#1051796 thunderbird: message headers NOT displayed in message list or message for some, not all, messages, OK in evolution, balsa

Package:
thunderbird
Source:
thunderbird
Description:
mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support
Submitter:
Date:
2023-09-12 17:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1051796#5
Date:
2023-09-12 17:06:33 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
     Thunderbird is my default mail client. Inbox has about 1300 mails
     in it and occassionally messages appear garbled (ie message headers
     not displayed or selected message in list doesn't match preview
     pane). Up to now, this was easily corrected by repairing the
     folder.

     Today (Sept 12) this is not the case: repairing the folder **very briefly **
     displays the headers correctly and then they disappear.

     Note that the mail folders themselves are fine: opening another
     email client (I tried evolution, balsa, claws-mail) displays
     correctly all the message headers missing from thunderbird.

     This is limited to thunderbird display of message headers. When replying
     to a message with empty From, To, Subject, thunderbird correctly
     fills in the missing fields (list of recipients, subject, etc.)

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
     Repaired the folder several times, upgraded dbus and rebooted, but
     problem persists.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
     In the past this behavior has sometimes happened, only in
     thunderbird (but not in other mail clients) and folder repair fixed
     it.


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#1051796#10
Date:
2023-09-12 17:12:11 UTC
From:
To:
I've noticed that the behavior described in this bug tends to happen in messages whose attachments were deleted.
thanks