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thunderbird inbox messages suddenly in strange font

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J Graves
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Suddenly today, about 1/2 to 2/3 of the emails that have been in my inbox are unreadable (see font below). I tried doing the Properties>Repair but no change.

Server Type: Owl Server Name: outlook.office365.com Thunderbird: 115.3.1 Windows 11 PC.

Perhaps related or not: today the Inbox folder didn't display in its usual location (instead of displaying directly under the email address, it was was down after templates, deleted, etc). I dragged it up where I wanted it. But now many of the emails are unreadable (but not all of them).

Any suggestions?

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Suddenly today, about 1/2 to 2/3 of the emails that have been in my inbox are unreadable (see font below). I tried doing the Properties>Repair but no change. Server Type: Owl Server Name: outlook.office365.com Thunderbird: 115.3.1 Windows 11 PC. Perhaps related or not: today the Inbox folder didn't display in its usual location (instead of displaying directly under the email address, it was was down after templates, deleted, etc). I dragged it up where I wanted it. But now many of the emails are unreadable (but not all of them). Any suggestions? @ØEãC¼Ò@bŒæ¬Ò@È:ðÇ”Ò @"÷HjÒ @Oß™ñ\Ò@Cêç1LÒ@&ýUm6Ò@8ÑÖÒ@1M›îÑ@®¶ÌØÑ@n1ãʪÑÀÊ:qzŒÑÀ!1?€ŠÑ Àeð2–ˆÑ À#þ÷â~Ñ À…6 evÑ ÀPíRdjÑ À†*ߣ`Ñ À· 9TÑ ÀNÁwJÑÀÖƒ(ˆ>ÑÀý¸ú:ÑÀ¢ë÷s8ÑÀ¨Ò‹Ä4ÑÀ\%Ìå.Ñ À{,¡*Ñ ÀeËâÕ"ÑÀÔ&RÑÀmÃM‰þÐÀ¯ù´æÐ Àý ˆ<æÐÀ;d·ØÐÀÉ(?qÔÐ À$¨Q~¶Ð À~×ïU®Ð À"¾x¦Ð À<Á~§žÐÀ„ÙEÙ”ÐÀIÐ ÀÈy‰ zÐÀ‡Ä{pjÐ À9ÒhÐ

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david
david
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Well, first verify that you have View>Headers>Normal . That's all I can suggest.