Thunderbird column headers

I migrated Thunderbird from a windows 10 pc to a new windows 11 pc using Laplink PC mover software. It successfully copied all my messages, address book etc. but the app… (read more)

I migrated Thunderbird from a windows 10 pc to a new windows 11 pc using Laplink PC mover software. It successfully copied all my messages, address book etc. but the appearance was nothing like it was on the windows 10 machine. I've fixed most of the problems but the column headers are barely visible. I can't find anything in the settings despite hours of trying. Attached is a screen shot of the barely visible column headers, indicated by the red arrow.

Any help will be appreciated,

Herman

Asked by hveenendaal 1 week ago

Last reply by hveenendaal 3 days ago

Mozilla Thunderbird Crashes

Hi, I have very frequent Mozilla Thunderbird Crashes on the site. I have noticed that it appears mostly/all the time? when some emails are being deleted, if that makes … (read more)

Hi, I have very frequent Mozilla Thunderbird Crashes on the site. I have noticed that it appears mostly/all the time? when some emails are being deleted, if that makes any sense. This is more of an annoyance, than a critical issue. Just in 2024 the log shows over 100 submitted crash reports. The "good news" is that Thunderbird goes to the "restart and/or quit" option icon for a a fast restart. So any thoughts, suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you . Gerry K.

Asked by gkerachsky 1 week ago

Last reply by gkerachsky 6 days ago

TBird randomly refreshes all IMAP folders on startup

Thunderbird 115.1.8 (most recent), Windows 10 This is going to drive me awy from Thunderbird - at random, it refreshes and opens all folders when connecting to IMAP acco… (read more)

Thunderbird 115.1.8 (most recent), Windows 10

This is going to drive me awy from Thunderbird - at random, it refreshes and opens all folders when connecting to IMAP accounts, leaving all folders open. Screenshop attached of part of folder tree - it happens to each and every sub-folder in the account(s). Sometimes it's just on one IMAP account that I have defined, sometimes more than one. Some points that might help (or not):

  • The status line says that it is downloading messages, even though I've told it to only download headers
  • This happens on more than one installation of Thunderbird on different machines (home deskside and laptop), all on Windows 10. I don't have access to Linux but might try it on Linux on a Chromebook. I've avoided Windows11 so far.
  • no way to reproduce this on demand; just random
  • Persists at random after a clean installation of TBird with completely new profiles
  • Takes ages to close all folders - I think I've seen elsewhere that an option to collapse all folders by, for example, a right-click on the top-level folder and an option in the context menu, would be very useful
  • happens to different IMAP hosts - my personal accounts are on UK2, but also affect gmail and IONOS-hosted accounts
  • is an issue with many previous versions - certainly since Supernova was released, maybe earlier

Much as I like the TBird interface, I can't continue to live with this - I think it's back to Outlook (I have a 365 account so thiis is the full-fat Outlook) or maybe invest in an emClient license, where their limited free version seems robust and has a decent interface. Might also look at the email client in the Vivaldi browser.

Any advice that might help me stay on TBird would be welcome. Thank you

Asked by Paul Hatton 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Paul Hatton 6 days ago

wrong numbers

1. the number of mails by the word inbox does not match the number of mails. 2. for concepts, the number is correct, but by the word concepts, the same number is given tw… (read more)

1. the number of mails by the word inbox does not match the number of mails. 2. for concepts, the number is correct, but by the word concepts, the same number is given twice: 2 2

Asked by Slawomir Dzwonek 1 week ago

Last reply by Slawomir Dzwonek 6 days ago

downloading Thunderbird has corrupted a MAPI function - can you help?

I constantly used email to send images to my watercolor students. Still use PICASA, a Google app that hasn't been supported in years, but still works fine, and immediatel… (read more)

I constantly used email to send images to my watercolor students. Still use PICASA, a Google app that hasn't been supported in years, but still works fine, and immediately would send the selected photos via emClient email. BUT THEN i decided to download Thunderbird; it did not have certain functions i wanted (I doubt any program does), so my computer guy de-installed it. BUT THE PROBLEM is, when i went to Picasa to email photos to a class, it did not automatically open an emClient window, but gave me the choice of using Thunderbird or GoogleMail. ??? even tho Thun. was de=installed. My consultant found it was a MAPI Problem, and we have spent hours trying to fix it, with no luck. FastStone photo editing would also not work to send emails. Is it possible that downloading Thunderbird could have somehow correupted my general MAPI function?

We have spent HOURS trying to fix it, and no luck. Finally i said, let's re-install Thunderbird, and at least now i can email photos directly from FastStone. But not from Picasa, which is a huge loss to me. PLEASE, i know Picasa is ancient, but now it doesn't even give me the choice of Thun. or Gmail when I click on "Send by email". Please, can anyone help with this MAPI issue?? My consultant tried everything, but it seems to be corrupted in some way. Thank you so much!

Asked by jei 1 week ago

Last reply by jei 6 days ago

Thunderbird 115.9.0 - all emails from all folders missing

After overnight automatic update to Thunderbird 115.9.0, all my emails are missing... inbox & local folders are visible, but all are empty... I'm running Windows 10..… (read more)

After overnight automatic update to Thunderbird 115.9.0, all my emails are missing... inbox & local folders are visible, but all are empty... I'm running Windows 10... with POP server... since the update, I received a couple of new emails in my inbox... I moved one of them to a local folder, where it also disappeared... Help please!

