Thunderbird rss reader

[Keith]

On 3/30/22 2:37 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 3/28/22 22:40, Keith wrote:
>> On 3/28/22 1:50 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>> Is anyone using the Thunderbird rss feed reader? I have been using it
>>> for awhile but all of a sudden it will no longer display any text when I
>>> double click on a news item. A window opens but it is blank.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure when this started. I scan through the feeds each day but I
>>> don't always choose to read any articles.
>>>
>>> Thunderbird version is 91.5.0 which I believe is up to date.
>>>
>>> Thanks,  Jim
>>>
>>>
>> Thunderbird is at 91.7.0 on 20.04.
>>
>> I use Thunderbird for reading rss feeds and haven't noticed any problems
>> in either preview or when opening the webpage of an article. Are all
>> feeds having this problem, or just one in particular?
>
> Over the past few months I would occasionally get an article that would
> not display, I just put down to a glitch on the other end. Now no
> articles will display from any of my feeds.
>
>> I would check under the menu item View->Feed Message Body As and see
>> what's set there. On mine, I have Default Format and Original Html set.
>
> I had Default format and plain text set set. I changed plain text to
> Original HTML to see if it made a difference. It didn't. When I went
> back to the View --> Feed Message Body As menu the only options now were
> Webpage, Summary and Default Format.
>
>> You can also start Thunderbird in troubleshoot mode by clicking the
>> hamburger icon->Help->Troubleshoot mode. That starts Thunderbird with no
>> enabled extensions and default preferences.
>
> This seems to have solved my problem. I started in troubleshooting mode
> and I was able to see the contents of the articles again. The strange
> thing is I use the default theme and I have no addons installed. I
> restarted Tbird in normal mode and I can still see my article content,
> so I guess it is fixed.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Jim

Cool. It might have been a caching or folder indexing issue. I forgot to
mention in my last post that you can right-click on a feed or mail
folder, select properties and then click "Repair Folder" to fix indexing
errors. The Troubleshoot mode may have automatically repaired any
indexes or cleared the cache, but if the problem arises again you can
try the folder repair method first since corrupted .msf indexes were
likely the problem.
--
Keith