19 Oct 16 09:26, you wrote to Ed Vance:   
      
    EV>> I had one big problem with Thunderbird when several thousand messages   
    EV>> in the In-Box got cleared out after I compacted TB.   
      
    HG> I never leave any amount of messages in the InBox. The most I've had   
    HG> there where over 1700, after my ISP account had been idle four years,   
    HG> but they were quickly cleared out. Now there are less than 10.   
      
   i use the filters prodigiously... when the emails come in, they are shuffled   
   off to their own folders... then i just use the "next unread message" button   
   at the top of the screen to go through them... emails without filters remain   
   in the inbox until i either create a filter and folder for them or i delete   
   them... so what if there's a bunch in there and they've all been read... it is   
   the unread ones that matter ;) ;) ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.   
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