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Suddenly to download emails, Thunderbird sayw it can't find my "Inbox" folder. ??

I've been using TB for many years, and without warning, when it tries to down load my mail from the Proton mail server, it says it can't find the folder "Inbox". I've tri… (read more)

I've been using TB for many years, and without warning, when it tries to down load my mail from the Proton mail server, it says it can't find the folder "Inbox". I've tried to "repair" that folder a couple times unsuccessfully. I've restarted the TB program a couple times, but nothing changes. The error shows up on the bottom "instruction line". I've gone through all my settings and find nothing amiss. Not sure where to go from here. -- Just noticed that I had about 80 emails in that Inbox folder that are now missing completely. Normally, I move read emails to there respective folders, and leave important ones in the Inbox for followup. One significant note here, is I'm still using Win 7 premium. So far it hasn't been a problem. Thanks a bunch, Gerald

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Cannot send or receive messages Thunderbird is not connecting

Thunderbird is not responding. Xfinity is working just fine I need help resetting is there any way I can speak with a person? I am totally bogged down caring for my part… (read more)

Thunderbird is not responding. Xfinity is working just fine I need help resetting is there any way I can speak with a person? I am totally bogged down caring for my partner with dementia. I am able to go to my settings, etc.

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Hotmail authentificaton failure

Why is thunderbird constantly coming up with an authentification failure while trying to connect to outlook.office365.com every time i try to access my hotmail emails? th… (read more)

Why is thunderbird constantly coming up with an authentification failure while trying to connect to outlook.office365.com every time i try to access my hotmail emails? this is becoming painful last week zero access to hotmail then worked for a few days now nothing again.

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Unread or read massages status bug

Hello.I just want to let you know,that somehow the client what i uzsdeing is forget to make undread massages to read when i takea look at them.When i double clivck on the… (read more)

Hello.I just want to let you know,that somehow the client what i uzsdeing is forget to make undread massages to read when i takea look at them.When i double clivck on them they open a diffferent page and then they get read status.What could cause this?

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I am trying to connect Thunderbird to my Outlook Account hosted by Godaddy. S

I am trying to connect my Outlook email hosted by Godaddy so I can send/receive on Thunderbird. Godaddy said that the problem was on Thunderbird's end. I have attached … (read more)

I am trying to connect my Outlook email hosted by Godaddy so I can send/receive on Thunderbird. Godaddy said that the problem was on Thunderbird's end. I have attached the error message that pops up when i try to load email. E-mail is mike@watershedguardians.org

Thank you!

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Impossible to log into outlook account despite trying all the solutions I can find on Google 02auth,enable IMAP allow cookies

Having tried all solutions I can find on the web nothing works. Computer is new windows 10 with only edge and thunderbird.. My other established computer windows 11, esta… (read more)

Having tried all solutions I can find on the web nothing works. Computer is new windows 10 with only edge and thunderbird.. My other established computer windows 11, established thunderbird with yahoo and Plusnet working ok but outlook keeps failing despite test connections working and message from Microsoft saying thunderbird has accessed my outlook account. The problem is outgoings. Incoming gine

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Login to server smtp-mail.outlook.com with username XXXXXX@outlook.com failed.

Login to server smtp-mail.outlook.com with username XXXXXX@outlook.com failed. I am having this error I have tried logging back in, can download mail but not send any. A… (read more)

Login to server smtp-mail.outlook.com with username XXXXXX@outlook.com failed.


I am having this error I have tried logging back in, can download mail but not send any. Any ideas? Thank you

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Проблема с открытием новых писем

Good afternoon, We are experiencing the following issue. I work as a Technical Support Engineer at a large company in Russia. All of our branches use Thunderbird as their… (read more)

Good afternoon,

We are experiencing the following issue.

I work as a Technical Support Engineer at a large company in Russia. All of our branches use Thunderbird as their email client.

Approximately three weeks ago, we started receiving reports from users that their email was no longer working.

After investigating the issue and trying to identify the root cause, we have not been able to find a permanent solution. We have already tried the following:

1. Completely clearing the cache, rebuilding the mailbox while preserving emails, and allowing Thunderbird to re-download all messages. 2. Changing the `mail.server.default.mime_parts_on_demand` and `mail.imap.mime_parts_on_demand` configuration settings to `false`, clearing the Trash folder, and restarting Thunderbird. (This only provided a temporary fix.) 3. Reinstalling Thunderbird and creating a fresh client installation. 4. Using the **Repair Folder** and **Compact Folder** options for every mailbox folder. 5. Several other troubleshooting methods found online, none of which resolved the issue.

According to multiple users from different departments who are not connected to one another, they all describe the same behavior:

Thunderbird stops working for about half a day. Then it starts working normally for approximately 15–30 minutes, after which it stops working again for another several hours. During these periods, no new emails are downloaded, regardless of the size or content of the messages.

When checking the mailbox size in Exchange, it reports:

  • 3.56 GB used. The quota is unlimited.

However, on the local computer, the Thunderbird profile folder (`Thunderbird > Profiles`) occupies nearly 9 GB. If we calculate the size of all mailbox folders within Thunderbird itself, the total is approximately 6 GB.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what else we can try?

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or found a solution?

At this point, our employees are unable to work effectively because email is a critical part of their daily workflow, and we have been unable to identify a permanent fix.

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