Nstmp Folders In Thunderbird
I recently spotted two new folders in Thunderbird which I definitely did not create. The names of the folders where nstmp and nstmp-1 which contained mails from the main folder. That was strange on first sight but it turned out that Thunderbird had created the two folders.
When Thunderbird is interrupted during folder compacting it will create those folders that will contain the temporary files of the process up to the point where the compacting was stopped. Compacting will stop when Thunderbird is closed during compacting or when a new email arrives during that operation.
Those nstmp folders can normally be deleted but a user should check the original folder to make sure that it still contains all the mails that are listed in the nstmp folder. If that is the case the folder can be easily deleted by right-clicking it and selecting delete from the context menu.
I recently spotted two new folders in Thunderbird which I definitely did not create. The names of the folders where nstmp and nstmp-1 which contained mails from the main folder. That was strange on first sight but it turned out that Thunderbird had created the two folders.
When Thunderbird is interrupted during folder compacting it will create those folders that will contain the temporary files of the process up to the point where the compacting was stopped. Compacting will stop when Thunderbird is closed during compacting or when a new email arrives during that operation.
Those nstmp folders can normally be deleted but a user should check the original folder to make sure that it still contains all the mails that are listed in the nstmp folder. If that is the case the folder can be easily deleted by right-clicking it and selecting delete from the context menu.
