Thunderbird/gmane?

[Jeff G.]

On 09/18/2011 08:25 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 09/18/2011 09:12 AM, Jeff G. wrote:
>> On 09/18/2011 06:50 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>> On 09/17/2011 10:35 AM, sktsee wrote:
>>>> On 09/17/2011 09:15 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>>>> I apologize for starting a new thread with the same name as my old
>>>>> one.
>>>>> When reading the reply from sktsee I clicked on the menu to check his
>>>>> recommendations, the message was marked as read and I no long had
>>>>> access
>>>>> to it. For convenience I have copied and pasted the original from the
>>>>> archives.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/16/2011 03:35 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Following some advice I received here I started to read the list on
>>>>> gmane. I like it and it is working well except I can't see any old
>>>>> messages. Once I read a message and close that account the next time I
>>>>> open gmane I don't see anything I have read previously.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have View-->Threads set to all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Settings--> Sync & Storage is as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Disk Space - No entries are checked
>>>>>
>>>>> Recover Disk Space - Don't delete any messages is checked
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove bodies from msg more than 30 days old is checked.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a version of Seamonkey on this machine and it will let me see
>>>>> old
>>>>> messages. The settings seem to be the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> What other settings do I need to change in Thunderbird?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, Thunderbird makes message display filtering harder than it
>>>>> should be.
>>>>>
>>>>> View -> Messages -> All
>>>>> View -> Threads -> All
>>>>> Quick Filter button "Show only unread messages" should be unchecked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> sktsee
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't see a menu item View -> Messages -> All
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh right, I forgot that it doesn't show up unless you add the "Mail
>>>> Views" object to the mail toolbar. Go View->Toolbars->Customize->drag
>>>> Mail View to mail toolbar. Set selector to all.
>>>
>>> OK, I have done this and it is set to all.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You might also check the indivdual retention policy of the newsgroup.
>>>> Right click on the newsgroup -> Properties -> Retention Policy tab ->
>>>> make sure it uses "My account settings", or either that the individual
>>>> settings are sensible. While you have the Folder Properties window open
>>>> you could click on the Repair Folder button located on the General
>>>> Information tab and see if that helps.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I did both of these steps but still can't see messages that have been
>>> read.
>>>
>>> To summarize my settings:
>>>
>>> View-->Folders-->All
>>> View-->Sort by-->Order received
>>> View-->Messages-->All
>>> View-->Threads-->All
>>> View-->Headers-->Normal
>>> View-->Message Body-->Plain text
>>> Newsgroup-->Properties-->Retention Policy-->My Account Settings
>>> Account Settings-->Synchronization&storage-->Don't delete any messages
>>>
>>> What else could be effecting me viewing previously read messages?
>>>
>>> Regards, Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> close Tbird and go to your profile folder. sub-folder News holds several
>> .msf files - delete them /and/ the file named panacea.dat in the next
>> level up. They will be recreated by Tbird.
>>
>> Restart Tbird - you may have lost some settings so reset them.
>>
>>
>
> Ok, doing this plus dropping down one more sub folder to news.gmane.org
> and deleting the .msf file worked briefly. After Tbird downloaded all
> the 240,000 plus headers it displayed both the read and unread messages.
> But when I switched to another newsgroup and then back Tbird darkened on
> the screen and became unresponsive. A eventually a dialog popped up
> saying a script was misbehaving and did I want to cancel it. I cancelled
> it and all the unread messages disappeared again.
>
> I want to thank you and sktsee for pointing me in the right direction.
> Now I know how to display them I can work on the other problem.
>
> Thanks again to you both, Jim
>
>
>
>
what extensions are you using?

the script error is a known anomaly generally caused by an extension - 
don't know if that interfered with your messages, though, but if you 
have some mail extension installed, it may.

you may be better off creating a new profile deom scratch and moving 
important data over piece by piece - and I don't believe that Message 
view is needed on the menu - I've not  used it.