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Hello.

Is there an "auto correct" for Thunderbird 91 Windows 10 Desktop Home Edition, like there is in Word Documents?

If not, why not? If there is, would this be an 'add-on' that I could download?

NOTE: I am not meaning a 'spell checker'.

Hi, I'm struggling to resolve an issue that I noticed when organizing my emails all into individualized folders. Somehow my threads are mixing together different conversations, as demonstrated in the image attached. I've tried right clicking the properties and "repairing" the folder but that did not have an effect. I'm new to Thunderbird so perhaps I am doing something wrong that is obvious.

Any help is appreciated

I have only ever had one email address on Thunderbird for the last 17 years or so and now I have added some more email addresses. Each email address is listed on the left, however, in other email platforms there is a generalised view with inbox, sent., deleted etc., on top of the separate email addresses so that you can see what's come in or gone out without going to each address and dropping down the menu on each one to see if you have emails. Is there a way to arrange this so that one has a general view of all one's email activities on top of the individual addresses just as they have in Outlook or Apple Mail please?

Hi I am trying to reset an email account that has changed its settings. I've managed to get it to download emails but it won't send them. Each time I try it tells me to check my Outgoing Server settings and change to OAuth2. But when I try to do that there is no entry for OAuith2 on the list offered. Help! Thanks Lynne

I have TB set up for my gmail account and everything is working fine. However I have a folder on my HDD containing old e-mails and mail folders (these are files with an SBD or MSF extension or no extension) and I would like to be able to access these old-mails from my current TB setup/profile (or, if necessary, from a new profile - but in that case I would need some guidance as to how to set up that profile because I would not have an e-mail address I could use for the purpose). I have tried Local Folders~Settings and pointing Local Directory to the e-mail folder on my HDD but that doesn't work. Any help will be much appreciated.

Can I keep Thunderbird settings and local folders synchronized between several computers by using syncthing or another sync tool? Or will this create a total meltdown?

Thanks.

I have two laptops each with Thunderbird (different email accounts on each laptop/Thunderbird).

On one laptop there is just one profile called <8 character name string>.default

On the other laptop I have two profiles: one called <8 character name string>.default-release, the other <8 character name string>.default. The default-release profile contains the normal folders & files (and is the one which comes up if one uses Help-More Troubleshooting Information). The .default only contains times.json file.

Why does this difference exist ? Why not a straightforward .default profile on each laptop ?

Each Thunderbird is on the Release channel and version 91.9.0

If I want to move my "default-release" profile to a new laptop would I ..... a) copy <8 character name string>.default-release OVER the empty (newly created) .default; or b) simply paste it into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Profiles (ie so it appears in addition to the .default); or c) paste all the contents of .default-release into (the newly created) .default folder please ?

I would appreciate some help on this.

Thank you

Just Installed 91 - What have you done? I have been using computers for 40 yearS - they still do the same as they always did - true you have some nice add on like the calendar etc and thats great I loved TBird until now. On the good side it looks very pretty but I was happy enough before.

I was on 60 and it worked fine so why dick around with it to the extent you have.

The address book - what a waste of time setting that up at least 6 hours reinstalling mab to screwlite.

Adresses - only one TO address now - why? Move the TO CC box on top why?

Attachments - why change that?

No doubt there is more for me to find - BUT LOOK HERE

IT WORKED FINE - I DO NOT NEED TO KEEP RELEARNING THIS STUFF ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO BENEFIT. STOP IT PLEASE - KEEP THE OLD CONVENTIONS AND MENUS. DO NOT KEEP HIDING THEM IN ALL THE CORNERS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO DO THESE UPDATES CAN YOU GET PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE OLD CONVENTIONS WHICH NEED TO BE RETAINED. Thanks from a very frustrated user

When I send a webpage (here's the code for it) -  :javascript:location.href=%27mailto:?SUBJECT=%27+document.title+%27&BODY=%27+escape(location.href); I call it "Send Link" - it does not show up in my sent folder. It used to work but no more for some reason. I'm aware of Tools, Acct Setting, Copies & Folders, Place a copy in sent folder or place in "Other". This does not help me. All other emails go into the Sent Folder. I am perplexed. Thanks for any help. Donna

All of a sudden today, emails are not being filtered until I open the inbox. Then, all of a sudden, the mails which have built up in the inbox for the last few hours suddenly get filtered into all the folders they are supposed to go to, and I receive the alerts that they've arrived, all of which they're supposed to do when they arrive, not wait until I manually open the inbox to trigger a filter.

This is a major problem for me. I have clients who I need to respond to promptly, and the way I know I have emails from them is that the emails appear in their client folders. If I have to open my inbox manually to get it to filter, then I will spend my whole day checking my inbox every 5 minutes, and I can't do that as I have actual work I need to do.

I am now several hours behind on my email, I have clients who think I didn't respond to them immediately. This is a huge problem for me. This whole system worked fine until yesterday and I haven't changed a thing about my Thunderbird setup.

How do I make sure my filters are always working as they should without me having to remember to check that they don't suddenly need to be manually triggered?

