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EnigmaHQ
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Message showing in preview but nothing more

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When I search my mail I get a list like this: https://ibb.co/FnpbBFg
When I click on the message it becomes this: https://ibb.co/R08DN3B
Any idea how to get the actual message text / attachments?
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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See this for information on posting screenshots to the forums -- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Posting_a_scr ... _the_forum
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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Does this mail have a name?
What browser & version?
Any change if you restart the browser in Safe Mode?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
EnigmaHQ
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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therube wrote:Does this mail have a name?
What browser & version?
Any change if you restart the browser in Safe Mode?
The "Fully Executed contract" email in the center is the one I'm trying to pull.
I'm using Thunderbird 60.7.2 32-bit.
No chance after restart.
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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The search list indicates you applied Global Search, and the fact the message appears empty may be because the message was deleted and the search index wasn't updated. Try rebuilding the database and see if the message still appears in the list.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/re ... l-database

You might find the message in Trash by using the Quick Filter Bar, Ctrl+Shift+K. Note that Global Search excludes the Trash folder by default.
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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Rebuilt the database and now the message has vanished in the search. Means it's deleted? How could I recover it?
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Re: Message showing in preview but nothing more

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If the original folder that contained the message hasn't been compacted, you might be able to recover it with the 'Recover deleted messages' add-on:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Undelete_a_message

To install this in TB 60, double-click extensions.strictCompatibility to false in Config. editor.
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