How can we recover deleted e-mails in thunderbird with recoverdeletedmessages module ?
I 'm running under windows 8.1, with last version of thunderbird; i'installed the option module 0.4 to recover deleted e-mails, but may I know the procedure to use to recover the deleted e-mails and how it works ? Thanks Rgds. J.Pierre
Chosen solution
According to the add-on description, "it should be able also to recover deleted messages from Imap folders, if they're set for offline use". Right-click the folder, Properties, Synchronization tab, and check "Select this folder for offline use" and click Download Now. Once that is done, you should be able to recover deleted messages from IMAP folders, but it may not work if the messages were deleted before the setting was changed.
Also, check the Trash or Deleted Items folder for the account to see if the message is there.
Read this answer in context 👍 2All Replies (4)
The instructions for using RecoverDeletedMessages are given here:
https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/index-en.html#recDelMsg
First, you will be prompted to go offline (File/Offline/Work Offline), then right-click a folder, Recover deleted messages, and the recovered files will be placed in a new subfolder, Deleted_emails_0.
Modified by sfhowes
Thanks a lot for your answer, but when right-click the folder,I got the following message:
Unsupported type folder ( newsgroup or Imap not set for offline use )
Regards. J.Pierre
Chosen Solution
According to the add-on description, "it should be able also to recover deleted messages from Imap folders, if they're set for offline use". Right-click the folder, Properties, Synchronization tab, and check "Select this folder for offline use" and click Download Now. Once that is done, you should be able to recover deleted messages from IMAP folders, but it may not work if the messages were deleted before the setting was changed.
Also, check the Trash or Deleted Items folder for the account to see if the message is there.
Thanks all messages recoverd now. Rgds. Jean-Pierre