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1) Thunderbird 128.12.0es refuses to disable conversation mode, when View/Sort by/Unthreaded is selected for a folder.

2) Thunderbird 128.12.0es does not show the number of selected messages in the Status Bar when I select multiple messages, instead showing the number of selected conversations.

How can I disable conversation mode?

The Local Folders Account has a setting to set the Message Store Type. By default it's set to "File per folder (mbox)". How can I switch to Maildir?

Note that in global Settings, I have already set up the Message Store Type for New accounts to "File per message (maildir)". But I can't create a new local folder account.

Hi, I'm using Thunderbird version 140.0 on Windows 10 and trying to change the background of the message pane. I've tried:

1. messagepanebox {

   background-color: #e6f3ff !important; 

}

but it only changes the upper part and I can't find a way to target the whole flex container or the lower part. There is a forum response (titled Message preview pane background) that targets the message pane:

1. messagePane {

background-image: url("file:///C:/path to image/image.jpg") !important;}

and that fills the message pane when its blank at startup but it disappears when selecting a message from the list.

I can add the background-color statement to :root in Developer Tools and that only works for the current selected message. How can I change the background of the entire Message Pane - the upper and lower part that contains the contents of the message - for each message that is selected? Thanks, David

wen man in Thunderbird auf die Tabs klickt ("Betreff", "Beteiligte", "Datum", etc.) werden die Mails nach diesen "Kriterien sortiert"

kan man diese Funktion irgendwie sperren oder deaktivieren? Mich regt es immer auf wenn ich versehentrlich drauaf klicke das er die Sorterung ändert udn ich brauche diesen Murks nicht.

wie kan man das abschalten?

Hi. I have several folders and subfolders created under Local folders on Thunderbird for Mac 140.0 (aarch64). When I create a new subfolder under a particular subfolder the new folder goes to the bottom of the folder hierarchy and not inserted alphabetically in the hierarchy, I have to manually drag the new folder into its alphabetical place in the folder hierarchy. This only happens on this one subfolder all the other subfolders are fine. I have only noticed this recently but it used to be ok and position the new folder alphabetically in the hierarchy. I have tried compacting and repairing the folder but it still stays the same, any ideas?

Until a few days ago, I had a little button at the top left of my Thunderbird window to get any new mail. Now it has disappeared. If I've made that happen, I've no idea how. Please can someone tell me how to put it back? Thanks.

Thunderbird 128.10.2esr (64-bit)R

Mac OS 13.6.9

Cannot insert underlined hyperlink nor clipart into email using version 138.0 64 bit

Thunderbird makes it so difficult to fix settings anymore.

The config editor is a mess and unbelievable to understand what options are available and how to use them for anything speicifc.

When I downloaded the Thunderbird app to my new laptop and opened it, it already had a fortnight's worth of recent messages in the Inbox, plus many of my Sent messages. However, the remainder of the Inbox, dating back to 2010, was not there, neither were my address books. Why didn't a clean copy of the app download so I can import my Profiles? In addition, my old laptop uses POP incoming, but the new laptop seems to be configured to IMAP. Is this a problem, and if so, which should I choose for the new laptop?

firstly, i'd like to say this isn't really about settings, well it sort of is, it's about layouts, but there's no heading for that. sorry!

i've just gone from version 102 to version 128. for my use of Thunderbird, nothing much seems to have changed, except some things are now harder. (such is progress!) i would like to see the columns in message lists as proper columns, with headers you can click on. so only one line per message, as it used to be, would suit me just fine. that way i can compare things in the list, which i would say is really important. you can change the sort, and easily see how it effects things.

does anyone know if is there any way to achieve this? i can't see anything in Settings or View. thanks so much.

My desktop computer died, so I needed to copy all my data files from backup (which worked fine) and then install all the apps that I regularly run on my laptop. When I installed Thunderbird, I got the latest Release 139.02. It behaves very differently from what I think is called the "Classic View" that was running on my Desktop. I REALLY hate it, but can't figure out how to set the Thunderbird parameters to do that. My problems include:

-- Overview of Thunderbird "Views". I can't find any documentation that explains [a] the various viewing options that Thunderbird offers and [b] EXACTLY how to set them.

