UnicodeDecodeError? Argh! Nothing works! I'm tired and hurting and...

[Lie Ryan]

Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> 
> And I'm hesitant to just delete index file, hoping that it'll rebuild.

it'll be rebuild the next time you start Thunderbird:
(MozillaZine: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disappearing_mail)
*  It's possible that the ".msf" files (index files) are corrupted. To 
rebuild the index of a folder, right-click it, select Properties, and 
choose "Rebuild Index" from the General Information tab. You can also 
close Thunderbird and manually delete them from your profile folder; 
they will be rebuilt when Thunderbird starts.