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Thunderbird IMAP rescan all mails

Good afternoon. Tell me how to solve the problem that Thunderbird starts downloading all letters from the mailbox again every time after startup? After downloading all ma… (read more)

Good afternoon. Tell me how to solve the problem that Thunderbird starts downloading all letters from the mailbox again every time after startup? After downloading all mail it works fine, but after closing and reopening Thunderbird, all mail starts reloading repeatedly. I use IMAP, all settings are default and only new messages should be downloaded.

Asked by adreamtheme 2 hours ago

cox to yahoo instructions

With the moving of Cox emails to Yahoo would it be feasible for Thunderbird to put an instruction list(with screenshots) of how to get all our TB email accounts from Cox … (read more)

With the moving of Cox emails to Yahoo would it be feasible for Thunderbird to put an instruction list(with screenshots) of how to get all our TB email accounts from Cox to TB? Do we have to delete all our TB email accounts and re-enter them into TB under the new Yahoo or can we just change the server settings on the existing Cox settings? If just changing server settings what are the settings for the new yahoo? All my accounts are IMAP so if instructions could be made, maybe one for IMAP and one for POP for those who use either. Thank you

Asked by oldbob2 1 week ago

Last reply by oldbob2 4 days ago

Forward Inline Issue

Hello, Nothing changed in my settings and now when I go to forward a message it is no longer inline, it has the messages as attachments I can't see, read, edit. My settin… (read more)

Hello, Nothing changed in my settings and now when I go to forward a message it is no longer inline, it has the messages as attachments I can't see, read, edit. My settings does say "inline" yet it is still not placing the forwarded message in the body anymore. How can I get this back? Everything I read says to check the setting inline but that doesn't fix the issue. thank you,

Asked by support224 1 week ago

Last reply by support224 3 days ago

Thunderbird mail account fails to log into Outlook.com sometimes.

I am running 4 email addresses (3 hotmail.com and 1 live.com) on TB 102.15.1 (64 bit) - Windows 10. About a month ago I upgraded TB was unable to send anything no matter … (read more)

I am running 4 email addresses (3 hotmail.com and 1 live.com) on TB 102.15.1 (64 bit) - Windows 10. About a month ago I upgraded TB was unable to send anything no matter what Server settings I used - tried every combination - so I downgraded back to Version 102 and everything went back to normal. About a week ago, one of my hotmail accounts started giving me a "fail to log in" message. The other accounts work fine. The "fail to log in" will go from 2 or 3 times to 15 to 20 times in about an hour or so but every time, sooner or later will work and then it will be fine for a few hours and then start again. I have had these accounts running on TB for well over 10 years with no problem and I have not changed anything in the Server settings or anywhere else. The account I am having the issue with has been running on TB since TB started with no problems until now. I assume that TB may be having some issues with the Outlook platform but I have not changed anything there either and I have no problem logging into hotmail.com directly. I have spent many hours combing the internet for hints to no avail - everything I have tried has either had no effect or screwed things up so I had to back track to where I started. Any ideas???

Asked by Ron 1 month ago

Last reply by Ron 1 day ago

Backing up profiles in 157.7.0 and restore o another computer

Made a mistake and installed 157.7.0 on Linux Now cannot backup/restore to another computer so cannot use that computer. Old Profile used to be in .thunderbird folder … (read more)

Made a mistake and installed 157.7.0 on Linux

Now cannot backup/restore to another computer so cannot use that computer.

Old Profile used to be in .thunderbird folder - easy!

Now profile seems to be in /home/oem/snap/thunderbird/common/.thunderbird/26pphmrb.default

This does not contain all emails especially for pop3 and anything after Nov 23. It does not work

Q's

Best way to fix? Can I force it TBird to read the .thunderbird in home directory? Can I install an older version of TBird easily? Is there some other way to restore the profile and clone another computer?

