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Thunderbird creates multiple messages in Drafts folder for each save

Andrew DeFaria
Andrew DeFaria
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I've asked before and gotten no response. I am once again trying to get this solved. I'd really like to get this finally fixed. I'm not sure if it's TB's fault of the email server's fault. If not a fix, what steps can I do to debug this or provide more information?

Thunderbird keeps creating multiple draft messages for each save. I can start composing an email, hit Ctl-s to save and I get an unread message in Drafts. If I hit Ctl-s to save again (or TB autosaves, it doesn't matter) I get yet another unread message in Drafts. This just builds up crud which needs to be manually deleted. I am using IMAP and like the functionality where if I saved a draft on my desktop, I could pick it up on my laptop later.

Thunderbird 102.15.0 Email server: Postfix 3.3.0 Dovecot 2.2.33.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

I've asked before and gotten no response. I am once again trying to get this solved. I'd really like to get this finally fixed. I'm not sure if it's TB's fault of the email server's fault. If not a fix, what steps can I do to debug this or provide more information? Thunderbird keeps creating multiple draft messages for each save. I can start composing an email, hit Ctl-s to save and I get an unread message in Drafts. If I hit Ctl-s to save again (or TB autosaves, it doesn't matter) I get yet another unread message in Drafts. This just builds up crud which needs to be manually deleted. I am using IMAP and like the functionality where if I saved a draft on my desktop, I could pick it up on my laptop later. Thunderbird 102.15.0 Email server: Postfix 3.3.0 Dovecot 2.2.33.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

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david
david
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I have found that setting the account to save drafts on local PC is the only solution.

Andrew DeFaria
Andrew DeFaria Nkolo motuna
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Interesting. Why, however, does my gmail account, accessed in TB through IMAP just like my DeFaria.com email account, not have the same problem? I know, gmail email server != postfix.