I use Thunderbird for all my email accounts including work. I keep all my emails and never Empty the Trash (at least not on purpose). Last night, I right-clicked my Trash folder and intended to select Search but instead selected Empty Trash. I noticed that the undo option was NOT available. Without compacting the folder, I found my mail account's folder in "Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\". I found the Trash file but discovered it was 0 kb and contained no data. All my emails in the Trash file appeared to be gone. I experimented by Emptying the Trash on a non-critical account and confirmed that as before the Trash file was instantly wiped clean. So my questions are:
1.) Is there any way to prevent the Trash file from being cleaned out until AFTER it is compacted?
2.) Is there a way to disable or remove the "Empty Trash" option from the right-click menu so this doesn't happen again? Maybe a confirmation box would help here too.
Fortunately, I did have a backup of my mail folder from a week ago so I only lost 1 weeks worth of messages.
Thanks,
Andy
Disable "Empty Trash" / Undelete after Empty Trash
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Perhaps, but Thunderbird doesn't have an Archive button like Gmail. Since I save EVERY message, it would be a pain to manually move each email to a separate folder without a hotkey. Tapping "Delete" is so quick. Do you have a suggestion on how to accomplish this?
Still, though, Thunderbird should have a mechanism to either prompt on an empty trash command and/or provide a mechanism for an Undo.
Thanks,
Andy
Still, though, Thunderbird should have a mechanism to either prompt on an empty trash command and/or provide a mechanism for an Undo.
Thanks,
Andy
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The developers assume that the trash is going to be use for trash, not storage.
The Buttons! extension provides numerous buttons that you can add to your Thunderbird toolbar, including an "Archive!" button. Once you've configured the extension, just select one or more messages in the message-list pane and then click the Archive! button. Those messages will be filed in the archive folder that you've specified. Users of Gmail will find this very similar to the way Gmail's archiving feature works. However, archiving with the Buttons! extension is more flexible because you can set up the extension to use any archive folder of your choice, and you can also specify more than archive folder (with one set as default).
The Buttons! extension provides numerous buttons that you can add to your Thunderbird toolbar, including an "Archive!" button. Once you've configured the extension, just select one or more messages in the message-list pane and then click the Archive! button. Those messages will be filed in the archive folder that you've specified. Users of Gmail will find this very similar to the way Gmail's archiving feature works. However, archiving with the Buttons! extension is more flexible because you can set up the extension to use any archive folder of your choice, and you can also specify more than archive folder (with one set as default).
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Thanks for the tip. The Archive button works better than my old method. I also installed keyconfig so I can hit control+Del to send a message to the archive. I have one issue though--I have both work and personal accounts. Is there a way to create hotkeys so messages are Archived to one folder for work and another for personal? Alt+Del could be personal and Control+Del for work.
Also, linked to my original question...I will now be archiving all the important stuff but I still want to keep ALL emails for at least 30 days. Can Thunderbird be configured to delete messages older than 30 days ONLY from the Trash folder? I know it can be done for an entire account but I want it only for the trash.
Thanks again for your great information.
Andy
Also, linked to my original question...I will now be archiving all the important stuff but I still want to keep ALL emails for at least 30 days. Can Thunderbird be configured to delete messages older than 30 days ONLY from the Trash folder? I know it can be done for an entire account but I want it only for the trash.
Thanks again for your great information.
Andy
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Re: Disable "Empty Trash" / Undelete after Empty Trash
Both the options "Empty trash" kan be permanently removed, see
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1067385&start=0
I created a file userChrome.css in <profile>\chrome with the line
#folderPaneContext-emptyTrash, #menu_emptyTrash {visibility: collapse;}
and the options were gone.
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1067385&start=0
I created a file userChrome.css in <profile>\chrome with the line
#folderPaneContext-emptyTrash, #menu_emptyTrash {visibility: collapse;}
and the options were gone.