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THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

EmmanuelFr — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:23:00 GMT

After using Outlook for more than two decades, I now use a dozen email addresses in Thunderbird and a large number of local folders.

I often find that when I reply to or forward a message, the new message seems to disappear. I can't find it in my sent items or in the folder of the message I'm replying to. I have to close Thunderbird and then reopen it to finally find my message.

In general, when moving or handling ‘junk mail’ between folders, updates are very slow compared to Outlook. This won't make me switch back to Outlook, but I think it could be improved.

THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in folders

EmmanuelFr — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:18:51 GMT

After using Outlook for more than two decades, I now use a dozen email addresses in Thunderbird and a large number of local folders.

In general, when moving or handling ‘junk mail’ between folders, updates are very slow compared to Outlook. This won't make me switch back to Outlook, but I think it could be improved.

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Re: THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

wsm — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:51:19 GMT

> I often find that when I reply to or forward a message, the new message seems to disappear

Is this with Unified Sent folder?

Re: THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

EmmanuelFr — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:20:43 GMT

What is a Unified Sent Folder ? Each address has its own ‘Send’ folder.

Re: THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

wsm — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:44:23 GMT

@EmmanuelFr wrote:
What is a Unified Sent Folder ? Each address has its own ‘Send’ folder.

Unified is described at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switching-folder-pane-view

> In general, when moving or handling ‘junk mail’ between folders, updates are very slow compared to Outlook. This won't make me switch back to Outlook, but I think it could be improved.

I'm not aware of any Thunderbird bugs that make folder updates slow.

Please

* Start Windows in safe mode with networking enabled - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

* Still In Windows safe mode, start Thunderbird in Troubleshoot Mode - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-mode-thunderbird

Does problem change?

Are these imap accounts?

Re: THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

wsm — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:39:37 GMT

@EmmanuelFr ?

Re: THUNDERBIRD Refresh of message in files

EmmanuelFr — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 07:26:25 GMT

Okay, I understand, I don't have a unified send folder.
To be more precise, in Outlook these refreshes are immediate, whereas I find that in Thunderbird it sometimes takes several seconds, or even closing and reopening the application.
You might have time to select the folder where you think the message should be, not see it, move on to another folder... and then the next time you select the first folder, find the message you thought was lost.