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I use Linux Cinnamon Mint on two Dell desktops - they are set up identically and perform in the same way with one exception. Both appear to be the same version of Thunderbird and have identical settings but on one computer the appearance of the typeface (in for example a listing of emails) is less clear /sharp than on the other.

When I say they are the same version - they both say 140.7.1esr (64-bit) but after that on one computer it says "Thunderbird for Linux Mint -mint-001 - 1.0". This qualification appears on the computer where the typeface is less clear but not on the other.

I should add that the issue seems to relate solely to Thunderbird - it does not present when looking at (say) websites on Firefox.

Being of a certain age clarity is important and I just wonder if I am missing something? Thanks for any help.

Hi!

I've added some subfolders to my inbox on my laptop but these folders dont appear or sync on my phone, I've checked all settings and they seem to be in order. Can you point me in the right direction to fix this?

Cheers,

Henk

1. Was able to receive emails sent to my address xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.free-online.co.uk, but unable to SEND my replies. Was getting this notification: 'Send message error. Sending of message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: Unknown sender. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again, OK' (see attached). 2. Checked all settings, all correct as used to be before the problem started. 3. At some stage, I tried changing the password in Settings > Privacy & Security > Passwords > Saved passwords > Saved logins to see if that helped. It didn't. 4. I removed the free-online Server from the Saved logins (Provider: smtp://relay.free-online.net, User: xxxxxxx) with the intention of restoring it with a new password - but found I couldn't restore the free-online server. So I decided the best thing to do was to restore the password as it was before and to ask for help here. >>> That line has now been restored.

NB1. Free-online is a sub section of Plusnet. NB2. Last year I received an email from Greenby saying something about maybe taking over from Plusnet and that I would be notified if and when I had to do anything. I have not received any such instructions so left things as they were. Many thanks for your help from a not-very-techy so stressed old lady.

Hello,

I'm trying to setup a new GMX email address in Thunderbird. I can receive messages, but when I try sending an email, I get stuck on the loading bar "sending message". I receive no error message.

I have multiple GMX addresses in Thunderbird already, all work well for receiving and sending emails. I tried writing to email addresses with different providers, the result is always the same.

I tried adding the IMAP info manually and automatically in Thunderbird, nothing changes. Here is my current SMTP server :

mail.gmx.com Port 465 SSL/TLS Normal password

Can someone please help me figure out this SMTP setup ?

Thanks ! Alix

I have my incoming IMAP emails stored on my local computer drive where the default Thunderbird installation puts it. This is fine.

My question is, can I move the local folders directory to another external drive or network attached storage? I am doing this as I have a small local SSD and combining all emails the size is massive.

I accidentally deleted a folder (that I thought was empty) which ended up having important saved emails in it. I thought I had transferred the emails to a new folder...but unfortunately they were still in the old folder. I tried everything I knew how to do but I have not been able to find the folder any where.

  I still have Windows 10.  I'm dreading upgrading to Windows 11.  

Information: Edition: Windows 10 Home Version: 22H2 Installed on: 11/4/22 OS Build: 19045.6466

I'm afraid to "go look for the Thunderbird information". I tried that once and then couldn't get back to where I was and had to start all over again.

My Thunderbird hasn't downloaded emails to my main/default address since mid January. The other two addresses, with all the same settings, and with the same provider, work. Emails are goint to my web mail. I've spent hours on support and on remote control with my provider, and they finally said maybe it's a thunderbird problem. I deleted the programme and reinstalled it, still won't download and all the emails are still missing from my inbox. The emails went missing when I attempted to repair the folders earlier in the saga.. All my local folders are there. I may have to start all over again from a new programme. Thank goodness I can access all emails from my provider's web portal. Aussiebroadband.

В первой половине дня не отправляются письма в thunderbird, во второй начинает работать. Проблема появилась 3 недели назад, причем по всем филиалам с разных IP адресов. При этом напрямую из браузера письма отправляются. P.S. в thunderbird входящие приходят. В чем может быть проблема? Во вложении скрины

Every 2 or 3 days, Thunderbird tells me it needs to be updated. I run the update but halfway through it stops and tells me that I have a newer version on my PC. Why can it not recognise that I am up to date?

