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Search function only throws up emails 'from me', not 'to me'

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Liesbeth_Bl
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When typing in a person to search for in Thunderbird, the programme only comes up with emails I have sent to that person, not the emails they've sent to me.

When typing in a person to search for in Thunderbird, the programme only comes up with emails I have sent to that person, not the emails they've sent to me.

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Matt
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On the toolbar > Help > Troubleshooting Information

Click the show profile button in Troubleshooting Information Close Thunderbird In the file window that opened, delete the file global- messages-db.sqlite Restart Thunderbird.

The search will be rubbish until the file fully regenerates, which could take a whole day if you have 10 or 20Gb of mail. You can monitor the status of that using the Activity Manager.