Asked by kbgoodtogo313 5 days ago

Last reply by kbgoodtogo313 5 days ago

Thunderbird emails with attachments not sending

A few days ago emails with attachments (pdf, jpeg), and of various sizes, stopped sending (timed out). The problem appears to only exist when I send from my desktop, not … (read more)

A few days ago emails with attachments (pdf, jpeg), and of various sizes, stopped sending (timed out). The problem appears to only exist when I send from my desktop, not using webmail. All had been working fine prior to a few days ago. Emails without attachments send fine. Incoming emails (with and without attachments are also fine). I have had several discussions with my internet service provider who claim there is no issue at their end. I have checked my account/server settings in Thunderbird and all seems correct there. I'm using the POP mail server, if that is relevant. Any thoughts or suggestions welcome. Not being able to send emails with attachments if a major impediment.

Asked by grantdixon 5 days ago

Last reply by grantdixon 4 days ago

Printing emails when on print screen, email shows as garblely gook.

What do I need to do when I go to print and print screen comes up, a display shows my email in garblely gook. Also prints that way. I just started having this problem w… (read more)

What do I need to do when I go to print and print screen comes up, a display shows my email in garblely gook. Also prints that way. I just started having this problem with email I received.

Asked by kerbelcpa 5 days ago

Last reply by kerbelcpa 4 days ago

Add-on doesn't add extension.

I'm running TBf 115.8.1 (64-bit) on Gentoo and trying to install an extenstion (Note++) for TB. When I select the *.xpi file from the 'Add-ons Manager' after having downl… (read more)

I'm running TBf 115.8.1 (64-bit) on Gentoo and trying to install an extenstion (Note++) for TB. When I select the *.xpi file from the 'Add-ons Manager' after having downloaded it, I get a dialog of the following:

--- Add XNote++? This extension will have permissions to:

Have full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird, and your computer

Malicious add-ons can steal your private information or compromise your computer. Only install this add-on if you trust the source.

Learn more Cancel Add ---

So I select the Add button, but nothing happens, the dialog just stays there. Even if selecting Cancel nothing will happen and it doesn't go away.

Thoughts? (image attached)

Asked by Tzuriel 6 days ago

Last reply by Tzuriel 6 days ago

lost sent emails

I just sent an email and had to go back to it to check something (which I do a lot) and it does not show on my sent list. I can find it doing a search for it and I see i… (read more)

I just sent an email and had to go back to it to check something (which I do a lot) and it does not show on my sent list. I can find it doing a search for it and I see it (and 3 others) under search and it says it is in sent file, but actually none of the 4 emails on this search now can be found in the sent folder. And they all did (but the one from tonight) 2 days ago.

I now wonder if other emails have been lost, and can be accessed only by doing a search. But I need to have the emails in the serch folder as I go back to many of them a lot and all the time. Now I will not be able to find them unless I can remember who i sent it to. And I wonder how many more of them are lost and I just have no idea.

Any ideas? Has there been an update in the last week??

What can I do to get these emails (and maybe many others) back?

And I just copied this message to save and put it in an email to myself and sent it and it is not there.

Nancy

Asked by wildeyes 4 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 6 days ago

Last reply by don.mitchel 4 days ago

why am i getting duplicate emails in 2 of my aol email accounts?

bold textI have 3 Aol accounts setup in Thunderbird and recently I have noticed that when I receive an email in one main account, its repeated in another Aol account … (read more)

bold textI have 3 Aol accounts setup in Thunderbird and recently I have noticed that when I receive an email in one main account, its repeated in another Aol account

Asked by Anthony 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Anthony 3 days ago

Security risk - "Thunderbird detected a potential security threat"

I opened Thunderbird this morning and there were no issues. Closed it and just now reopened and I'm getting this message: Thunderbird detected a potential security thre… (read more)

I opened Thunderbird this morning and there were no issues. Closed it and just now reopened and I'm getting this message: Thunderbird detected a potential security threat and did not continue to live.thunderbird.net. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

It downloaded 28 emails but will not let me see/access them.

Can anyone help? Thanks, Linda

Asked by sunapeedog 1 week ago

Last reply by sunapeedog 3 days ago

emails have vanished from a folder

I really am getting fed-up with Thunderbird which is getting increasingly user unfriendly and more and more geekified, e.g. the enforced belief on users that every user w… (read more)

I really am getting fed-up with Thunderbird which is getting increasingly user unfriendly and more and more geekified, e.g. the enforced belief on users that every user wants threading. To add to the gneral irritation, half a dozen emails have suddenly vanished from the folder they had been moved to.

Here's what happened.

1. The emails were moved from the iinbox to the folder.

2. They were unthreaded.

3. They then disappeared.

A search has not found them and opening and checking all folders has not found them.

So, two questions:

1, Where are they?

2. How do I get them back?

Asked by Gordon Whitehead 1 month ago

Last reply by Gordon Whitehead 4 days 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 6 days ago

Last reply by rayandrews 3 days ago