598733 - Thunderbird repeatedly gets into a state where it doesn't delete email - have to exit to reset

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4

Several times a day, Thunderbird gets into a state where nothing happens when I try to delete email from my inbox.  I also can't drag mail from one folder to another.  I have to exit and get back in.  Then it's ok for a few hours.  This started with version 3.  I have verified that this is still happening with the latest (3.1.4).

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I don't know how to cause this -- it seems to just happen after a certain amount of time.  Email is never deletable after Thunderbird has sat overnight.
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Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Is this over pop / imap ?

Does it happens if you run thunderbird in safemode (http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode) ?

Comment 2

[qoregexp]

It is with pop.  I haven't tried it in safemode.  But it has mysteriously stopped happening.  It went from happening several times a day to hasn't happened in probably a week.  I guess never mind.

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

If it happens again look into Tools-> Error console, try in safe-mode . 

and come back to reopen this bug ;-)