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Unread emails only highlighted in debug mode

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Hi a month or so ago thunderbird stopped highlighting unread emails. It would download them and after a second or so remove the highlight. In case they were being read elsewhere I changed my email password. This did not work so upgraded from version 8.xx to the latest version 9. Still did not fix the problem. I then tried running in debug mode which fixed the problem but the problem returned once I left debug mode. Diabling add-on and resetting the settings had no effect. What does running in debug mode turn off? As what ever it disables I would like to make that permanant so that I may have unread emails highlighted? Regards Mike Brassington

Hi a month or so ago thunderbird stopped highlighting unread emails. It would download them and after a second or so remove the highlight. In case they were being read elsewhere I changed my email password. This did not work so upgraded from version 8.xx to the latest version 9. Still did not fix the problem. I then tried running in debug mode which fixed the problem but the problem returned once I left debug mode. Diabling add-on and resetting the settings had no effect. What does running in debug mode turn off? As what ever it disables I would like to make that permanant so that I may have unread emails highlighted? Regards Mike Brassington

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The link is available now, and it lists the features that are applied in safe mode.

If you've disabled all add-ons, reset toolbars & controls, disabled hardware acceleration, applied the default theme, don't use Bitdefender, and there is no userChrome.css, I can't explain why the problem persists. Perhaps create a new profile from Help/More Troubleshooting, about:profiles, add an account, and see if anything changes.

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sfhowes
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The issue of unread messages being marked as read was recently due to the Bitdefender anti-spam add-on, but if you don't have that, and the problem was absent in safe mode, it could be due to hardware acceleration or a broken layout (or, less likely, a userChrome.css file):

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode

If hardware acceleration, under Preferences/General/Indexing, is enabled in normal mode, disable it, restart TB, and see if the problem remains.

mike462
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Hi disabling hardware acceleration does not fix the problem. The link you gave me times out.

Any other suggestions? Mike

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Chosen Solution

The link is available now, and it lists the features that are applied in safe mode.

If you've disabled all add-ons, reset toolbars & controls, disabled hardware acceleration, applied the default theme, don't use Bitdefender, and there is no userChrome.css, I can't explain why the problem persists. Perhaps create a new profile from Help/More Troubleshooting, about:profiles, add an account, and see if anything changes.

mike462
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I manually delete the bitdefender add-on and now the highlighting works, I thought that when I checked the disable add-on when I started debug mode that the disable would be permenent. 

Thanks you for thr advice and this thread can be closed

Regards Mike