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Hello everybody, since three days, I experience my thunderbird crashing whenever I try to save, for exampe, an Email-attachment. It happens to all my accounts, and it happens whenever a command results in opening a window for saving something, such as said attachment. It also crashes in safe mode. Until today, I had the "new" version of thunderbird already (since ca. 2 weeks), today, I updated to the most recent Build. Also, my PC is up to date. When the problem first appeared, nothing had been changed to the system.

Here's the detailed content of the crash report:

BuildID: 20240119095007 CrashTime: 1707916573 InstallTime: 1707914461 ModuleSignatureInfo: {"Microsoft Corporation":["msvcp140.dll","VCRUNTIME140.dll"],"Microsoft Windows":["CoreMessaging.dll","Windows.Storage.Search.dll","TextShaping.dll","StructuredQuery.dll","vaultcli.dll","dui70.dll","OneCoreUAPCommonProxyStub.dll","mssprxy.dll","OneCoreCommonProxyStub.dll","msvcp110_win.dll","Windows.System.Launcher.dll","explorerframe.dll","DevDispItemProvider.dll","tiptsf.dll","duser.dll","thumbcache.dll","policymanager.dll","ntshrui.dll","linkinfo.dll","NetworkExplorer.dll","globinputhost.dll","windows.staterepositorycore.dll","Windows.StateRepositoryPS.dll","Windows.Security.Integrity.dll","avrt.dll","GdiPlus.dll","directmanipulation.dll","twinapi.dll","Windows.Globalization.dll","DWrite.dll","mscms.dll","Windows.UI.Immersive.dll","Windows.UI.dll","dxgi.dll","xmllite.dll","wscapi.dll","dcomp.dll","textinputframework.dll","twinapi.appcore.dll","dataexchange.dll","directxdatabasehelper.dll","nlansp_c.dll","wshbth.dll","winrnr.dll","pnrpnsp.dll","NapiNSP.dll","msimg32.dll","DXCore.dll","dwmapi.dll","MMDevAPI.dll","AudioSes.dll","oleacc.dll","usp10.dll","slc.dll","webauthn.dll","Bcp47Langs.dll","sxs.dll","uxtheme.dll","npmproxy.dll","netprofm.dll","FWPUCLNT.DLL","dbgcore.dll","gpapi.dll","comctl32.dll","rsaenh.dll","WindowsCodecs.dll","winnsi.dll","ondemandconnroutehelper.dll","mpr.dll","cscapi.dll","cryptsp.dll","cldapi.dll","iertutil.dll","urlmon.dll","edputil.dll","windows.staterepositoryclient.dll","ktmw32.dll","wsock32.dll","rasadhlp.dll","mswsock.dll","dnsapi.dll","dhcpcsvc.dll","atlthunk.dll","dhcpcsvc6.DLL","CRYPTBASE.DLL","Windows.FileExplorer.Common.dll","propsys.dll","dbghelp.dll","devobj.dll","apphelp.dll","ntmarta.dll","srvcli.dll","profapi.dll","kernel.appcore.dll","wkscli.dll","netutils.dll","winsta.dll","WinTypes.dll","windows.storage.dll","msasn1.dll","sspicli.dll","wininet.dll","winmm.dll","userenv.dll","wtsapi32.dll","winhttp.dll","version.dll","cfgmgr32.dll","IPHLPAPI.DLL","psapi.dll","oleaut32.dll","shell32.dll","nsi.dll","bcryptPrimitives.dll","KERNELBASE.dll","crypt32.dll","msctf.dll","coml2.dll","combase.dll","sechost.dll","win32u.dll","gdi32full.dll","gdi32.dll","msvcp_win.dll","shlwapi.dll","kernel32.dll","bcrypt.dll","setupapi.dll","ws2_32.dll","clbcatq.dll","msvcrt.dll","ole32.dll","rpcrt4.dll","user32.dll","comdlg32.dll","advapi32.dll","ucrtbase.dll","wintrust.dll","imm32.dll","SHCore.dll","ntdll.dll","davclnt.dll","ntlanman.dll","drprov.dll","p9np.dll","dlnashext.dll","msftedit.dll","uiautomationcore.dll","windowsudk.shellcommon.dll","CoreUIComponents.dll","PlayToDevice.dll","wpdshext.dll","OneCoreCommonProxyStub.dll","dxgi.dll","directxdatabasehelper.dll","KBDGR.DLL"],"Mozilla Corporation":["thunderbird.exe","rnp.dll","xul.dll","nss3.dll","nssckbi.dll","freebl3.dll","mozglue.dll","softokn3.dll","lgpllibs.dll"]} ProductID: {3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6} ProductName: Thunderbird ReleaseChannel: release StartupTime: 1707915025 SubmittedFrom: Client Throttleable: 1 URL: UptimeTS: 1548.0 Vendor: Version: 115.7.0 WindowsErrorReporting: 1

I hope somebody can make sense of it. Thank you!

