I broke it again...

Press F5 ???

In the 10 days between your previous "is this thing on" message and this "I broke it again" message, there have been 361 new messages in 36 new threads

I have had a couple of incidents where Thunderbird has stopped collecting/sending mail without bothering to advise:-(

PC left switched on permanently. Re-start is a fix.

Not used for groups so no direct experience of your issue.

I'll have to try deleting it and starting over. Brian

In message <ut6pa3$3hefb$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Brian Gaff snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com writes

I find machine shut down and restart works.

Note that Brian isn't using Thunderbird, but an old version of Outlook Express (I think because it works with his screenreader, but it does seem to have this habit of "losing stuff" for weeks, then burping it all up at once ...

Most email clients have filtering features and buttons that can do things like

Any one of these accidentally clicked habitually causes pain for the unaware, never mind setting other things like message threading, alphabetical sort and various date orders.

I suspect your clicky mouse has been wandering somewhere it normally doesn't.

Ok Andy.

I assume Thunderbird 115 is still being developed?

I show all messages in a mailbox, along with small icons that show if the mail:

Copying mostly what Eudora used to do has served me well so far.

I know, but its not that. Brian

Right, I've rescanned and its now working, lets see how long it lasts this time grin. Brian

Its gone again. Something very odd here. Brian