Hi Everybody,

Help! I'm running Thunderbird 91.7.0 on a Win 7 computer. About four days ago when T'bird opened it asked me to set up a new account. I'm a geezer, not a techie and this is a serious problem for me. From what I've read it seems that T'bird doesn't know where to find the profile (?) it needs. I've managed to find where the profiles are, but I can't figure out how to re-create my old T'bird using them. Can anyone help me? I'd really appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.

Bob the Geezer

PS I've been using Thunderbird for 15 years or so and have never had a problem with it. it's great to use and I'm crippled with out it!

HELP! I've used Thunderbird since inception and love it. My dilemma. As of this morning, it was asking for a password? Strange. Of course I had no idea what it was, but through the help of this forum it showed me how to find it. I typed it in and it will not accept it. Through the help of this forum again, I found out how to simply change it which I did all to no avail. Still won't accept it. Grrrrrr!

So here I sit with important emails to send out and receive and unable to get anywhere. I even tried, "forgot password," but because I can't receive emails due to password request, I cannot get the link to proceed in that direction.

What now? I'm crossing my fingers and toes someone can help. I still don't understand why it would all of sudden ask for a password. My internet provider is Spectrum (previously Time Warner). I tried calling them to see what gives and of course they said they can't help.

I need help right away in sending my emails. I've tried all of your help listed but nothing works. I was able to receive my emails right after getting a new computer with windows 11 but 2 weeks later I suddenly was not able to send anything. My provider Rise Broadband (FKA: Skybeam) said that it was because of Thunderbird as they got everything set up that should work but the send just will not work. I don't know how to get in touch with you as there is no phone number listed. Thunderbird does have the correct passwords. Could it be that Thunderbird is wanting to put skybeam.com instead of the current securemail.risebroadband.net? Please get in touch with me regarding this issue...please! [edited email from public] @skybeam.com is my email address. Kathy Luke.

Missing sub folders - they are on the computer- but cant get them to hook up with TB. It is a ongoing problem with thunderbird based on the internet posts. Tried redo profile with no success.

If I receive an Excel spreadsheet (either .xls or .xlsx) or a Word document (.docx) as an attachment in Thunderbird it will only open in Read Only mode. I can save it & then open and it is fine but I cannot simply open the attachment directly without it being in Read only mode. I cannot uncheck the Properties "Read Only" check box because it is greyed out.

[Later note added: Similar problem applies to jpegs where you can't rotate the opened attachment (ie this is a kind of non-editing mode too)]

The yellow "Warning" bar that permitted editing is no longer appearing.

Something seems to be preventing this yellow bar showing & that is why I cannot "give permission to edit". Is this a config issue ?

This problem does not occur if opening from webmail or Windows Live Mail, only on Thunderbird.

Same issue on Windows 7 (yes I know it is not supported) and Windows 10. I have Thunderbird 91.9.0 (release update channel) on both.

I have several email accounts and the issue occurs with any email account and whether POP3 or IMAP. Also with Word/Excel attachments to emails stored in Local Folders which used to open fine.

It is kind of like Thunderbird is trying to force me to save the file rather than open.

This problem has only arisen following latest update (91.9.0).

I have tried opening in Troubleshoot (Safe) Mode with add-ons disabled and the problem still exists.

Can anyone tell me what to do about this please ? How can I make Thunderbird allow direct opening of an attachment in normal editing mode as it used to do ? How do I get the yellow warning bar back please ?

What, if anything, do I change in config editor to make the yellow bar reappear ?

Thanks for any help.

Every few minutes when it automatically checks if I've got incoming email, Thunderbird (78.13.0) pops up a window that says:

Unsent Messages X ? Do you want to send your unsent messages now? □ Always ask me when I go online [Send Now] [Later]

I don't remember what these unsent messages were, and do not want to send them until I see them and perhaps decide to delete them instead of sending. I understand that unsent messages are "supposed to be" in the Outbox, but my Outbox is empty! I keep getting this annoying pop-up that doesn't tell me where these messages are or allow me to access them. Where are they? How can I access them? Thank you. (P.S. Please don't tell me to upgrade to a more recent version of Thunderbird. That's not the problem!)

Is there a way to require Thunderbird to ask before emptying the trash folder? It will ask if I... click on/try to delete... a single message from the trash folder but does not ask when I click/try to empty the trash folder...sometimes I really wamt that second or two to quickly review....

I'm trying to add another member to an existing email list. I open the list by choosing Edit, select the name I want from my address book, click OK. When I go to the list, the name I added isn't there. Why?

I don't understand the article about "Automatic Conversion of Google mail accounts to Oauth2 authentication.

As a gmail POP3 email account user does this mean if I am on Thunderbird 91.8 (or 91.9) I need do nothing about getting an App password from Gmail and when Google forces 2SV upon me Thunderbird will automatically cope with this ? We were told gmail/Google would not accept/allow/permit Oauth2 authentication for POP3 (and therefore we would have to use an App password). Has Thunderbird found a way to deal with this ?

If not and I have to have an App password, can I just edit passwords in Saved Passwords (Password Manager) to insert the App password instead - and will this automatically then be saved; or do I have to delete the passwords, then go through the Get New Mail (and subsequently the Write & Send) to insert the App password and remember to check "save it in passwords" or "use password manager" to get it into the Saved Passwords ? (I get conflicting answers when I search for advice)

Thank you

The image which may be attached belongs to a different question "Thunderbird & icons" but I have been unable to to delete it from here.