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Hi, I’m using Thunderbird with a Yahoo Mail account and I’m seeing two Draft folders in the left pane:

Drafts Draft

Their IMAP locations are different: imap://…/Drafts imap://…/Draft

Thunderbird only saves drafts into the Drafts folder (plural). The Draft folder stays empty, but it always shows up.

What I tried so far: • Account settings → Subscribe Unchecked “Draft” there, but it doesn’t save. After reopening Subscribe, it’s checked again and the folder is still visible. • Restarted Thunderbird multiple times. • Server Settings → disabled “Show only subscribed folders”. • Checked folder Properties, but there are no options to hide it or control visibility, so it looks hard locked by Yahoo.

Conclusion so far: Yahoo seems to force both system folders via IMAP and ignores unsubscribe, so Thunderbird can’t hide or remove “Draft”.

Is there any supported way in Thunderbird to permanently hide or ignore the extra Draft folder for Yahoo accounts, or is this a known Yahoo IMAP limitation?

Thanks

I feel like this has been asked a million times, but yet I cant find a current answer that resolves it from all the posts on google. And some are conflicting.

I added my gmail account. Imap. I dont want it downloading and saving thousands of emails. How do I stop that?

Is the only way to do that, by limiting the sync settings to like 7 days? Is this screenshot, the correct area?

I also tried Unsubscribing all the inboxes, Save, close. Then check the Subscribe pop up again, and it just re-checks them all! I cant uncheck them, it just rechecks them.

I kept seeing a message saying my libero account had failed to connect to server even though messages were still coming in (and going out?) but then my sent Folder started having gaps and messages not recorded. I decided to delete the account before re-entering it. Now, when I try to renter the details the 'new' account fails to appear and there is an error message saying 'incoming server already exists. Perhaps I didn't cancel enough when I deleted - there were 2 options, I think, but how do I now delete this 'preexisting' server connection which is blocking me???

I can't access my talk talk account on my desktop anymore. Talk talk say my password has been changed correctly and that if I go in via their website I can access my email - which I can. The man on the helpdesk (actual person) said this is because it is 'controlled' by Thunderbird and he thinks I should close the account via Thunderbird and open up a new one. I am loath to do this in case I lose all my old emails. I am a 69 year old techno phobe so an easy to follow reply would be much appreciated.

My email provider is terminating the existing email domain name, and replacing it with a new domain name. I want to retain all existing Thunderbird folders and emails for use with the new email. Example: username@q.com becomes username@myclk.com. (Yep, it's Centurylink.)

Can I change my existing Thunderbird account name and email and retain all existing folders and emails in the account? Some server settings would also be changed.

Or, do I need to set up a new account?

Thanks

I am trying to sign into my Proton mail account. On the Thunderbird app, I tap the Menu and select Settings. Then, I select Add account, type my Proton email address, and tap Next. The "Configuration found" screen is displayed. I proceed to type my Proton password correctly and tap Next. Then, there is an error that says "Checking incoming server settings failed". Does this mean Thunderbird does not fully support Proton mail?

Hello we have recieved several emails about our account needing us to sign in or the account will be removed - i am just checking if these emails come from you and i have now signed into the account and cannot see anything about the account being deleted

Many thanks Richard Ashton

In account setup There is an error: "Incoming Server already exist"

Damn bloody right it already exists. Or do I need to specify servers that don't exist. Just make one up or so ?

Thunderbird issues Version 146.0.1 Jan 2026

This is a collection of issues observed in the setup of TB. These have persisted for over 6 months.

1. Subfolders in email folders are not correct. o Specifically, the Drafts, sent or Sent and Archives folders appear in the Local Folders Account and not in the account for the email. It seems that these Local Folder entries follow the email name that is set as the default.

2. I cannot delete these folders in the Local account. Creating new folders in the email accounts does not do anything. 3. I have uninstalled TB and re-installed it, but all the accounts come up the same way. 4. I have imported address books from past savings but they cannot be accessed as an address book. TB sees their names as non addresses. If I retype the names in these to a new address book, I can treat them as a group address as in the past.

It seems that the underlying data base indexing is mis-aligned. Is there a way to re-initialise the indexing to get these accounts in sync?

Peter DeVita Try email

peterd1@devita.com

I would like to change the authentication method to OAuth2, but it doesn't appear in the drop-down menu.

My Thunderbird version is 140.4.0esr (64-bit). I have all cookies set to allow.

How do I change it to OAuth2?

Version 144.0.1. Unable to add a new email account. After entering the email address and going to automatic configuration... The circle keeps spinning forever... How do I add the account manually? I tested it on two computers.

I've had to make some email and computer changes recently:

1. First, Spectrum was making noises about shutting down my old @nycap.rr.com email account and making me use a newer @charter.net account I'd never used, BUT, it's they were able to sync everything up on their end so that I can use either email account through the Spectrum.net webpage, the old @nycap.rr.com (which I have continued to use) but with a new password, or @charter.net with a password specific to that account. On my old machine, I was still able to access the @nycap.rr.com address through Tunderbird using my new password, so now I want to continue using Thunderbird, just on my new computer instead of my old one.

2. Shortly after resolving the email issue with Spectrum, I got a new computer running LinuxMint 22 instead of the old computer that ran LinuxMint 18. When I tried opening Thunderbird on the new machine, it initially said it found my old @nycap.rr.com address with my recently changed password in Mozilla, but then couldn't link up with it at Spectrum, using either mail.twc.com (which Spectrum tells me is the correct server for my @nycap.rr.com address) or mobile.charter.net. Thunderbird did accept the new @charter.net email with the server mobile.charter.net, but that is NOT the e-mail address I want to use, not least because I have thousands of emails saved in my local files under my old email address.

3. Talking with a Spectrum tech support rep today, I changed the passwords for both of my email accounts with them, but Thunderbird would only accept the @charter.net address and its new password, and couldn't recognize the old @nycap.rr.com and its new password.

How can I set up Thunderbird to use my old @nycap.rr.com address on my new computer? Thunderbird won't even allow me to try to set up using the old address because now it seems to only recognize the @charter.net address I was able to log in with. And setting up a new account with my old @nycap.rr.com address doesn't sound right to me. Do I have to go into the old machine and try to log in with the @nycap.rr.com address there and then do something? I'm at a loss.