
votes
0
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Arnaud Mortier is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1116455%2fhow-do-i-retrieve-email-stocked-in-thunderbird-from-an-account-that-was-deleted%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
2
First thing I would do is make a backup of that
.thunderbordfolder. I reckon TB has cached the mails somewhere in there and what you are seeing is the cache's content. Thus backup the folder before TB notices that the cache is outdated/useless/whatever and flushes it.– PerlDuck
yesterday
@PerlDuck Good point, thanks. Done.
– Arnaud Mortier
yesterday