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Came out of Win10 mail, moved to Thunderbird. (Good decision). After much screaming and kicking I managed to get my address book info out to a text file, formatted as CSV. Very simple, 3 fields: firstname,lastname,emailname@emailaddrs comma delimited.

Used the Import function, aligned 3 fields with the input data, done. It created a file called "email contacts". All of the addresses came in. Then it got kind of strange. When I open the that file it only shows 2 columns. Col1 is "NAME", Col2 is "EMAIL" Col2 is correct but Col1 shows the emailname only snipped off of the full email address. If I open any entry in the address book with the EDIT button, the first name and last name are there, so the import worked. So the question is: How do I get the top level of the address book to display the firstname, lastname? Did I do something wrong on the import? I can't seem to find any way to add columns or re-arrange the display. The "select columns to display" menu doesn't have any choice that I recognize. I can re-format the source file any way I need to, is there a better structure for import? Advise needed.

Hello.

Is there an "auto correct" for Thunderbird 91 Windows 10 Desktop Home Edition, like there is in Word Documents?

If not, why not? If there is, would this be an 'add-on' that I could download?

NOTE: I am not meaning a 'spell checker'.

Getting XUL Runner error message: Version ‘91.8.0’ is not compatible with MinVersion >= 91.9.0 MaxVersion <= 91.9.0

Will not open Thunderbird email at all. Please assist…

Hi, I'm struggling to resolve an issue that I noticed when organizing my emails all into individualized folders. Somehow my threads are mixing together different conversations, as demonstrated in the image attached. I've tried right clicking the properties and "repairing" the folder but that did not have an effect. I'm new to Thunderbird so perhaps I am doing something wrong that is obvious.

Any help is appreciated

I have only ever had one email address on Thunderbird for the last 17 years or so and now I have added some more email addresses. Each email address is listed on the left, however, in other email platforms there is a generalised view with inbox, sent., deleted etc., on top of the separate email addresses so that you can see what's come in or gone out without going to each address and dropping down the menu on each one to see if you have emails. Is there a way to arrange this so that one has a general view of all one's email activities on top of the individual addresses just as they have in Outlook or Apple Mail please?

Hi I am trying to reset an email account that has changed its settings. I've managed to get it to download emails but it won't send them. Each time I try it tells me to check my Outgoing Server settings and change to OAuth2. But when I try to do that there is no entry for OAuith2 on the list offered. Help! Thanks Lynne

My ISP (GoDaddy) recently switched my email account to Outlook. I made some resettings on Thunderbird and now am able to receive my emails there again, but cannot send them out. GoDaddy has sent me the appropriate settings, but no matter what I try to toggle with those, I get an error message. Still receiving emails, though, with no problems.

The error message below continues to be happening with the Social Security Dept. that never happened before. I have called hostgator many times and they said to write Mozilla to correct this problem. Please help!!!!!!

This is the mail system at host gateway22.websitewelcome.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message.

                  The mail system

<jennifer.mjoness@ssa.gov>: conversation with

   mailin1b-nsc.ssa.gov[137.200.44.15] timed out while performing the EHLO
   handshake

Reporting-MTA: dns; gateway22.websitewelcome.com X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 1AEAC9D03 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; wsr@westernsloperehab.com Arrival-Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 12:41:17 -0500 (CDT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; jennifer.mjoness@ssa.gov Original-Recipient: rfc822;jennifer.mjoness@ssa.gov Action: failed Status: 4.4.2 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; conversation with

   mailin1b-nsc.ssa.gov[137.200.44.15] timed out while performing the EHLO
   handshake

I have TB set up for my gmail account and everything is working fine. However I have a folder on my HDD containing old e-mails and mail folders (these are files with an SBD or MSF extension or no extension) and I would like to be able to access these old-mails from my current TB setup/profile (or, if necessary, from a new profile - but in that case I would need some guidance as to how to set up that profile because I would not have an e-mail address I could use for the purpose). I have tried Local Folders~Settings and pointing Local Directory to the e-mail folder on my HDD but that doesn't work. Any help will be much appreciated.

I need to install a mailbox on a new machine. I have got as far as the second screen on manual configuration, ie the one which starts with IMAP etc but I can't remember what to enter in some of the boxes. I don't know the port number (or even what that means) and on the host name for the outgoing server I think it began with relay but can't remember the rest. My ISP is refusing to help so please can you? JW

Can I keep Thunderbird settings and local folders synchronized between several computers by using syncthing or another sync tool? Or will this create a total meltdown?

