Word Wrap Mystery

Hello, Most received emails word wrap in Thunderbird, but a small proportion overflow the right side of the viewport. Is there anything I can do to make them wrap? Is the… (read more)

Hello, Most received emails word wrap in Thunderbird, but a small proportion overflow the right side of the viewport. Is there anything I can do to make them wrap? Is there anything I can ask the senders to do to eliminate the horizontal scroll bar? Alan.

Asked by Alan37 13 hours ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours ago

Conversation view in folders

Hi Everyone. I'm sure that Thunderbird used to have the option to show conversations (received AND sent messages) in folders especially useful in the Inbox. However I can… (read more)

Hi Everyone. I'm sure that Thunderbird used to have the option to show conversations (received AND sent messages) in folders especially useful in the Inbox. However I can;t see a way to enable that in the current version. I know I can go to conversation view in the context memory but it seems crazy that is an option by context but can;t be set as a default for 'normal' viewing in folders - all I can set is to see half the conversation with the trail of received messages but not my replies intermixed with them so I see the whole conversation. Am I missing a setting somewhre? Thanks fo any help.

Asked by andy191 13 hours ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours ago

Cannot sort incoming email messages

I have asked this before and nobody had a clue. I want to get my messages in order of receipt, instead of alphabetically or by subject. Clicking on my choice for sortin… (read more)

I have asked this before and nobody had a clue. I want to get my messages in order of receipt, instead of alphabetically or by subject. Clicking on my choice for sorting does not work, so I cannot find any new messages in one of my accounts. If this is a lost cause I want to delete the account altogether and need instructions to do that. I don't want to uninstall TB because another account is working fine.

Asked by arbrus 10 hours ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours ago

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Sort inbox

I used to get my new messages sorted by date. Now the sort panel is checked for Recipient, Ascending, Threaded. I am not able to find new messages. I am unable to unch… (read more)

I used to get my new messages sorted by date. Now the sort panel is checked for Recipient, Ascending, Threaded. I am not able to find new messages. I am unable to uncheck or check to receive according to date.

Asked by arbrus 1 week ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours ago

Importing thunderbird accounts stored without access to profiles on OS drive

Hello, I have several email accounts stored on a different internal hard drive, when I say stored I mean choosing a different location in the thunderbird account setting… (read more)

Hello,

I have several email accounts stored on a different internal hard drive, when I say stored I mean choosing a different location in the thunderbird account settings for each email to store the mail boxes, filter rules etc.

I sent my machine back in for repairs and long story short the OS drive ended up being wiped. From what I've seen, in order to import the email profiles which seem to be stored on the OS under approaming or something similar.

I'm struggling to find a way to import my existing accounts with what I have on my other drive. Any ideas on how I might be able to do this?

Asked by CY 18 hours ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours ago

New appointment action bar

OS: Windows 11 Pro (23H2) Tb Version: 115.9.0 (64-Bit) This is more a design question. With the Supernove release you moved the search bar and action icon into the top o… (read more)

OS: Windows 11 Pro (23H2) Tb Version: 115.9.0 (64-Bit)

This is more a design question. With the Supernove release you moved the search bar and action icon into the top of the window. So on the email and calendar tab all the buttons are now on the very top next to search bar.

I configured to create new appointments in a new tab, not an extra window. But in this appointment tab the action buttons are in a seperate action bar below the tabs for email and calendar and not next to the search bar on top like I would have expected it according to the new design. I added screenshot to describe better what I mean. Is it planned to move the action buttons to the top for the new apointment tab?`

In general it is a bit annoying that the height of the toolbar on top varies. Like if there are buttons and you choose "show text below symbols" for it the toolbar is higher, of course. But then if you have a tab without symbols, e.g. the settings-tab or the new appointment tab, the height of the toolbar reduces. It would be great if this could be standardized.

Asked by daniel322 18 hours ago

Last reply by Matt 2 hours 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 3 days ago

Last reply by Matt 3 hours ago

Tbird re-loading all 90,000 emails suddenly

I am using TB 115.9.0 on a Windows 7 Lenovo laptop in pop3 mode. I use AVG (which I know has caused a lot of problems). I have over 150,000 emails in various directorie… (read more)

I am using TB 115.9.0 on a Windows 7 Lenovo laptop in pop3 mode. I use AVG (which I know has caused a lot of problems).

I have over 150,000 emails in various directories...all downloaded from AOL and an older eudora installation.

TB had been working fine for the past 60 days. Before that, I'd had a problem with slow or no downloading of emails which was solved by unchecking the SCAN SSL connections in the AVG geek area.

So everything has been working great for a period of time.

Today, my computer battery ran out of juice, and the computer shut down.

When I got back to the office, and plugged it in, I noticed TB was NOT downloading any emails. I went into panic mode (thinking "here we go again!...who has time for this?") and immediately turned OFF the AVG....thinking that would solve the problem (as it had a few months ago).

