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I just installed the newest Thunderbird client on my Windows 11 PC but I am unable to add any email accounts to it. My Gmail account hangs forever checking the password and my custom domain account hangs forever after it says Password OK. Both have messages like the following on the status bar at the bottom of the screen:

"Mail for user@host@emaildomain: Sending login information"

Nothing else happens. It just sits on this forever. If I Cancel, my email addresses are not added to Thunderbird.

I'm not sure what else I can do. Even trying to set the servers manually does not fix the issue.

Great update today! I like seeing the sender's email address, not just the name. BUT:

Now I can't send email. How do I fix this? Are YOU fixing this? Seems like this is a "you" problem, not a "me" problem--I haven't changed anything on my end.

TIA!

TB 128 - pop up notification is in dark theme (white and grey text on black background) even though selected TB theme is light and appeared as light in TB 115. Is there a way to fix it - or is it a bug?

For some silly reason when I changed my email password Thunderbird cannot connect to server either setup password or user incorrect. I am so sad because I love Thunderbird. I have tried everything I can think of. I chatted with Optimum and they said I needed to contact you. When I try to ping my server it just times out. My servers are pop.suddenlink.net and smtp.suddenlink.net. what could be wrong?

I have looks at the forum. I noticed that my problem is very common. Have this issue of not saving to sent folder been solved? Please do so in the next update PLEASE.

Would it be possible to reduce the size of files generated? Perhaps by splitting them into smaller files.

As a home user with a not very fast upload (~10Mb/s) it takes a very long time to transfer files to my cloud backup provider.

Flags appear during use of Thunderbird, and not with any other software. Sometimes they freeze Thunderbird. 1. " Sending of Password for user ricclark did not succeed" 2. "Login to server pop3.telkomsa.net with username ricclark failed"

It is sporadic and most time when deleted (top-right cross) allows one to continue.

Browsing I have tried various suggestions without success. I am on Win 10.

Scared to reinstall lest I lose all my saved messages,

What can be done.? Richard Clak

I was sorry to see that the 128 Nebula release did not fix the longstanding problem that Thunderbird is very slow to load in Sonoma, and has been since the Sonoma release. This is with 128.0.1esr (64-bit) on an Apple M1 Mac Mini with Sonoma 14.6. I have the same problem on a 2018 Mac Book Pro running Sonoma with an Intel chip. The problem is NOT manifest on a 2013 Mac Book Pro running the last release of Big Sur. In all 3 cases the same email accounts are loaded, so it is some interaction with the OS. (I previously reported this for Tbird 115 under Sonoma, with no resolution.)

Specifically, when I start Tbird 128 on the Sonoma M1 the window comes up in about 2 seconds but contents are blank. The contents don't fill until about 30 seconds. This makes it painful to quickly hop into email to do something, so I am resorting to Apple Mail when in a hurry. If I do the same on my 2013 Big Sur machine, it's 2 seconds for the window to come up and 8 seconds for the content to fill. Upgrading from 115 to 128 did not change this on any of the machines.

None of the enhancements of recent releases are of sufficient value to compensate for this, so I wish the team would focus on ensuring speed on all platforms. Is there any clue what is going on?

After an update a few months ago, all installations of thunderbird always open the calendar tab when the program starts. Previously, calendar tab only opened if I opened it (or maybe if it was left open when last shut down, idr now, sorry). This is only a nuisance, having to close the tab each time I start tbird.

I didn't post about this immediately, as I figured others would experience the same issue (or related) and devs would fix the problem. But it has been several months now and this does get to be annoying. I know that merely clicking a close button shouldn't be that big a deal, but I don't understand why this would become the default; moreover, why there doesn't seem to be any way to disable the calendar or at least modify this new behavior.

I've been using tbird for at least a decade and found it to be reasonably simple to use. I use the calendar function, but only for some installations. I would appreciate being able to change the behavior of the startup or maybe just disable calendar altogether where it isn't needed.

Thanks.

Thunderbird did an auto update this morning and failed to restart. I get a message that says this version is incompatible with the last. I pay over 20 bills from folders I created in it the applications inbox, house billing info and passes and links to the pages and responses, etc. This is a MUST for me that this thing works and works well. Until this morning it was flawless in that capacity. My only fix after extensive research has been to download the newest version from the website, install it and it starts fine...until I close it, then it fails to restart with the same identifier. Each of the two times I have closed it I go through the same thing upon an opening attempt. Im now looking at different mail options as Im on SSI and have one shot at paying bills a month and cant afford to be any later than ssi already makes me, though my creditors have been thus far understanding. I now have to keep my computer on and the app open until Im paid on the 9th so I can be sure to be able to pay my bills. I dont know what you folks are shooting for by tinkering with an already flawless system but you missed this time I m afraid. Leave it alone or let us keep our working system while you offer "new and improved" to those who like to play with new toys. Give me back my old working system before Im forced to look elsewhere for a way to do my monthly duty to my creditors. Sincerely, Arthur Kelly

Hi,

Since the recent update i get custom sounds AND systemsound at the same time. This was not the case before the update, how can i fix that?

Thanks.

I wish to merge TB115 calendar with Google calendar. Do I need Lightning? Do I need Provider for Google Calendar? Confused as Lightning features seem to be included in TB115.

I really hope this is not intended because your software just updated itself to this new version, without even checking with me first. So if it did this on purpose, without checking if I wanted this first, that is pretty messed up.

See the attached screenshot. The light theme shot is from your main download page that shows how my cards are supposed to look, and how they USED to look before this update.

The dark screenshot on the right is now my message cards look now. They are OBNOXIOUSLY HUGE FOR NO REASON. They take up way to much sense and are physically causing me PAIN to have to visually parse.

I cannot stress enough, how much this change is affecting me. I am IRATE over this.

Please. For the love of GOD. Tell me there is a way to either fix this, or easily revert to my previous version. I am not on-board with this change at all and I will 100% go postal if I have to be stuck with this shit. I checked every nook and cranny and cannot find a way to adjust this, and from what I can tell, downgrading is neigh impossible.