BirdieSync deleted all my email!
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:52 pm
I installed the latest BirdieSync for ThunderBird 2.0 this morning, and first inidcations were good. It copied all my XDA's contacts into ThunderBird's address book, all my XDA's appointments into Lightning, and my ThunderBird Inbox onto my XDA.
However, a few synchronisations later I noticed that my XDA's Inbox was now empty. To my horror, so was ThunderBird's! All 124 messages had been deleted...
Fortunately, they were still in ThunderBird's Deleted folder, so I could retrieve them. (Although, the Deleted folder on my XDA was empty.)
But now BirdieSync would not sync. ActiveSync told me to disconnect and reconnect my device. I do so but it didn't help. ActiveSync (on my PC) just kept "Looking for changes" and refused to quit. And ActiveSync and Outlook (on my XDA) also refused to quit.
I rebooted both my PC and my XDA, and managed to re-sync. But I'm not sure I can trust BirdieSync with my Inbox any more...
However, a few synchronisations later I noticed that my XDA's Inbox was now empty. To my horror, so was ThunderBird's! All 124 messages had been deleted...
Fortunately, they were still in ThunderBird's Deleted folder, so I could retrieve them. (Although, the Deleted folder on my XDA was empty.)
But now BirdieSync would not sync. ActiveSync told me to disconnect and reconnect my device. I do so but it didn't help. ActiveSync (on my PC) just kept "Looking for changes" and refused to quit. And ActiveSync and Outlook (on my XDA) also refused to quit.
I rebooted both my PC and my XDA, and managed to re-sync. But I'm not sure I can trust BirdieSync with my Inbox any more...