Thanks.

I have two laptops each with Thunderbird (different email accounts on each laptop/Thunderbird).

On one laptop there is just one profile called <8 character name string>.default

On the other laptop I have two profiles: one called <8 character name string>.default-release, the other <8 character name string>.default. The default-release profile contains the normal folders & files (and is the one which comes up if one uses Help-More Troubleshooting Information). The .default only contains times.json file.

Why does this difference exist ? Why not a straightforward .default profile on each laptop ?

Each Thunderbird is on the Release channel and version 91.9.0

If I want to move my "default-release" profile to a new laptop would I ..... a) copy <8 character name string>.default-release OVER the empty (newly created) .default; or b) simply paste it into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Profiles (ie so it appears in addition to the .default); or c) paste all the contents of .default-release into (the newly created) .default folder please ?

I would appreciate some help on this.

Thank you

Hi, I'm struggling to access my address book from my old PC, which died.

The hard drive still works so I have been able to access the old profiles (why are there 2?) and replaced in the install of this new machine:

"Your Thunderbird profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible."

So.. that didn't work then. I cannot even load Thunderbird now, just gives that message.

The original machine was Windows 7. I cannot run it, so cannot tell you what version of Tbird it was but it was reasonably up to date. Current install is the very latest.

So... what to do next? I can put a copy of the profile back... OK, can start Tbird again, but how to access the old profile with many years of address book?

Manually copying the profile files into the profile folder doesn't seem to work, even after removing the (new) originals. Rather than using the old ones it's just saying it can't find the newer ones, so I presume there's some way of telling it to use those older ones?

Thanks!

Just Installed 91 - What have you done? I have been using computers for 40 yearS - they still do the same as they always did - true you have some nice add on like the calendar etc and thats great I loved TBird until now. On the good side it looks very pretty but I was happy enough before.

I was on 60 and it worked fine so why dick around with it to the extent you have.

The address book - what a waste of time setting that up at least 6 hours reinstalling mab to screwlite.

Adresses - only one TO address now - why? Move the TO CC box on top why?

Attachments - why change that?

No doubt there is more for me to find - BUT LOOK HERE

IT WORKED FINE - I DO NOT NEED TO KEEP RELEARNING THIS STUFF ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO BENEFIT. STOP IT PLEASE - KEEP THE OLD CONVENTIONS AND MENUS. DO NOT KEEP HIDING THEM IN ALL THE CORNERS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO DO THESE UPDATES CAN YOU GET PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE OLD CONVENTIONS WHICH NEED TO BE RETAINED. Thanks from a very frustrated user

A specific set of 57 emails from the time period 3/1 to 3/2 keeps coming back into my Inbox after deleting them or moving them to another folder. Any suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.

When I send a webpage (here's the code for it) -  :javascript:location.href=%27mailto:?SUBJECT=%27+document.title+%27&BODY=%27+escape(location.href); I call it "Send Link" - it does not show up in my sent folder. It used to work but no more for some reason. I'm aware of Tools, Acct Setting, Copies & Folders, Place a copy in sent folder or place in "Other". This does not help me. All other emails go into the Sent Folder. I am perplexed. Thanks for any help. Donna

Dear helpers ,

Unable to login with my password, even though same password gives me access in the webmail account.

Account provider is  : Tim. it (@alice.it)

In server setting I have :

Imap in.alice.it Port 143

Smtp out.alice.it Port 587

(On page E d i t - Preferences - Saved Passwords I only have blank page ). See enclosure below.

Many thanks to you all.

All of a sudden today, emails are not being filtered until I open the inbox. Then, all of a sudden, the mails which have built up in the inbox for the last few hours suddenly get filtered into all the folders they are supposed to go to, and I receive the alerts that they've arrived, all of which they're supposed to do when they arrive, not wait until I manually open the inbox to trigger a filter.

This is a major problem for me. I have clients who I need to respond to promptly, and the way I know I have emails from them is that the emails appear in their client folders. If I have to open my inbox manually to get it to filter, then I will spend my whole day checking my inbox every 5 minutes, and I can't do that as I have actual work I need to do.

I am now several hours behind on my email, I have clients who think I didn't respond to them immediately. This is a huge problem for me. This whole system worked fine until yesterday and I haven't changed a thing about my Thunderbird setup.

How do I make sure my filters are always working as they should without me having to remember to check that they don't suddenly need to be manually triggered?