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Please add a feature to disable the unread message counter on certain folders. I don't want to see how many messages I have in the Trash folder, they're in this folder because I don't want to read them, but this counter annoys me

If this is possible, how do I create filters for incoming emails from specific writers and/or subjects to go directly to specific folder/sub-folders? (I'm looking through the info here, but haven't come across this.)

The last two times I have posted a query here, it was posted twice, even though (to the best of my knowledge) I only hit the 'Submit' button once. This is causing difficulties in receiving & reading replies. Is there a way I can delete the duplicate query from your system, or ask someone to do so? Many thanks.

The Thunderbird start page in the General Settings is set to open to this URL by default: https://live.thunderbird.net/%APP%/start?locale=%LOCALE%&version=%VERSION%&channel=%CHANNEL%&os=%OS%&buildid=%APPBUILDID%

However when I open Thunderbird there is a security alert in the web panel.

Bonjour, sur Thunderbird Version 128.8.1 esr 32 bit, Dans agenda, le bouton "+ Nouvel évènement" est grisé et inopérant. Mon agenda est "GMAIL" Comment le réactiver. Merci pour votre aide Cordialement

imap.gmail.com is configured and working on my main desktop PC via Thunderbird. The account is used strictly for sending out Word mailmerge emails. The setup is using Oauth2 and the IMAP syncing is fully functional. I'm trying to set up an identical IMAP account on a laptop PC to access and synch to the same Gmail account, but am getting a "setup-failed" message. I have used all the same parameters as the desktop setup, but no luck.

Hello,

Is there a way to permanently prohibit message synchronization for all users via GPO or about:config in the settings, synchronization & storage space? I would like to prevent users from being able to synchronize messages offline.

Guten Tag,

gibt es eine Möglichkeit unter den Einstellungen, Synchronisation & Speicherplatz, die Nachrichten Synchronisation per GPO oder per about:config dauerhaft für alle User zu verbieten? Ich möchte verhindern, dass die User die Nachrichten offline Synchronisieren können

Hello! I have used Thunderbird for many years. Lately, it waits much too long to prompt compacting all accounts. When "Compact all folders when it will save over ..." is set down to 1MB total, it still does not prompt until it has to clear 30 or 40 MB.

It didn't do this in the past, prompting me every 2 or 3 days at higher settings. So, I'm curious if this is "normal" now and I need to manually compact, or if there is a problem with 'Account Settings > Disk Space > Compact all folders' ... ?

All my Thunderbird calendars are show as muted. Never had this in the past. TB version is 136.0 What is the status muted and how is it configured or controlled ?

Hello everyone, I've a question about (local) disk space for IMAP accounts. I have an IMAP account; at the beginning I've checked in "Synchronization & Storage" the flag "Keep messages in all folders for this account on this computer". After a while, after I had received many emails, I've unchecked this; I was expecting the disk space occupied by the account to be released, but it didn't happen. I've also checked in the "Advanced" button, just below the flag "Keep messages in all folders for this account on this computer", that every single folder is NOT checked for offline use.

How can I recover my disk space without losing any email?

Thanks in advance

I've used TB for years, but never had this problem until I had to download and install the latest version (after one of my laptops crapped out). When replying to an email, everything works correctly EXCEPT when I try to change the color of my typed text, it will not display the new color. I have no idea if it's changed on the recipient's end or not, but it always used to show the new color on my screen. Everything else seems to working beautifully, as usual . . .

I upgraded yesterday from Linux Mint 20.3 to Linux Mint 21 with Thunderbird 115.18.0. Since then whenever I open an email the pane is at top left of the screen and is partially obscured. I can move it easily, but new messages always default to the top left position, unlike the Thunderbird in Mint 20.3 where new messages defaulted to the last used position. Can I change this behaviour?

During my messing around while trying to solve a UI problem arising from a migration to a new-to-me used Mac, I found a way to change the font size in the "Subject" field of e-mails in their own window, and as an experiment made it larger. It did not change the other problem, which has been solved.

Now I can't re-find that place in any of the settings, and want to change it back to the default. Please, someone, anyone, where is it?

Using TB 136.0...

Whenever I open a message from the inbox into its own window, the message text and images are tiny and unreadable until I zoom (Shift-Cmd-+) them larger. And when I reply to a message, the text is also starts out tiny, but gets larger when I Zoom it up with the original message. Similarly, the column-header icons of the inbox are tiny, while the text is OK.

All the rest of the interface is normal and readable, except for the tiny text and buttons in the interface-command/confirmation boxes.

I have experimented with the suggestions in these question-replies, but to no avail:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1474665

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1480963

I can adjust the font size and density from the "hamburger menu", just fine. And the MacOS 15.3.n-on-Intel settings seem right.

What am I missing? What else is there to change?

Thanks in advance... Alexander, long-time T'bird user

For the longest time I used Eudora until the developers dropped it.

I did play with GMAIL for a while but I'm not too fond of having oligarchs know my every thought.

I even gave Outlook a trial for a couple of years but I grew tired of the damned add-on developers gouging me.

I tried Thunderbird and liked it a great deal. So much so that I happily make a monthly payment to show appreciation.

Okay, so, I switched to Windows Pro 11 and installed Thunderbird. I don't like it at all. Few controls match what I knew and I have better things to do with my days than go digging around to try to figure out what was perfectly comprehensible six months ago.

So, my questions are -

Is there any chance that you will ever add a nice simple button that says "Revert to Earlier Interface"

If that doesn't have a chance in hell of ever coming into being, can you suggest a decent email program that isn't from Big Coder and that can replace Thunderbird?

I'm not stupid or lazy - I worked in IT for 35 years - but I'm long past the point where trying to figure out what the other guy did to a favorite application was enjoyable. Stable and functional is good. New and mystifying is not.

Suggestions appreciated.

Hello,

I tried to change the position of my signature, but I can't find the setting to this. I read this article for help. However, I can't find "Account Settings" in "Tools" menu(see attachments).

Is there any way to change the position of the signature?

I have lost years of folders for one of my accounts. I know the path of C:\Users\kturl\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles, and have clicked on all the folders there to set up the path to the history. And a related issues, I can only see the Inbox for the account. Is there a phone number for help or can someone help me? This has been going on for now 4 months. Thank you.

I am receiving legitimate invoices from about 6 different suppliers. On my email inbox they are all listed as coming from the same person (who is one of the 6 suppliers I have used.) The only common thing I can see is that they all appears to be using the same accounting software. Is there a setting somewhere - perhaps I have ticked a box accidentally - that causes this to happen? How can I change it so that the legitimate sender is named on the inbox list?

I installed Thunderbird 136.4 (64-bit) today on a new windows 11 Pro PC. I created 4 - POP3 accounts. The 1 gmail address downloaded all older emails from the servers, but the 3 TDS email addresses only downloaded a couple of months of emails. I can't find a setting that will find and download older emails. I checked the online TDS accounts and they have years of emails on them. Anyone else have that problem? Is there a solution anywhere?