Asked by marksmail2 3 weeks ago

Last reply by marksmail2 3 days ago

Thunderbird sending problem, in connection with outlook.live.com

I have a hotmail.com address. Until recently, it worked well as webmail, plus also from TB on laptop, via IMAP and SMTP. A few days ago, the sending function via SMTP s… (read more)

I have a hotmail.com address. Until recently, it worked well as webmail, plus also from TB on laptop, via IMAP and SMTP.

A few days ago, the sending function via SMTP stopped working (not IMAP); and webmail is still fine. I've tried a lot to solve it, but to no avail.

My guess is that MS is to blame, but don't know how to reach someone better-than-hotline there.

Details see annex; OS is Win10, TB is 115.9

Would someone be familiar with this kind of problem? According to my traditional european quality idea, best should be to get in touch with an MS technician with access to the syslog, to hear what the system's response to connection attempts is - but this seems to be precluded? I wonder what alternatives there might be?

Asked by don.mitchel 1 week ago

Last reply by don.mitchel 3 hours ago

thunderbird scrollbar bug

It's a very minor point, still, I'd say that the scrollbar should top-out at the top of the inbox contents box, not include the 'Subject / Correspondents / Date ...' bar … (read more)

It's a very minor point, still, I'd say that the scrollbar should top-out at the top of the inbox contents box, not include the 'Subject / Correspondents / Date ...' bar as well, no?

Asked by rayandrews 1 week ago

Last reply by rayandrews 14 hours ago

Installed Thunderbird 115.8.1 on newer computer and did not save Thunderbird profile to move to newer computer. Still need to move previously saved folders of email from older computer as those emails are not on Comcast server.

I have seen articles about migrating to new computers, but they want you to replace your thunderbird profile and don't account for adding folders not saved online. Please… (read more)

I have seen articles about migrating to new computers, but they want you to replace your thunderbird profile and don't account for adding folders not saved online. Please advise.

Asked by Susan Miller 1 week ago

Last reply by Susan Miller 2 days ago

how can i replace thunderbird profile with an older profile that has all that i need

bold text4 or 5 years ago i simply synced TB and Firefox straight to my laptop from my desktop. Today it does not seem to work that way. Why has it gotten more complicate… (read more)

bold text4 or 5 years ago i simply synced TB and Firefox straight to my laptop from my desktop. Today it does not seem to work that way. Why has it gotten more complicated? I have all of my emails, address's and etc.saved profile and cannot seem to replace it. I tried the thunderbird.exe -p and it gets confusing there. Apparently it does not give one the option to replace profile like mine, but one can create one. I tried creating by entering my old Profile and it did not work. It says to use the Browse button which should bring you to the actual spot to add your profile. I do not see a 'Browser" button, but do see 2 separate folders buttons, but i do not know which to choose, if any. I have donated in the past when things were working smoothly, but discourged to add to it now with all these upgrade mess's. Like they say, "if it ain't broken, leave it alone..." s amd

Asked by Anthony 4 days ago

Last reply by Anthony 2 hours ago

thunderbird 115.4.2 - drafts folder repopulates itself with messages from my sent box randomly

I am having 3 different issues. In version 115.4.2 the drafts folder repopulates itself with messages from my sent box randomly as it sees fit. I have to keep deleting … (read more)

I am having 3 different issues.

In version 115.4.2 the drafts folder repopulates itself with messages from my sent box randomly as it sees fit. I have to keep deleting them. Is there a fix for that?

I despise the accordion title pull down.s in the inbox and sent folders. I want to have my replies listed as a single message. Can I unset that despicable feature or do I have to back date to some other version. If so, which one?

Believe it or not, I was using thunderbird version 2.x.x but was forced to upgrade because Spectrum internet provider switched from pop mail to imap. What is the first version (older than 115) that allows imap.

