Thunderbird Threading
Recent update switched all folder to show messages grouped into threads. This makes it harder to find new messages. As a result I did not see an email inviting me to a job interview for 2 months. Far too late to act on it.
Updates should NOT change any configuration settings. This is NOT acceptable.
Also, I have a lot of folders. There seems to be no way to set them all to unthreaded all at once. So now, I have to go through them one by one changing them back to the way it was.
I needed that job desperately and now I'm screwed. If I don't find a job in the next couple of weeks, I could be homeless.
The irony is that I have over 35 years of experience writing software but I can't find a job because of age discrimination.
Thanks for ending my life.
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I agree that threading is the pits, and you and I are not alone in that thought. Resetting for all accounts is a messy process and I have the info here: This is the official (to my knowledge) documentation. Well worth the read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/message-threading-thunderbird
Here is my own documentation on threading, duplicating the above, but it may help: You need to highlight each folder and click View>sort by>unthreaded. If this applies to just a few folders, just repeat the process as necessary. If you have many folders or plan to add many new folders, you may wish a different approach, below:
More info: To change default for *new* folders, In config editor, you can change default that applies to NEW folders you set up: mailnews.default_view_flags 0=unthreaded
Config editor is available at Tools>settings>general and scroll to bottom right.
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To set many *existing* folders, follow these steps: (I creates a crude video that walks through the steps at
https://davidkirk.org/SettingDefaultFolderView.mp4 that demonstrates the following steps:
First, highlight a folder that you have set to unthreaded
In the Message List view, in the column header, on the far right, open the options button that shows
context menu. :
At the very bottom is the option:
-> "Apply current view to..."
-> "Folder and its children..."
-> Hover over an account
-> In the next menu don't select a folder. Instead select the account name itself.
ALSO, for future installations of Thunderbird,
- install Thunderbird and exit prior to setting up accounts
- create a simple text file with name of user.js with these lines:
// Set default threading to UNthreaded ### <== this line is optional, just for documentation
user_pref("mailnews.default_view_flags", 0);
- copy the user.js file into the profile
- now, when you start Thunderbird, unthreading will be the default. Problem solved.