I'm going to ask this question again. Has anyone seen this? If so, what does it mean? When attaching a pdf or other file to an email, I can't open it to check it before sending.

C:\Users\***\Desktop\*****.pdf could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.

What is a helper application and how do I fix this?

Thank you

Hi,

I have a user who sends me an email to one of my email addresses and it always ends up in the Junk folder. I've repeatedly marked his emails as not junk but that doesn't seem to change anything.

Is there anything I can look at that will help me figure out why it happens, and hopefully find a way to fix it.

I'm on Betterbird in case that matters. I looked thru the release notes and there seems to be nothing tagged with the junk filter.

I noticed this in the X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details email headers: mlxlogscore=764 clxscore=1015

This person seems to be the only person that has this information in their headers. Is it added by the junk filter? Or is it something on the sender's side (he uses an icloud.com and a me.com address)?

Thanks,

L

Has anyone seen a message similar to this when trying to attach a document, usually a pdf to an email?

O:\XXXXXXXXXX.pdf could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.

Also, when someone send me an image file, I can't open it directly from the email. I have to download it and then open it. This isn't as big of an issue as the above, but I thought I'd ask it too.

Thank you

Windows 10 Thunderbird 115.10.0

"Unable to connect to IMAP server. You may have exceeded the maximum number of connections to this server. If so, use the Advanced IMAP Server Settings dialog to reduce the number of cached connections." I do not have that option under Advanced Server Settings. I'm using POP3 mail server with Optusnet.

This is a recent change, and in fact I don't *think* there's a "missing message" problem after reading and watching for a couple of days. I *think* something has changed and Thunderbird reports having "downloaded x messages" even if it *just downloaded them a moment ago*.

So it may download 5 messages, then a few seconds later you hit the Get Messages button, and there are no actual new messages but it still reports "5 messages downloaded" but nothing new is shown. As of last week, it would have reported "there are no new messages" when you hit that button soon after having received messages.

So I think:

• there is no serious messages-missing problem
• there is a disconcerting issue with a change in how Thunderbird reports status where a message arrival state is "sticky" and for some duration after getting new messages it will re-report the count of the last receipt when asked to download when there are no new messages.

I could be wrong about either of these, but there's a definite change in a behavior that I'd gotten very accustomed to. It is alarming to hit the button, see a message regarding some number of new messages, and receive none.

I'm guessing others, like me, spent some time panicking, searching forums, repairing the inbox... I think I'm as interested in confirming that there isn't a bigger problem as I am in getting back to the accustomed behavior.

Hope this is useful; thanks for your attention!

Currently on 115.11.0 (64-bit) on Windows 11; first occurred at least one version prior.

Since yesterday, Thunderbird will not connect to my TalkTalk IMAP mail server unless I switch on a VPN. This is inconvenient. I have no problems accessing my emails through TalkTalk's online mail service, which doesn't happen when the server is down.

I've been noticing apparent duplicate messages within my unified folders inbox on my desktop recently.

Looking further I notice that one of my accounts has 'INBOX' as one of its subfolders which is where the problem appears to stem from. When I look at that account in isolation (ie not in unified folders) I can still see the inbox as a subfolder.

The subfolder 'INBOX' appears to be a duplicate of the account's main inbox (it contains the same number of emails), which may account for the appearance of duplicates.

At a guess this is probably related to inadvertent moving of folders. I find that when trying to use the scroll bar (to scroll down the subfolder list), if the mouse strays slightly to the left it will pick up a subfolder and move it unintentionally. This can cause all sorts of problems with disappearing emails and the folder structures showing differently on different computers.

In this case the duplicate email problem only happens on my desktop. On my laptop I can still see a subfolder named 'INBOX' but it shows as empty and I don't see the duplicate emails in unified folders.

It would be really useful if Mozilla could introduce a 'confirm folder move' feature as that would eradicate inadvertent moves.

How do I resolve the apparent duplicate emails on my desktop? I am somewhat reticent to delete the subfolder 'INBOX' for fear of the potential consequences. . .

My Thunderbird 115.10.2 (64 bit) is lately running very slowly. Message content takes forever to show. Sometimes don't show at all. Sent messages take 20s to save.

