Subj : Free programs To : Holger Granholm From : mark lewis Date : Thu Oct 20 2016 10:56:12 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. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .