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On my Dell Inspiron laptop after I updated Thunderbird a while back, when I search for an email by name, it finds them, but when I click on that email to read it, it goes to another unrelated email, so why is that and how to fix it?

After a recent update to Thunderbird (months ago), I found that when I search through my emails by name, it will find those emails and list them for me. But when I go and… (read more)

After a recent update to Thunderbird (months ago), I found that when I search through my emails by name, it will find those emails and list them for me. But when I go and click on one of those found emails, it arbitrarily brings up some unrelated email - it never brings up the one that I click on.

How can we fix this? Thanks. Dr. Howard Neufeld

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Searching within a message using slash fails the first time

(If this is a duplicate, please feel free to delete. I posted last night, but the question appears to have vanished from the forum.) I'm using Thunderbird 151.0.1. After … (read more)

(If this is a duplicate, please feel free to delete. I posted last night, but the question appears to have vanished from the forum.)

I'm using Thunderbird 151.0.1. After 151.0.0 was installed, the ability to press "/" ("slash") to search while viewing a message was broken. The slash is ignored, and following keystrokes are then acted upon.

If a search is initiated by pressing Ctrl+F, subsequent searches can be started with a slash. It's only when the first search is done that the slash is ignored.

I've been using Thunderbird since the beginning, so starting a search with a slash is in my muscle memory. As a result, I've inadvertently marked or archived or starred messages, navigated to the next thread or next unread message, etc.

Looking at the release notes, I see that a search function was fixed in 151.0.0. I wonder if this is related to that fix?

In any event, can "press slash to start a search in the message window" be restored? ...thanks!

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Support multi language special character search

I have ran into a peculiar problem where special characters from non US keyboard do not work in search. In my case it is % for TABS specifically (instead of english %). … (read more)

I have ran into a peculiar problem where special characters from non US keyboard do not work in search. In my case it is % for TABS specifically (instead of english %). I wanted to correct the problem by changing 'Keyword' field in 'Search Engine' but it is read-only for browser functions. Is there a workaround or a solution I'm missing? Thanks for your help

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