When I restarted the system, it began loading ALL 89000 emails currently in my AOL account.

I've reloaded TB (saw this in someone else's post); tried starting TB in safe mode (had the same problem); and have restarted numerous times. Result each time: downloading 1 of 89.000 emails.

Any idea how to reset things so I am NOT downloading 89000 emails again?

Thanks in advance.

Asked by dmcalvert 3 days ago

Last reply by Matt 3 hours ago

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 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 6 hours ago

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Email sender name showing incorrectly

All of a sudden a number of emails are arriving with the correct subject line but the sender is listed as HotelMaven, with whom I do correspond. The emails are forwarded … (read more)

All of a sudden a number of emails are arriving with the correct subject line but the sender is listed as HotelMaven, with whom I do correspond. The emails are forwarded from my billsteiner@duck.com address. The sender, when viewed with BlueMail on my phone and tablet, is correct, so this is a Thunderbird issue.

Also, at the same time, Thunderbird began asking me for my password every time I open it. This has never happened before.

My Thunderbird email is bill@kikibobo.xyz. You can also reach me at wssteiner@yahoo.com. Thanks for your help. Bill Steiner

Asked by Wssteiner 5 days ago

Answered by Matt 4 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 Matt 7 hours ago

Lost emails - how to import mozeml file?

Hi all, I'm using thunderbird on a macbook pro (sonoma 14.2.1). I had to reinstall one of my email accounts on Thunderbird. After reinstalling it, I had lost all my em… (read more)

Hi all,

I'm using thunderbird on a macbook pro (sonoma 14.2.1).

I had to reinstall one of my email accounts on Thunderbird. After reinstalling it, I had lost all my emails and folders on Thunderbird. The good news is that I could find these files on my hard drive.

I successfully imported the folders but I can't import my emails again. These are saved in a Mozeml format. I have tried to import them - with the add-on ImportExportTools NG - copy-pasting the emails directly on the new account in the Finder

But non of these two options work and I thus only have access to the emails since the reinstallation of my email account on thunderbird.

Do you know how I could import emails in a Mozeml format into Thunderbird?

Let me know if you need more information to understand my question.

Thank you in advance for your help 🙏

Asked by Jvendredi 1 week ago

Last reply by Matt 7 hours ago

'account setup from existing' gives error

To address the 'write auth' error, I followed the instructions given to re-create the email 'from existing' and set the config as POP3. When I clicked Done I got an "erro… (read more)

To address the 'write auth' error, I followed the instructions given to re-create the email 'from existing' and set the config as POP3. When I clicked Done I got an "error Creating Account" stating that "incoming server already exists." what do I need to do next to get past this?? Please advise. thx

Asked by ibdashnn 1 week ago

Last reply by Matt 8 hours ago

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WTH? You hijacked my TBird!! Put it back!

I have been avoiding the update from last year like the plague. It had so many bugs and crap I went back to the previous version 102 and stayed happy. No more! I opened … (read more)

I have been avoiding the update from last year like the plague. It had so many bugs and crap I went back to the previous version 102 and stayed happy.

No more! I opened it today and viola' you didn't ask, you didn't warn, you simply updated to your so called "supernova" before I had a chance to even review it before deciding to use it.

What kind of crass corporate control is this? Instead of accepting that we can intelligently testing and deciding what we want, you give up on user discretion and, you force it down our throats.

Tell me how to stuff it and get back to something I know that works, THEN AND ONLY THEN, tell me how to upgrade if I decide to do so.

If you can't tell, this is NOT tongue in cheek, I'm PISSED!

Asked by Doc 6 days ago

Answered by Matt 4 days ago

All but unreadably small text in received emails

I'm using Thunderbird 115.9.0 (64bit) on Linux Mint. Yesterday, I performed a complete reformat and upgrade to the latest version of Mint and I've been struggling to rea… (read more)

I'm using Thunderbird 115.9.0 (64bit) on Linux Mint.

Yesterday, I performed a complete reformat and upgrade to the latest version of Mint and I've been struggling to read emails in Thunderbird ever since. The text in the emails I receive is absolutely tiny - I'd say it was almost impressively small if it weren't so infuriating.

I've included a screenshot example of what I'm talking about. Note the size of the subject line at the top to see the disparity.

I've scoured the support pages and carefully followed the instructions given, but the aside from increasing the font of the program itself, there is no change in the text size of the messages themselves.

Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Asked by dtetzy1 9 hours ago

Account activation

I am trying to add a new account to thunderbird. I filled out the appropriate information and checked on done. When the drop down window comes up it ask to sign on to m… (read more)

I am trying to add a new account to thunderbird. I filled out the appropriate information and checked on done. When the drop down window comes up it ask to sign on to my xfinity account to verify my account. But the drop down window does not provide a place to enter my password, just keeps saying that my ID or password is incorrect. I know that my information is valid, so how can I get my comcast e-mail address included on thunderbird?

Asked by kwillie772 10 hours ago