-- Release Notes. I haven't found any release notes to explain when/why a major change to view was done.

-- Periodically, even for same release, Thunderbird CHANGES my parameter settings. Most annoying is changing the General Message-List settings to "Show Only Display Names For People in My Address Book". I live in a retirement community where many husbands & wives share the same Email address. With this setting, Thunderbird shows the name associate with the first message I received from this Email address. So the heading doesn't show which person actually sent it (although I can make a good guess when Thunderbird is telling me it came from a dead person. [g]

Is there ANY way I can get Release 139.0.2 to display messages the way I've been seeing them for at least 10 years? I REALLY need help. (If I can't get Thunderbird to behave the way I want, seem like I might as well switch to reading/writing messages directly from Google Gmail web site. It's equally lacking in documentation, but I suppose that eventually I could figure it out.)

Thanks in advance for any help anybody can offer.GMail, I'd seriously consider switch to using Gmail directly without Thunderbird.)

Hi everyone I use Thunderbird Portable on an external SSD. I switch between a Windows 10 and a Windows 11 computer. On the Win11, I am experiencing some issues. When I run TB, sometimes the app "loses memory" and it opens as the first time, although the local folders seemingly should have all the emails (some folders have appropriate date and time, and the total size of the folder is OK). But I have no possibility to recover these emails. I tried to import them, but there always is some problem. I tried to copy all the folders in a previous (working) backup copy of TB, but still doesn't work.... how can I fix this?

went to white text on black background after latest automatic update to Thunderbird (128.12 Oesr). I've tried all suggested fixes and can't get black text on white background active again. HOW DO I GET BACK TO NORMAL??

Have just installed TB for the first time (replacing WLM) and am very happy with it. My only problem is that the option to open with a blank page is not working despite leaving the checkbox unchecked. I've tried checking and unchecking but it makes no difference, it always opens with the full setup options displayed. Is there another way to have TB open with a blank page?

Hi, Is there a way to set up Thunderbird so that a thread of emails opens up in one window? Right now, every time I answer an email and get a response, TB opens up a tab for each separate email. I selected Open Message in an Existing Message Window in Settings, hoping that would solve it; but now it just opens a bunch of windows for each message. I just want one window that shows the thread of messages with the most recent response on top. Is that possible? I hate having to close 10 tabs every time I get an email.

Thanks.

Hello Following a recent thundebird update, the body of certain emails contains a list of links to images rather than the images themselves that appeared before. The screen looks crowded, confusing and unattractive. How can I revert to the old, much more attractive appearance ? I have searched but can find no help. Regards

I have Thunderbird 128.12.0. I accidentally deleted an old message and I quickly realized my error and went to the account's trash folder to recover it, but the act of opening up the trash folder seemed to trigger an automated deletion of old messages (at least that's what it looked like it was doing - maybe I'm wrong). In any case, the message is not in the trash folder, so it appears it was just deleted because of the age of the message. I'm wondering if there's some way to have the trash folder not delete messages based solely on their creation date, but also on the date they were moved to the trash folder. In other words, two conditions must be met. They must have been deleted x number of days ago, and they must have a certain age (based on the creation date). This way even a very old message would be available for a certain period.

I read a couple of articles about how trash deletion is handled, and I'm a little confused. For each of my three accounts, when I right click the TRASH folder, then click on PROPERTIES, and then click on RETENTION POLICY, "Use my account settings." is checked. That seems fine, but I'm not sure where the retention policy is established for the account. If I right click on the account name, and then click on SERVER SETTINGS, I see a "When I delete a message" heading. In my case the option checked is "Move it to this folder" and the folder is the trash folder. The MESSAGE STORAGE section has nothing checked.

Am I missing something? Is there a place where I can specify how long something must be kept in trash before it's deleted?

I updated my version but when I log in it wants me to donate. Donate implies you don't have to if you want. More important, I've already donated. So why doesn't the damn thing let me bypass the request