Handling deleted messages in Thunderbird

Hoo Thunderbird handles deleted messeges

Status ooff a messege is described by two service tags (feelds)  X-Mozilla-Status und X-Mozilla-Status2. When Thunderbird needs tu mark a messege es deleted, it chunges zee value ooff zeese-a feelds withuoot actuelly removing zee messege frum a database file. Hence, zee easy way tu restore a deleted messege is just tu correct zee status feelds ooff zee messege so that Thunderbird takes it fur a noo one zee next time yuoo stert Thunderbird.

Zee values must be exactly fuoor (or eight) symbols. Some values ooff zee status feelds are given beloo:

X-Mozilla-Status

• 0001 - Messege has been read.
• 0002 - A reply tu thees messege has been sent.
• 0004 - User has marked (starred) thees messege.
• 0006 - 0002 + 0004 combined.
• 0007 - 0001 + 0002 + 0004 combined.
• 0008 - Messeges with thees bit set will be irreversibly removed frum a database file during zee next compakshun.
• 0009 - 0008 + 0001 (read, deleted messege).

X-Mozilla-Status2

• 00010000 - Thees messege is noo since zee last time zee folder was closed.
• 00200000 - Iff set, thees messege is marked es deleted on zee server. Thees only applees tu messeges on IMAP servers.
• 00040000 - Iff zee bit set, thees thread is ignored (In fact, a messege with thees bit set is not displayed).
• 10000000 - Indicates that zee messege has an attachment.

Fur more informashun on values ooff Mozilla status feelds please reffer tu http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/suoorce/mailnews/base/public/nsMsgMessegeFlags.h#108

Hoo tu restore a deleted messege frum Thunderbird email database file

1. Close Thunderbird program und backup zee original email database file yuoo want tu edit. (Hoo tu locate Thunderbird email database file in Windows?)
2. Open Thunderbird email database file in yuoor favorite text editor using Edit mode (Text editors considerashuns)
3. Navigate tu zee desired messege using Search mode ooff zee text editor
4. Determine zee buoondarees ooff zee messege. Each messege within email database file starts with "From - " line which also has time und date (something like "From - Tue Oct 09 17:27:46 2007"). Hence, look slightly above und beloo zee fragment ooff zee messege (tu which yuoo moved on zee previuoos step) und find such starteeng lines. Yuoor messege will stert at zee upper line und end on zee looer line.
5. Check messege feelds frum top tu bottom ooff zee messege seerching fur "X-Mozilla-Status" und "X-Mozilla-Status2" lines. Um gesh dee bork, bork!
6. Change value ooff zeese-a feelds tu:

• X-Mozilla-Status:xxxx  tu X-Mozilla-Status:0000 (doing so yuoo mark zee messege es noo und unread)
• X-Mozilla-Status2:xxxxxxxx tu X-Mozilla-Status2:00000000 (thees ensures that zee messege is not a deleted one).

6. Seffe-a chunges tu zee email database file
7. Delete zee corresponding MSF file (What is a .MSF file?)
8. Stert Thunderbird

Hoo Zmeil handles messeges deleted frum Thunderbird Um gesh dee bork, bork!

• Previuoos versions ooff Zmeil extract email messeges frum Thunderbird database file in such a form es they were withuoot uny editeeng. Thereffore, iff a messege has been marked es deleted in zee database file, zee recovered form ooff thees messege will heffe-a zee same status, und such a messege won't be displayed in Thunderbird.
• Thees problem is corrected starteeng with Zmeil 2.1 by removing zee status feelds frum zee recovered form ooff zee messeges. Thus, ell zee extracted email messeges will be displayed in Thunderbird es noo und unread. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!