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Good afternoon! I have always had a specific folder order in my email, with the inbox folder being the first, followed by the sent folder, and so on. However, today I discovered that the inbox folder was at the bottom of the list, while the sent, spam, deleted, and other folders were above it. I was unable to change the folder order back to its original state, and I have been unable to drag and drop or swap the folders. Can you please advise me on how I can restore the folder order to its original state, with the inbox folder at the top and the other folders below it?

I am using Thunderbird on a Windows 10 PC with RCN internet. I had to create a new "account" when an old one wouldn't work since a recent Thunderbird ungrade ( :/ ) and now this new one keeps threading emails, which I hate and want back to individual ones.

Is this possible?

Thank you.

Now in v 150, I can no longer modify the tools in the reading pane. Used to be able to but it seems to have disappeared. Of course layout is modifiable but spacing out the tools (so that I don't hit the wrong button in error) or turning some off is no longer an option. The More|Customize does not do much for what I want. Thoughts?

When I forward a mail, or if I want to print it, a lot of strange code text is included. How do I hinder this?

Example:

X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 0000dcb56233bfa8 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: <pm_bounces@pm-bounces.filterpunkten.se> Delivered-To: julius@nutris.com Received: from s326.loopia.se ([172.22.200.22]) by s790.loopia.se with LMTP id mIXWODhnNWgA0wAAhlaDUw:P1 (envelope-from <pm_bounces@pm-bounces.filterpunkten.se>) for <julius@nutris.com>; Tue, 27 May 2025 09:18:16 +0200 Received: from s979.loopia.se ([172.22.200.22]) by s326.loopia.se with LMTP id mIXWODhnNWgA0wAAhlaDUw (envelope-from <pm_bounces@pm-bounces.filterpunkten.se>) for <julius@nutris.com>; Tue, 27 May 2025 09:18:16 +0200 Received: from s474.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s979.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71B810BC490 for <julius@nutris.com>; Tue, 27 May 2025 09:18:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amavis.loopia.se X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.738 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.738 tagged_above=-999 required=6 tests=[DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.146, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HTML_ENTITY_ASCII_TINY=1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, SUBJ_LACKS_WORDS=1.985] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: s474.loopia.se (amavisd-new); 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I use Mozilla Thunderbird for emails. Somehow I have clicked something and lost the actual email, unless I double click on it and then it appears as though I am replying to said email. I have the columns subject/correspondence/date and that is all. I've tried many ways to get the emails back on screen, but can't see how. I'm not overly computer literate. Many thanks for any help.

I had to do a clean install of my Mac. Recovered my Thunderbird settings from Time Machine, but for some reason the mail view now looks like this. How can I get the message list looking like it did, without such thick rows?

Hello,

Since updating to Thunderbird 139, I’ve encountered a persistent issue with the dark theme in the reply composer. When replying to HTML messages, the text appears black on a dark background, making it nearly unreadable.

This issue did not occur in Thunderbird 138 — nothing else changed on my system except the automatic update.

Here’s what I’ve tried:

- Verified that toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets is set to true in about:config.

- Created and edited a userContent.css file inside the active profile folder.

- Used various CSS rules targeting messengercompose.xhtml to override text and background colors (e.g. forcing color: #ddd and background-color: #000).

-Tried resetting composition preferences like msgcompose.background_color and msgcompose.text_color in prefs.js.

- Set Thunderbird to use plain text composition, which works — but this is only a temporary workaround.

- Ensured that no conflicting extensions (e.g. DeepDark) are enabled.

-Confirmed the issue happens even with a clean profile. - Manually set the default text and background colors to white on black in the composition settings — but replies still render with black text on black background.

The problem seems to be that Thunderbird 139 overrides the user-defined dark theme or does not apply CSS properly in replies.

Is this a known regression? Is there any workaround to enforce dark-compatible colors in HTML reply composition without switching to plain text?

Thanks for your help.

Daniele

How can I duplicate below in TB / BetterBird ?

We all know and see from left side of TB / BettreBird open app screen is the list of email accounts one has. In Outlook 2016 and onwards one can add just the Inbox of each mail account I have to a list called 'Favourites' and this resides above all the mail accounts and displays as a list of all the 'Inboxes' only. This means I just have to click on each respective inbox an it displays just that....all the mails in the Inbox. Currently I just have the list of account names where, when a mail is received and the corresponding circled number of mails shown I have to open the account to see the drop down then select the Inbox to get to the list of emails.

I am sure I am missing the solution.

Thanks for assistance.

RE: How to turn OFF message preview when I single-click on message?

When in TB message list, and selecting a message for an operation by making a single-click on the message, the selected message opens. When using CNTL key to select several messages together for an operation, each of the messages opens an individual preview pane. I have searched TB's knowledgebase, but apparently no other users have this problem.

Hi, Can't get rid of the funtion "threads" in Thunderbird. What I want is to ignore any connections between original mail and answers to it. I would like just to have every new mail adressed to me as new unread mail. Not deleted, not visible or marked as "read". The funtion "ignore threads" don't seams to give me that option. Except for that, Thunderbird is great. Better that Outlook since it is able to sync it's caledar with google.

Best Regards, Jack Kagerin

I have tried all the recommended methods to alter the display of dates in my Thunderbird inbox but cannot alter the format as short. It is very inconvenient not to see the correct Day number.

I have missing buttons or shortcuts in my Thunderbird. There was a refresh button and a new message button on my tool bar, they have disappeared. Is there a way to get them back? Thank you!

Is it possible to have the number of unread emails in the Inbox show on the Thunderbird icon in the Windows 10 Taskbar? This would be very convenient and avoids the need to keep opening up TB to check. I recently tried eM Client, which had this feature, but, returned to TB to avoid other dislikes I found in eM. Thanks in anticipation Robs

I created a new email account in TB and wanted to have Templates Folder in it. Instead Templates is all the way down in Local Folders.

I was trying to move it using the following steps:

navigated to "Account Settings", then "Copies & Folders" then changed the desired location for templates from Local Folders to the new email account mailbox folder. The new setting has been saved, however Templates folder is still where it was initially...

Why and what to do?

Thx

Somehow I ended up with a Trash folder under my Local Folders. It's not the 'real' Trash, it's just a created folder, but I can't delete it. Right click 'thinks' it's my real Trash. Can I get rid of it somehow? Not a big, deal but I'd rather it was gone.

Hi,

When I receive emails with links, nothing happens when I click on them. I have other profiles in Thunderbird: it works for them. I click on a link in a messge, it opens my default browser and opens the link in it. But not for my main Thunderbird profile.

Thanks a lot for your help,

"Hello, I am having trouble with my Thunderbird interface. I am trying to import a 6GB MBOX file using the 'ImportExportTools NG' add-on, but I cannot proceed because:

The Folder Pane is visible but completely empty (blank).

Even though 'Local Folders' should be enabled in the settings, the header 'Local Folders' does not appear in the left column.

In the Folder Pane header menu (...), the option 'Hide Local Folders' is visible, which suggests they are supposed to be shown, but they remain invisible.

I have already donated, but the 'Place to Freedom' (Donation) tab is taking up half my screen and I cannot find the 'X' to close it.

How can I force the 'Local Folders' to reappear in the side pane so I can perform my import?

Thank you for your help."