I was sending an email with an attachment I wanted to check the attachment before I sent it. But I chose windows media player and it won't work I went to remove media player but I couldn't open my attachments, so I put the attachments back on but I still can't open my attachment. What do I do so I can Read my attachments again Thank you Richard

Hallo,

ich erhalte meine e-Mails auf meinem Laptop via Thunderbird. Als ich letzte Woche nach einer einwöchigen Abwesenheit meine e-Mails checken wollte, zeigte mir das System 178 erhaltene e-Mails an. Als ich meinen Posteingang öffnete, zeigte es nur 78 an, die auch existierten. Es fehlten somit 100 e-Mails. Liegt das an Thunderbird oder muss ich meinen e-Mail-Supporter (1&1) kontaktieren? Da ich kein "Computer-Freak" bin, bin ich ziemlich hilflos und würde mich freuen, wenn ich von Euch Hilfe bekommen könnte.

Vielen Dank im Voraus für möglichen Support und hilfreiche Antworten an meine e-Mail-Adresse x@online.de.

Herzliche Grüße aus Berlin Harry Kühn

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Kit Galloway,

A week ago my Thunderbird email-app mysteriously switched to a very thinned-down and sparse email information presentation.

I want to return to the classic Thunderbird display. I'm using the current Mac mini.

My email: X@earthlink.ne Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx

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I am using Thunderbird 115.18.0 and Windows 7 professional (no snarky comments please).

All has been working fine for years, but in the last few days, strange thing have been happening:

In the pane with all of my email accounts, the ">" icon to the left of the first account has been disappearing. This meant I could not look at any folders, including Inbox, Drafts, Sent etc and handmade folders. Cured by closing and opening Thunderbird.

I now have two Archive folders, one called Archive, the other Archives. Both empty, neither can be deleted.

Periodically, when the ">" is present, selecting it (to "V"), the list of folders SLOWLY appears, one folder at a time.

Periodically, the bottom of the Thunderbird window, shows a 'downloading' message, of hundreds of files. Several GB of data has been downloaded over a couple of days.

Opening the Inbox folder, the pane with subject, correspondents, date etc has changed the sort order.

Sometimes, all of the emails in this pane have had their font underlined.

Nothing on my system has intentionally changed,

Any ideas what has gone wrong, and how to put things right would be appreciated.

Thanks,

I am setting up Thunderbird on a Win10 machine, and am having a lot of trouble adding accounts that I did not have on the two Win11 machines I have set the same accounts up on.

When adding my 2 GMail accounts, after clicking "Allow" on the OAuth popup the button would go grey the window would stay open and not close, and the account would not be added.

Changing the general.useragent.compatMode.firefox option to TRUE allowed me to progress and finally add those accounts.

I am now having the same trouble with my @hotmail.com account. When I add the account, the dark blue OAuth window pops up, but is completely empty, and there is nothing more I can do.

Things I have tried

• Reverting the above config change
• Checking that cookies and JavaScript are enabled
• Checking there is no saved password
• Used both the Account Hub and the default dialog, with the same effect.

Thanks in advance!

Is the feature supposed to behave this way? I find this rather tedious. Am I missing something here?

Current behavior:

My installation does not seem to automatically execute spam filtering for unified folders or saved searches. As soon as I manually select one of the included folders within - e.g. an individual mail acccount's inbox - the algorithm triggers and everything works as expected, but only for the one folder I clicked. This leaves me with having to click through all my mail accounts manually to make use of the adaptive junk mail controls function.

Expected behavior:

Selecting a unified folder triggers junk mail controls for all the included folders and moves messages to the respective junk folders automatically.

There are emails after the blanks and I am not sure if any are missing. Also some blank email have been marked as favorite. Even after setting the body display to plain text it is blank. And the metadata containt

I had previously logged into my Yahoo Mail account. Still, now that I've deleted it, I'm having trouble logging in again. I don't have any extensions installed on Thunderbird, and I can't find any ad blockers or JavaScript settings. I've also cleared all Yahoo cookies from Thunderbird. Does anyone have any suggestions to help resolve this issue?

Changed my BT mail password. I can receive mail but when trying to send I am asked to enter password which is not recognised. The SMTP server does not reccognise this. I have checked other questions and all seems well in my settings, i.e. changed stored passwords, but I must have missed something.Any advice most welcome Don