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Moving from a Win 7 (v. 115.8.1) to Win 10 (v. 138.0.1) installation. I don't keep my profile in the default location in AppData but rather on a separate drive for data G:\tanguero88\mail\Thunderbird\... which on the new computer would just be H:\Thunderbird\ ... (i.e., not the same path).

No problem following the instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer and even editing profiles.ini if necessary. The concern that I have is that the profile location is hardcoded in several files withing the profile folder, specifically prefs.js, folderCache.json, permissions.sqlite (binary file), addonStartup.json.lz4 (binary file) and extensions.json.

E.g. especially in prefs.js there are many user_pref entries that have the foldername embedded such as this one:

user_pref("extensions.bootstrappedAddons", "{\"es-AR@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org\":{\"version\":\"2.6.3.1\",\"type\":\"dictionary\",\"descriptor\":\"G:\\\\tanguero88\\\\Mail\\\\Thunderbird\\\\Profiles\\\\p271pzrc.default\\\\extensions\\\\es-AR@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org\",\"multiprocessCompatible\":false,\"runInSafeMode\":false,\"dependencies\":[],\"hasEmbeddedWebExtension\":false},\"pt-PT@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org\":{\"version\":\"18.4.18.2\",\"type\":\"dictionary\",\"descriptor\":\"G:\\\\tanguero88\\\\Mail\\\\Thunderbird\\\\Profiles\\\\p271pzrc.default\\\\extensions\\\\pt-PT@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org\",\"multiprocessCompatible\":false,\"runInSafeMode\":false,\"dependencies\":[],\"hasEmbeddedWebExtension\":false}}");

and others with pointers to addons and some whose function is not really evident.

Obviously, just copying the folder to the new computer and pointing the new Thunderbird installation to the new folder is not going to update these hardcoded filenames in the new installation without some kind of a "smart" import feature that makes all these little changes. It seems quite tedious (though not impossible) to go in with a text editor and do all these manually, though even then the .lz4 and .sqlite are binary files so not that easy either. And if I don't update, it would seem that something, sooner or later, will break!

This does not seem to have been documented in any of the articles on the subject that I've read. So what's the deal? Will Thunderbird recreate these? Will it choke on it? Will I just silently lose whatever settings these user preferences correspond to?

Thanks!

I downloaded 138.0. I can get email and reply to them but can't start a new message. New message button does nothing. I don't have any add-ons. This is the newest version I believe. Any suggestions?

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Login on T-online, SecurePopServer does not accept Password, i am able to access E-Mail by E-Mail-site T-online.de with the password I use in Thunderbird. Using Linux, (no Windows scanner or Firewall) the account has always been registered as POP. Query: does T-Online require a different password for IMAP as opposed to POP? Or, as this problem is relatively new for me, has something in Thunderbird changed? Or, must I change the account in T-Bird to IMAP? How do I do this without loss of old mails??

Thankyou for your help!

my access to my email stopped 4 days ago the sign in does not accept the password for my email I can't change the password without signing in. I have made no changes to the account.

Not sure if this is the right category but I am using Linux and Thunderbird 128

I am trying to sync my icloud calendar, so have gone to add a new calendar. Chose network and put in my icloud email and password but it just keeps saying credentials aren't accepted even though they are correct.

Am I doing it correctly or is there something else I need to do?

Thank you

Hello Frinds!

Please help me find a solution to a fatal Thunderbird crash that erased the Inbox folder and its subfolder structure. All emails have disappeared, and the cause is unknown. Tried "View" but did not help. Didn't find any local program tools to restore the before-crash-state.

Here are the details:

1. The incident happened due to a random, uncontrolled cursor movement in the bottom left corner of the program window using the "drag and drop" feature. There was no clicking involved. Or maybe it was a coincidence: happened when Thunderbird was upgrading.

2. The current version of Thunderbird Portable is:128.10.0esr on Windows 10 Home.

3. As a result of auto backup creation on the day of the crash, the backup was overwritten by the corrupted original.

4. The size of the main folder has not changed, so I believe the files needed for recovery are still available.

Is it possible that this disaster is the result of a version update? So so far, Thunderbird worked seamlessly.

Looking for help. So far, I have not been able to find a solution, including with the assistance of AI. Thank you in advance.

Best, Max

Hello,

I am a super happy user of Thunderbird calendar since many years.

Now that my kids have a lot of activities I am facing an annoying display issue with the upper part of the calendar in the Week view showing all days event : it is too small to show all events at once and hence proposes a scrollbar to navigate inside it (the attached image shows it for Tuesday May 13)

To solve that, I would be super happy just to select the "horizontal line" separating the all day events pane from the one below and then drag it to increase the height of the all day events pane. Unfortunately this is not possible.

So my question is : how can I increase the height of all day events pane so that I can see all my all days events at once ?

Thank you very much for your help,

Dear team

I am facing a strange problem while replying or forwarding the email using Thunderbird. It always seeps displaying sending message box. However, the message is actually sent by the Thunderbird. When I cancel, after several trials, the message box will go. Pl help. I am having this problem since version 115 and presently I am on Version 136.0 64 bit.

Screenshot is enclosed for ready reference. I have done clean installation also but the problem remains. Pl help.

Hello, every time I want to send or accept a message Thunderbird keeps asking me to enter my password. This is very irritating, although I activated the option 'Remember password' during the set up of my mail address. Can you help me with this? Thanks.

I've setup a filter rule to auto-reply to emails while I am on holidays and this works well. However, there are some businesses who will continue to have me on a cc list or in a team distribution list.

The idea is to only send an out of office reply once. I think Outlook does that from memory.

Is there a way to do it in Thunderbird or is this currently not do-able within the Thunderbird base product or via extension/addon?

Running Version 138.0.1 64bit.

When I downloaded Thunderbird, all the folders from my e-mail account downloaded; but, I could not move a message from the Inbox to a folder. Today, when I opened Thunderbird, all my folders disappeared. Please advise. Thanks, Dan

I have sent pictures from my phone to two people and asked them to send them back, The email with the pictures dosent appear in my email. I can send and receive email from both people, just not the ones with the pictures.

I have a new Chromebook, having previously used a Microsoft Surface Pro. I have loaded Linux onto my Chromebook and now have installed Firefox and Thunderbird but I can't get my email account loaded onto Thunderbird. I receive a message as follows: "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration" I'm sure that I have entered the correct details. I was offered the chance to scan a QR code but that option doesn't seem to be there anymore. (The Chromebook doesn't have a front camera but it will lie flat so I was going to be able to use it)

Hello,

This morning, I am unable to access any of my labels and folders. One solution I thought of was signing out and signing back in to see if it would resolve the issue. However, I am afraid that if I sign-out, will I lose my labels/folders created in Thunderbird? What would you suggest?

Receiving this error a couple times a day when using Thunderbird: "The folder 'Inbox' could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again."

I can delete some emails but for the most part, everything in the Inbox cannot be deleted. I have looked at other forums but I haven't found a concrete set of steps to get this error fixed. I am not very familiar with the inner workings of Thunderbird, so more details on how exactly to get this fixed if possible would be appreciated.