So...I reboot and my email in Thunderbird is jacked up. I happen to have about 6 different email profiles that come into my email client, and several filters & folders, yada yada. I live by my email! So, when it looked differently I panic.

I open it up and I have duplicate folders, I'm missing my "work" folder, and things are just odd. I head over to Mozilla.com to see if anyone else has had this very same issue...and it seem that either I stink at searching, or I am unique in this stupid boat.

• Open Thunderbird
• Click TOOLS > ACCOUNT SETTINGS
• Remove ALL accounts

• Find your Thunderbird\Profiles\4c82ejiw.default\Mail folder
• Create a new folder (i.e. BACKUP MAIL)
• Move ALL profiles to this backup folder
  
• Download the file at the bottom of this page:

• Open Thunderbird > Click TOOLS > Click ADD-ONS
• Click INSTALL
  
• Navigate to the file you downloaded
  
• Click OPEN

• In Thunderbird
• Click TOOLS > ACCOUNT SETTINGS
• Add all of the accounts that are missing
• Be sure to NOT use Global Inbox (this creates separate folders for each addy
  

• Go back to Thunderbird\Profiles\4c82ejiw.default\Mail\NEW FOLDER (the backup folder you created)
• Identify each folder by the files within it and note what folder belongs to which address.

• Back in Thunderbird, in your folder list, right-click the first folder to import
• Import mbox file --or-- Import Directly One or More mBox files
• Sort by TYPE
• Select all of the "File" type
• Click OPEN
• All folders will import, but there will be a number appended to them.
• Right-click > RENAME > Remove numbers

We all hate SPAM! No, not the canned meat (which isn't all that bad!) but the unsolicited emails. Junk.

I just wanted to pass this on...if you want to help the fight against SPAM, forward it to the Federal Trade Commission:

spam@uce.gov

PLEASE REMEMBER...the definition of SPAM is an UNSOLICITED email. Don't forward emails that you subscribed to, but are sick of. This could cause the sender much inconvenience. If you remember subscribing to it, and you don't want it anymore, then follow the instructions to unsubscribe. It's the responsible thing to do.

BEWARE...often SPAM will be addressed to "Subscriber" and/or will contain instructions on how to unsubscribe. By following these instructions, you're actually just verifying that your address is valid.

So the moral of the story...don't report emails as SPAM if you subscribed to them, and secondly, don't unsubscribe to SPAM if you know you didn't subscribe in the first place.

As mentioned before, I use an email client called Mozilla Thunderbird. It has a great anti-SPAM feature, it's incredibly accurate at filtering SPAM. So, if you use an email client, but want one with more efficiency, give T-Bird a try (www.Mozilla.org). It's free.