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The local directory path is not appropriate

mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member -  
mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member -
Hello,

I get this message when I go to account settings:
"The path to the local directory xxxxx is not suitable for message storage. Please choose another directory."

However, my messages are indeed being stored.
I am on Windows 8.1 and Thunderbird 38.2.0

Can someone give me a solution?

Configuration: Windows / Firefox 41.0

6 answers

  1.
    dubcek Posted messages 18627 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 660
     
    hello
    check the path in server settings -> local directory
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  2. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member
     
    The server settings are:
    F:\Thunderbird\Profiles\8ypl6vot.default\Mail\pop.orange.fr
    F:\Thunderbird\Profiles\8ypl6vot.default\Mail\pop.wanadoo.fr
    F:\Thunderbird\Profiles\8ypl6vot.default\Mail\pop.gmail.com

    And so on, I have seven or eight accounts. I store them on a F: drive in order to back them up. Moreover, I have other devices where I also create a F drive with the same directories.
    However, I forgot to mention that I have two systems, XP and W8.1. I don't know if this could pose a problem, because under XP, I have the same path for Thunderbird data, and I haven't checked the version, but I think it's older. I will do that. However, with the previous versions, it seems to me that I didn't have this message. And it doesn't prevent Thunderbird from functioning.
    Thank you for your response anyway.
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  4. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member
     
    I had already seen this answer, but that doesn't change anything. Moreover, if we open pref.js it states:
    # Mozilla User Preferences

    /* Do not edit this file.
    *
    • If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
    • the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.

    *
    • To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
    • /


    It's true that I don't know where to find mail.root. If I go into Firefox, I type about:config, but mail.root in the search yields nothing. Is there an about:config in Thunderbird? I don't know where.
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    1. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member
       
      I checked in my updated XP config, and I'm getting the same responses.
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    2. dubcek Posted messages 18627 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 660
       
      in options -> advanced -> general: config editor.
      and enter mail.root
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    3. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member > dubcek Posted messages 18627 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
       
      Thank you, I have modified the entries to match my folder. I have the entries mail.root.none and mail.root.pop3, but I do not have an entry for mail.root.imap.
      The message "the path to the local directory xxxxx is not appropriate ...." only appears in the "All folders" account, and this account only points to "F:\thunderbird". If I try to modify it to point like the others to "Profiles\8ypl6vot.default\Mail", the software refuses.
      When I go into the properties of the other accounts, it indicates:
      "A parent directory of the directory specified in the local directory parameter is already used by the account 'All folders'. Please choose another."
      However, this does not prevent me from entering the account modifications.
      So, everything works in principle, but these messages are annoying, and I would like to know what causes them.
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    4. dubcek Posted messages 18627 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 660
       
      search for 8ypl6vot in the config editor to see if a variable points to the old profile location.
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    5. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member > dubcek Posted messages 18627 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
       
      Je suis désolé, mais je ne peux pas vous aider avec ça.
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  6. kalagani Posted messages 12 Status Member
     
    Hello mimicoppa,

    I don't know if you've resolved your issue, but I had the same one when migrating from Mageia4 to Mageia5, with the Thunderbird profile being common between Linux and XP.
    I resolved it by retrieving the old profiles.ini from my user's .thunderbird on Linux.
    The difference was that the faulty one had the complete XP mode path
    /mnt/E/kalagani/Documents/Thunderbird/Profiles/kalagani.default
    while the retrieved one is in Linux mode, which is actually a link to the XP one...
    /home/kalagani/Documents/Thunderbird/Profiles/kalagani.default
    with my Linux link
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 kalagani kalagani 24 Sep 24 11:45 Documents -> /mnt/E/kalagani/Documents/
    so both are good...
    It seems that the path in the profiles.ini must be the same as the one in prefs.js of
    user_pref("mail.root.none", "/home/kalagani/Documents/Thunderbird/Profiles/kalagani.default/Mail");

    ...strange nonetheless...
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  7. mimicoppa Posted messages 86 Status Member
     
    Hello kalagani,

    My problem is still the same. I have the same addresses in profile.ini and pref.js.
    In fact, I always get the same messages when I go to account settings, but it doesn't interfere with the functioning. I would have liked to understand, but never mind.
    As you say, strange ...
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