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Transferring Thunderbird to new laptop

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. H… (read more)

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?

Asked by cmfindlay 1 day ago

Answered by cmfindlay 10 hours ago

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new(ish) Thunderbird layout

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 10… (read more)

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.

Asked by Atom7 9 months ago

Answered by Atom7 9 months ago

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Deleted emails not saved in Trash

I was searching for an email that I had just deleted and discovered that the Trash folder connected to my inbox was empty. The one connected to my Local folders, however… (read more)

I was searching for an email that I had just deleted and discovered that the Trash folder connected to my inbox was empty. The one connected to my Local folders, however, was not. I cannot find a setting that would instruct Thunderbird on how long to save emails in the Trash folder and am sure I did not accidentally change anything. Any idea how to fix this?

Asked by guavaman 3 days ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 6 hours ago

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Sent Mail to Inbox not working

Hi all I have my sent mail going into my Inbox be default, so that I can see entire threads in context. It's set that way in Copies & Folders in each of my email acc… (read more)

Hi all

I have my sent mail going into my Inbox be default, so that I can see entire threads in context. It's set that way in Copies & Folders in each of my email accounts. However, I frequently find sent emails in the Sent Mail folder.

Can anyone offer an idea of why, and how to fix it?

Thanks Edwin

Asked by Edwin Humphries 1 day ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 1 day ago

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FireFox New Page "Presets" directly under browser

How to get rid of the half-dozen old search sites from very top of each new page, directly under browser box. Those sites are places I no longer use, e.g., from my old jo… (read more)

How to get rid of the half-dozen old search sites from very top of each new page, directly under browser box. Those sites are places I no longer use, e.g., from my old job; from a Wiki search done ages ago. I have searched for help. I never see "three dots" when I hover my cursor above the offending items.

I was using Chrome. My daughter recommended Fire Fox for my MacBookPro. I did. Now I need to clean up this problem.

Thank you.

PS: I don't know which topic best describes my question.

Asked by Cynthia Whitham 15 hours ago

Answered by Denys 14 hours ago

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Migration Issue

I have an 8 year old PC that I have been using Thunderbird on its entire life. I have 5 email accounts (from my own website if that matters) on it for personal use that … (read more)

I have an 8 year old PC that I have been using Thunderbird on its entire life. I have 5 email accounts (from my own website if that matters) on it for personal use that have tons of information.

I bought a new computer and have not been able to move my old data to it. The old computer uses Windows 10 with Thunderbird Version 115.5.2 (32 bit). The new computer uses Windows 11 and I have tried several Thunderbird versions with the current one being 128.12 0esr (32 bit). I have added one of my email accounts to my new computer, but it contains none of my previous data (emails, contacts, directories, etc.), just a bare bones account that only receives new email.

I have repeatedly tried to move my entire source computer setup and data going through all of the described steps including copying the previous Thunderbird folder to a flash drive. I then follow the directions for copying and pasting my source data into the new computer's "roaming" section. It goes through all the steps including asking if I want to overwrite existing files. I have almost 14,000 files and as the process continues, I can see file names being added just as I would expect.

After everything is complete, when I restart Thunderbird, the only access I have is once again to the bare bones new email account. There is no data, nothing at all, from my source computer.

Help please, this has gotten beyond frustrating.

Asked by mike79 1 day ago

Answered by david 1 day ago

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Save websites to Firefox Icon in the taskbar

Hello everyone. I use the firefox browser for years with the windows 10. I used to click on a favorite website with the right mouse button. Drag and drop on the Firefox i… (read more)

Hello everyone. I use the firefox browser for years with the windows 10. I used to click on a favorite website with the right mouse button. Drag and drop on the Firefox icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the monitor. When I need this website again, I would just right click on the firefox Icon in the taskbar and would see a list of all my saved websites. I would select the website I wanted and that opened my preferred website oince again. Since I have upgraded to windows 11 this no longer works. Can anyone tell me if this is still possibke to save the preferred websites in the firefox icon in the taskbar? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Asked by Steven16 1 day ago

Answered by Denys 20 hours ago

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[AI] Disable permanently on Windows 11 for all users/profiles

Please I want to remove Ai from Firefox Mozila permanently on Windows 11 for all users/profiles: I tried a lot of workarounds but they are unsuccessfully: I tried to cre… (read more)

Please I want to remove Ai from Firefox Mozila permanently on Windows 11 for all users/profiles:

I tried a lot of workarounds but they are unsuccessfully: I tried to create extensions (Hide Gemini, AI Google Overview), but they do not work for all users; only profile-based extensions are supported. I tried to use preferences using internal settings on Firefox, but it does not apply to all users. I tried using a script on PowerShell for all users merging internal preferences, but it does not work I copied the local and roaming settings from Firefox to the Default profile, but it was unsuccessful.

I also tried to remove "All" from the search page, but I moved the seach to go to the tab "Web" only.

Reference: https://gist.github.com/gene1wood/0bd4250ffef9d57fd801d59f23433114 https://www.maketecheasier.com/disable-ai-models-firefox/ https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-and-remove-all-ai-features-in-mozilla-firefox/


Thank you for any help and feedbacks. --Rod

Asked by Rodrigo N M 2 weeks ago

Answered by Rodrigo N M 1 day ago

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Open with blank page not working

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 l… (read more)

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?