Asked by Ranleigh Wylde 4 days ago

support ticket 141060

We have been trying to repair the sent folder in Thunderbird without success. Messages do not get saved there. Several recently have ended threads an said there is no sup… (read more)

We have been trying to repair the sent folder in Thunderbird without success. Messages do not get saved there. Several recently have ended threads an said there is no support for email but that seems to be confused? In any case it loos like there is no simple fix to get the sent folder back. Do you think it would solve the issue to uninstall Thunderbird and install it again? Thank you for the help.

Asked by Bayard 3 days ago

The folder 'xxx' cannot be compacted because another operation is in progress. Please try again later.

I keep getting this error message as a popup window that needs to be closed out. It happens over and over again and it can pertain to Inbox, Junk, Sent, etc. It's just an… (read more)

I keep getting this error message as a popup window that needs to be closed out. It happens over and over again and it can pertain to Inbox, Junk, Sent, etc. It's just annoying but doesn't seem to matter. How can I get rid of it?

Asked by Divedoggy 2 days ago

feature request

Would it be possible to reduce the size of files generated? Perhaps by splitting them into smaller files. As a home user with a not very fast upload (~10Mb/s) it takes a… (read more)

Would it be possible to reduce the size of files generated? Perhaps by splitting them into smaller files.

As a home user with a not very fast upload (~10Mb/s) it takes a very long time to transfer files to my cloud backup provider.

Asked by Tom Sou 4 days ago

Last reply by Tom Sou 2 days ago

Transferred account pops up in Thunderbird

At one time I was the recording secretary and had use of a gmail id, ntdemocraticcommitteerecsec@gmail.com I have moved on, and deleted the account in Thunderbird. Yet, … (read more)

At one time I was the recording secretary and had use of a gmail id, ntdemocraticcommitteerecsec@gmail.com I have moved on, and deleted the account in Thunderbird. Yet, every time I go into Thunderbird I get the prompt below. I do not have a shared calendar with this account, nor an address book. What do I need to do to stop this pop up?

Thanks in advance,

Asked by bjvande 4 days ago

What is this beta version?

I have been using Thunderbird for years, to complete satisfaction. Today, instead of using the taskbar, I used the desktop icon, and inadvertently (apparently) installed … (read more)

I have been using Thunderbird for years, to complete satisfaction. Today, instead of using the taskbar, I used the desktop icon, and inadvertently (apparently) installed a beta version. I had mails redirected to folders, but these no longer exist. However, I do require some of the mails in those folders. Only inbox is shown, and it includes recent mails but also some long-deleted. I can recreate these folders but can't see any way to auto-direct. There is no help available directly within Thunderbird.

Can I have the non-beta version back, please?

Asked by tom440 2 weeks ago

Last reply by tom440 3 days ago

composition font

after cloning my old disk to a bigger one I cannot change composition font - it is stuck on bold. Previously I was able to switch between bold-underline-italic. Suggestio… (read more)

after cloning my old disk to a bigger one I cannot change composition font - it is stuck on bold. Previously I was able to switch between bold-underline-italic. Suggestions/recommendations highly appreciated... Rad.

Asked by Radan 4 days ago

Disappearing emails in inbox and sent

I suddenly found emails not yet deleted from my imap inbox and from my sent folder had disappeared. I run Thunderbird on a Mac. When I go to Time Machine to restore and g… (read more)

I suddenly found emails not yet deleted from my imap inbox and from my sent folder had disappeared. I run Thunderbird on a Mac. When I go to Time Machine to restore and go back a few days before the files disappeared I find the profiles. When I restore, for example, Sent and sent.msf the popup box indicates success. When I open Thunderbird and go to the sent folder the emails are listed as hoped for but within about 5 seconds the MAC spinning color wheel pops up, spins for 5 or 10 seconds and then the emails disappear once again. If I open the finder app and scroll to the sent folder finder shows data to be there and when I click on the tab a box opens up with computerese display of the content but not a readable email message. Can anyone tell me where the restored emails age going?

Similarly, when I restore my inbox from Time Machine the popup box indicates success but when I go to inbox the old, undeleted messages are not there. Again, where are they?

Asked by FTSIII 2 days ago