Re: Failure to index incoming NEW messages in Thunderbird on Linux Ubuntu 7.1]
- From: Ray Edester <Ray_Edester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:52:04 -0400
Hello All,
action taken;
1. Installed Enigmail
2. Installed Thunderbird-quickfile
3. Compacted the TB folders
The problem is now GONE! :-)
It could have been caused by a new update ?
Thanks Roy,
Ray
Roy Smith wrote:
Ray Edester wrote:
Thanks Leonard,
I installed and ran Clamscan. Yes, pretty slow to complete.
It gave Ubuntu a clean bill of health.
This would seem to indicate my problem is within Thunderbird and not
the OS.
I have re-installed it from Synoptic, but may need to delete it
manually and install.
I DO hate to lose my message base, IF indeed that would happen?
Tks again,
Ray
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
--- On Fri, 4/10/09, Ray Edester <Ray_Edester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Ray Edester <Ray_Edester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Failure to index incoming NEW messages in Thunderbird on
Linux Ubuntu 7.1]
To: ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 9:11 AM
Beginning on April 1st I found all new messages in Mozilla
Thunderbird
to be unreadable and most assume the contents of an old
message I can no
longer find in any mail folder. Going to Edit, Preferences
and
Rebuilding the index allows the correct contents.
I generally discount chatter about virus' as pertaining
to Windows and
leaving LINUX safe.
However, as this happened on April 1st I'm wondering if
my Ubuntu 7.1
and/or Thunderbird has suffered some sort of Malware and
trying to
formulate a plan to correct the situation.
Also, I may have received an upddate on April First.
Any thoughts on this subject will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Ray
Ok, if your concerned you have an infection or malware on your
Ubuntu, why not install clamav or bitdefender, update the definition
files and/or the engines and run the scanning software on /
recursively. It will take a good while to run and you will have to
back scan the terminal output to the beginning scan to see what it
found or use the -ir option for less output. Bitdefender has several
scanning engines designed to do specific scans which NoOP has
discussed on the list this month so you may want to browse the
archives to see what was said about antivirus use in Ubuntu.
My recommendation would be to use bitdefender as it is very fast
scanning.
I have occasionally found window viruses in Ubuntu but only after
running a suspect email, even ones identified as containing a virus,
just to see what happens. The viruses found were never active
attesting to linux's safety. I never, of course, send these
contaminated email to a window user or any user. Some day someone
will develop a linux virus I suspect anyway, so it never hurts to
have a scanner readily available. But the main intent of linux AV
programs to to protect mail servers, so I've heard on the list.
I really don't think you issue is the result of the latest windows
virus that's all over the news today or any other for that matter
but install and running the AV programs should convince you of that.
HTH,
Have you tried compacting your folders, then reindexing your messages?
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