Asked by nmrn2012 4 days ago

Answered by Wayne Mery 1 day ago

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Yale.edu outlook won't work with Thunderbird

For >20 years I have used Thunderbird as my email reader for various email accounts on my mac laptop. Last night Thunderbird stopped downloading emails from my yale.ed… (read more)

For >20 years I have used Thunderbird as my email reader for various email accounts on my mac laptop. Last night Thunderbird stopped downloading emails from my yale.edu account. I tried removing the yale account and reinstalling it unsuccessfully. See attachment. The Yale IT rep told me that Yale very recently added security features that are probably preventing Thunderbird from working with it. They told me to use the Outlook app. Is there anyway I can get Thunderbird to work with my yale.edu outlook email account?

Asked by douglas.berv 2 days ago

Answered by sfhowes 2 days ago

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Icon when clicking and dragging things

Hi. I'm asking this question because I'm not quite sure how to describe this issue through a Google search. Recently, I've noticed that whenever I click and drag anything… (read more)

Hi. I'm asking this question because I'm not quite sure how to describe this issue through a Google search. Recently, I've noticed that whenever I click and drag anything, an icon will pop up while I'm doing so. Attached is an example, I click-and-dragged on the "Learn More" hyperlink off to the right.

Is there any way to disable the icon that pops up? It bothers me and seems to slow things down, which isn't ideal. I'm not the most well-versed when it comes to Firefox's more advanced settings (the options in about:config and whatnot) so I wouldn't know where to start.

Asked by bug 1 day ago

Answered by bug 1 day ago

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ome tv bug/

so i use ome tv on Firefox using user agent switcher EXTENSION. but when i connect to ome tv i cant flip the camera option in the down left it wont flip and it lags when … (read more)

so i use ome tv on Firefox using user agent switcher EXTENSION. but when i connect to ome tv i cant flip the camera option in the down left it wont flip and it lags when connecting with other people please fix or help

Asked by Ayoub Ps 3 weeks ago

Answered by Ayoub Ps 2 weeks ago

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Firefox ESR Google Auto-translation Extremely annoying (have tried everything, including about:config). Please help.

Please, I have a Debian 11 VAIO laptop, with Firefox ESR 115.14.0esr 64. I have tried the settings menus (there is nothing about translation there, not even in language… (read more)

Please,

I have a Debian 11 VAIO laptop, with Firefox ESR 115.14.0esr 64.

I have tried the settings menus (there is nothing about translation there, not even in languages.

Tried as well the about:config (several entries).

Nothing happens, annoying auto-translation bar shows up all the time and automatically translates several languages.

Really can't stand any longer...

Please help!

Appreciate.

Asked by Gui 4 days ago

Answered by Gui 1 day ago

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Ongoing certificate bugs—is there a fix in the pipeline?

Certificate errors have been an ongoing, several-times-a-day frustration for me and other users, with different ISPs, since approximately June 25. Is anyone working on th… (read more)

Certificate errors have been an ongoing, several-times-a-day frustration for me and other users, with different ISPs, since approximately June 25. Is anyone working on this bug? Because it clearly is a bug: Not only I but several other users have reported that Thunderbird worked fine until that date, then stopped working fine. What changed, and can it be put back the way it was, or can we receive some explicit instructions on how to fix it for ourselves? It's making Thunderbird borderline unusable. Every time I try to send a message, I have to confirm a security exception, then send it again. Several times a day, when I try to fetch messages, I have to confirm security exceptions. The confirmations never seem to stick. This is some BS.

Asked by Catbus 4 days ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 2 days ago

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How to style cancelled tasks ?

I am able to style tasks that are either completed/overdue/inprogress in userChrome.css . But so far I have not found a way to style canceled tasks. Can someone help me&… (read more)

I am able to style tasks that are either completed/overdue/inprogress in userChrome.css . But so far I have not found a way to style canceled tasks.

Can someone help me ?

Asked by welcome 5 days ago

Answered by welcome 3 days ago

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Desktop TB Calendar not syncing to Outlook.com, but syncs okay from Outlook.com to PC TB

TB on PC: have noticed that my Calendar entries are not syncing up to Outlook.com. Entries added directly to Outlook.com sync okay to my PC TB. Contacts sync works fine b… (read more)

TB on PC: have noticed that my Calendar entries are not syncing up to Outlook.com. Entries added directly to Outlook.com sync okay to my PC TB. Contacts sync works fine both ways. I just upgraded to TB 128.12 but no change. I have checked all the TB Outlook server entries and they appear correct. Any ideas? Thanks.

Asked by sep 2 days ago

Answered by sep 1 day ago

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firefox tab groups

I have the most recent update and have been excited about tab groups, but it's still not working on mine. I thought the update would be available to all as of May 6, 2025… (read more)

I have the most recent update and have been excited about tab groups, but it's still not working on mine. I thought the update would be available to all as of May 6, 2025. Is this happening to anyone else?

Asked by Heather Jackson 1 month ago

Answered by Mat.Pi 1 month ago

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Latest Version on Release Update Channel

Could someone please tell me what the latest version of Thunderbird is on the Release Update Channel? I am on version 139.0.2, and when I check for updates in the app, it… (read more)

Could someone please tell me what the latest version of Thunderbird is on the Release Update Channel? I am on version 139.0.2, and when I check for updates in the app, it says that Thunderbird is up-to-date. Is version 140.0 not going to be available on the Release Update Channel?

Asked by Tim Boorman 1 week ago

Answered by sfhowes 2 days ago