I was thinking that my files were simply too large, so I erase everything before 2022-01-01. Where we are now:

  Inbox            13,662 messages 3.0 gb
  All Mail         22,722 messages 5.8 gb
  Sent mail       5,175 messages  1.2 gb
  Important    13,093 messages  3.1 gb
  Other             4,700 messages (approx)

Questions: 1. Can I delete the "Important" messages, thereby perhaps freeing up 3.1 gb? In which case how do I do that?

2. Does this look like too many messages for TB? It's two and a half years worth. Like to keep it, but not at the expense of making the system so slow.

I have removed the databases twice and started with a new instance of TB, which is where we are now.

Thanks for any suggestions!

jrc

I changed the password for one of my gmail accounts and now Thunderbird can't access it. It kept asking for verification. When I realized the problem I changed out the '@' but I can't change the password in Thunderbird. New emails are accessible in Gmail and Outlook but Thunderbird doesn't show then and nothing happens when I use 'get messages'. I need to delete the problem account to re-enter it, when I try to add the email address as a new account Thunderbird just says it already exists and does nothing.

Whenever i use quick filter to look for email. Thunderbird would tank and massively slow down. Is this common problem or is it just me. Sometimes the performance hit also bleed outside the app and slow the entire system.

Hi, Since 4 days all emails messages ending by ".... @akeonet.com" (SFR company) can't be sent or received via THUNDERBIRD. When opening THUNDERBIRD a password is asked for address email "lalevee.claude@akeonet.com". But the current password doesn't work. I'am getting then a demand to "try again" or "enter a new password" or "cancel" but again without any success. However when trying "Configure your existing address email", I'am getting the message: the email address ("lalevee.claude@akeonet.com") is found in the FAI data base MOZILLA ! Using AKEO webmail, I can find new messages received or can send new ones. Please notice, adresses ending by "...@gmail.com" are not concerned by this problem, and still working !??? Stopping firewalls doesn't solve the issue.

Thank's for your help. Claude

Reaching my end with defects in thunderbird. I select items in the inbox/index of the UI and it isn't updating the email view pane.

Sometimes I select in the index, it highlights the message, doesn't update and then 10-15 seconds later, the UI does a big update like it had hung on something, and it just ignores my selection completely and selects whatever it wants. This is crazy.

I'll add I have a "unified folder" and despite the 3 accounts inboxes included from accounts configured to never auto update, IT ALWAYS does updates whenever it wishes. Again, this is crazy. Like it can't be supposed to work like this ?

So: Is this thing single threaded ? Is the "unified" folder functionality mature and does it work properly ? Suggestions or pointers to fix or research/test what I see is just flat out poor performance when clicking stuff in the UI ?

I really can't believe I'm questioning the basics of thunderbird.

Version is Win 10, 115.8.1 (64-bit), udpating now but I'd say I have found the basic performance to have tanked since the bug UI change to "modernize" it. Seems to me, without exact data to support that I have been degrading ever since. No updates I've made in last few months have improved anything.

Really don't want to leave but I'm about to try using it on Mac and Linux to compare and at same time I just configured all this in apple mail for the first time in maybe 10 years. This is something I never ever thought I'd do.

Last thought, I use same accounts, on iPhone (Boxer) and many iPads. I don't see any performance problems there so I'm pretty confident this isn't the mail servers.

Using Thunderbird Linux for years on my laptop, it sometimes happens that an error message from Thunderbird pops up (mostly because connection problem when I'm in a train or outside, maybe draft can not be saved or whatever).

I just so happens, that when I'm writing an email exactly at this moment and press space, the error message is gone before I had a chance to read it. I could even accidentally answer (y)es or (n)o to a specific question if I happen to press y or n at that moment when the message pops up.

So, not an everyday problem. For me it's happening like a 2 or 3 times during one year. Not quite sure how it could be solved.

Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 23H2 Installed on ‎09-‎Mar-‎23 OS build 22631.3593 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1003.0

Thunderbird 125.0 (64 bit)

This is what the message says. It got hung up after the DONATE message posted. i donated, but it didn't free it up.

"Unable to open the folder Inbox on robert@perless.com because it is in use by some other operation. Please wait for that operation to finish and then select the folder again."

Apple says it is a TB problem, not an Apple problem. Somebody please help.

I am running this computer for my late husband who left us in September after he fell off a 25' ladder at the age of 85. It still has all the information from his art. He was a sculptor who made large kinetic pieces.

Please help. Ellen Perless ellen@perless.com