Public bug reported:
I use IMAP to access my Gmail account, which has a fair number of emails
in it. When I set up Thunderbird on a new computer, it takes a while to
download all of those emails (presumably for its full-text search). If
a new email arrives during that time, there's a 50% chance it will get
munged up with an old email. That is, the text that Thunderbird thinks
is the email contains fragments of two emails. This text may not start
with an email header, so the display is typically rather messed up.
There is apparently no way to force Thunderbird to re-download the
email, short of archiving it, letting Thunderbird notice that it's gone,
and then adding it back to the inbox. Of course, now you have to
download it again, and there's that chance that it'll get screwed up
again. (This also destroys the order of emails in the inbox, if you
like to use sort by order instead of by (alleged) time.)
Note that this seems to only be an issue with the full text. I think
the headers are downloaded separately, so the email shows up fine in the
list of emails. It's just the display that's broken.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: rschroll 2180 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120615181619
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not
found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfbf20000 irq 72'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC898'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0899,1458a132,00100003'
Controls : 46
Simple ctrls : 22
Channel: release
Date: Thu Jun 28 10:51:37 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
IpRoute:
default via 158.170.160.1 dev eth0 proto static
158.170.160.0/22 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 158.170.162.172
metric 1
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
PrefSources:
/etc/thunderbird/syspref.js
prefs.js
user.js
Prefs:
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1340753850 (prefs.js)
extensions.lastAppVersion: "13.0.1" (prefs.js)
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true (prefs.js)
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 (prefs.js)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=13.0.1/20120615181619 (In use)
RelatedPackageVersions:
gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1
rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4
totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21
RfKill:
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: X79-UD3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Tecohnology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Tecohnology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF7:bd12/26/2011:svnGigabyteTecohnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnX79-UD3:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTecohnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnX79-UD3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTecohnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: X79-UD3
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Tecohnology Co., Ltd.
** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise release-channel
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