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I got a new PC and set my accounts up but forgot to transfer over my address book, so I did that yesterday. When I went to the Local Folders (now called little blue filing cabinet) a whole bunch of folders had appeared that weren't there before. Most of them allowed me to delete them, but after closing Thunderbird and going back in, all the files again appeared. Does anyone have an idea how I can make them go away?! Any advice would be gratefully received. Lesley

When I try to create a filter there is no "OK" button, so obviously filter can't be created. I tried the command % sudo rm ~Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/vwybotat.default % session.json Got the response zsh: no such user or named directory: Library

I want to add two bccs to an identity. I'm in Account Settings | Manage identities | the relevant identity | Copies & Folders Under "When sending messages, automatically:" there is a check box and text box "Bcc these email addreses:" With the check box checked and a single address entered into the text box, it works fine. I cannot see how to add two addresses into this box so they are both bcc'ed. I've tried address1@domain,address2@domain address1@domain address2@domain address1@domain; address2@domain <address1@domain>,<address2@domain> <address1@domain> <address2@domain> <address1@domain>;<address2@domain> description1<address1@domain>, description2<address2@domain> description1<address1@domain> description2<address2@domain> description1<address1@domain>;description2<address2@domain> With a comma or semicolon delimiter only the second address is bcc'ed. A space a delimiter doesn't work.

What format should I be using?

Malcolm

I am a longtime Thunderbird user. I have an installation with multiple email accounts in it that was migrated from an old computer some time ago. I used the method someone posted here. Find the profile folder, then go up three levels, copy the folders to the new installation. It worked fine.

It all works, but some of my accounts, I will be writing an email and I get a message that it could not save the draft, because of file access issues.

I suspect directory permissions from migrating this installation. Is there a way to troubleshoot this? Some accounts never have this problem, some have it more often, or always. If I write and send it before the automatic save draft times out it works fine. The mail is saved in the sent mail folder for that account.

These are mostly POP accounts, but some I have migrated to IMAP to solve a problem. I think this happens in some instances on both types.

Emails that have been opened and are around 1 month old, drop off my viewing pane, how do I set it up so I can see older emails that I have opened and wish to keep? It is only with this email address [email]@bigpond.com my other email address (hotmail) is fine?? Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Simon Ewen

I have 1 computer and 1 remote computer. On my main computer the ImportExpotTools NG works fine but I need to install it on a remote computer for others to use.

On the remote computer, I installed Thunderbird today. 102.2.2 (64-bit) I could not get the add addons to work in thunderbird so I googled the tool instead and imported it via a file instead. It shows up in Add-ons but will not show up when I'm on the folders. Version 12.0.1 : Maintenance Release - July 8, 2022.

My main computer is still on 91.13.0 so I think that's why the tool works. I may have to wait for an update on the tool.

The problem is Mom sees just well enough to resize things and then they never go back. So I'll remotely login to her computer and see the message tree view has been resized to most of her viewable area with little left over for viewing the actual email message.

I am a developer and have tweaked her userChrome.css file in many ways to make things more readable. This is one of the last remaining frontiers for me.

How can I either lock in the size I set her messages panel or set a default size from userChrome.css so even if she resizes it, it will default to the userChrome.css size upon opening.

I've created a video to give you an idea of the problem.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0_GaEnHFY

Thanks for your thoughts

Jay CompuMatter

Hi there,

Thanks for your help...

Vcard is not enabled in my settings (see screen shot) But whenever I send an email a blank card appears at the bottom. Is there some other setting i am missing?

Many thanks,

Holly

My Netzero emails don't all sync up, such as sent messages and drafts.

It appears that only drafts and sent mails made on the website can be seen on the website, and only those made in Thunderbird can be seen in Thunderbird.

I've heard of a manual way to move things around, but which seems overly complicated to me. I don't trust I would manage to do it correctly even once, let alone on a continual basis. Too many opportunities to mess up, and I certainly would.

I need it to be about as simple as it is for my other email accounts.

I'd like to know how to make Thunderbird automatically keep all the folders on my Netzero accounts synced up, so that all my sent mails and drafts are available from both the website and in Thunderbird.

Hello. Since installing Thunderbird v91.5 on my new Windows 11 laptop, I get a Secure Connection Failure when trying to get add-ons. This doesn't happen with my other PC's running Windows 10. Anyone have a solution? -- Thanks!

When I type (c) in Thunderbird it autmotically changes to the copyright symbol. Also, when I type the number 100 Thunderbird changes it to a red symbol. How can I stop this from happening?

Hi,

I use many(!) different profiles. I would like my signature to be identical for all profiles except for the email address. Is there a way to do that?

Right now, if I want to change the content of my signature, I have to do it for all my profiles and that gets tedious when testing stuff out.

This is what it would look like:

My name What I do My email (this changes based on the profile)

Thanks,

L

Witam, od paru dni pojawił mi się problem z szybkim filtrowaniem (ctrl+Shift+K) Mianowicie, wpisując w pole wyszukiwania dowolną frazę, nie pojawiają mi się opcje wyszukiwania pod okienkiem. Ponadto program nie szuka frazy którą wpisuję w okienko. Sprawdzałem istniejące wątki pomocy, jednak nic co było tam wskazywane nie rozwiązało problemu. (indeksowanie ->jest, plik global usuwałem itp.) Proszę o ewentualne wskazówki jak można z tego wybrnąć. Pozdrawiam, Łukasz Piskorz

Hi there,

I am stressed by notifications and e-mail sync during all day. Is it possible to only allow sync during specific time e.g. 12-15 or only on specific days?

If possible with different settings for different accounts.

I think there should be an add-on for that but I have not managed to find it. Do you know about it?

Thunderbird updated to ver 102.2.2 and now the background is black and text white. Under Settings, background is set to white and text black. Two other PCs updated and this issue did not occur

to backup TB on windows to my Pi, I mount the TB profile folder then rsync its contents to the backup drive on the Pi ( then rsync it later to an offsite backup, but a slow connection) The windows folder has a lot of *cache* folders/files - which i can exclude there are lot of folders with a ~ or ~~ at the end of the name I am assuming they are some sort of temprary folder that i can also ignore ? If i dont backup *Trash* does that mean the restore function should i need to use the backup isnt available . And I think I'll keep the *msf files - AIUI not essential but useful to have immediately available should I need to use the backup

anything else I can ignore for the backup