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How do I turn off threads to ALL messages permenantly in Thunderbird?

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I want to turn off ALL threads in Thunderbird.

Just the last two days TWO IMPORTANT messages (from two different people) on my computer did not display in my email feed, I only saw them by accident on my phone..

I have searched very, very many times to change the settings, but regardless of what I do, it doesn't help..

I have tried "View / Sort by / Unthreaded", it doesn't work.. I have tried to look for the "Organize Mail by Thread" in Settings, I cannot find it. I have spent SOOOO much time trying to find out about this, but not been successful... (It is NOT the first time this has happened!)

Can anyone help??

I want to turn off ALL threads in Thunderbird. Just the last two days TWO IMPORTANT messages (from two different people) on my computer did not display in my email feed, I only saw them by accident on my phone.. I have searched very, very many times to change the settings, but regardless of what I do, it doesn't help.. I have tried "View / Sort by / Unthreaded", it doesn't work.. I have tried to look for the "Organize Mail by Thread" in Settings, I cannot find it. I have spent SOOOO much time trying to find out about this, but not been successful... (It is NOT the first time this has happened!) Can anyone help??

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This is a huge imposition on the users. The default should be NO THREADS. I just want to read my messages sequentially. Why are we tasked to fix this when we did not ask for it?

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Why does Thunderbird keep defaulting to this really, really unhelpful Threading option every two or three months. It is very annoying as it tends to 'hide' messages.