MacOS Ventura update to MacOS Sonoma caused Thunderbird to stop working

When I upgraded from MacOS Ventura to MacOS Sonoma, Thunderbird stopped working. Getting it to work the first time required me to use Apple's 2 Step Verification process… (read more)

When I upgraded from MacOS Ventura to MacOS Sonoma, Thunderbird stopped working. Getting it to work the first time required me to use Apple's 2 Step Verification process to create an app-specific password. After the MacOS upgrade, that process was no longer available. Apple switched to 2 Factor Authentication, which is apparently different and incompatible with 2sv. The other websites and applications on my iMac have already switched to 2fa, and I'm not sure I can have both methods active on the same computer (but I've asked, Apple, anyway).

Is there a recent change in Thunderbird that would allow me to use 2fa instead of 2sv to access Thunderbird?

I have many years worth of emails in Thunderbird that I can no longer access. I can see the directory structure, and some of the email lists, but not the content.

Thanks for the help!

Asked by Ray Johnston 5 months ago

Last reply by sjallyn 3 days ago

disable threads

Why is the VIEW menu missing the ability to turn off threads? Hate threads, always have, stupid idea. Sorry, but no. Where can I completely disable threads? I upgrade… (read more)

Why is the VIEW menu missing the ability to turn off threads? Hate threads, always have, stupid idea. Sorry, but no. Where can I completely disable threads? I upgraded to 115 beta and all my accounts now have 'threads'... FML.

Asked by john358 5 months ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 3 weeks ago

get message button

hello, what happened to the get all new messages button that existed? i have multiple emails setup and now have to click on get message for each account. there was a butt… (read more)

hello, what happened to the get all new messages button that existed? i have multiple emails setup and now have to click on get message for each account. there was a button on top left for get all messages.

Asked by noreply6 5 months ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 5 months ago

Error message immediately on start of Thunderbird

I get this message from Thunderbird on my desktop computer on app start up: ]Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead Thunderbird detected a potential security threat and … (read more)

I get this message from Thunderbird on my desktop computer on app start up: ]Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead

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.

This started suddenly about a week ago.

I have Thunderbird on laptop that works fine.

How can fix this?

greig

Asked by greigmauriceolivier 1 month ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 5 days ago

Thunderbird Table view

Hi there, I accidentally changed my view to card view (at least I think it was me...) by clicking on a button on the quicksearch bar. Working quickly (to quick...) I don… (read more)

Hi there,

I accidentally changed my view to card view (at least I think it was me...) by clicking on a button on the quicksearch bar. Working quickly (to quick...) I don't know what happened, but the button was not there anymore and I cannot change back to table view anymore.

I really need table view! I manage hundreds of emails and need to be able to sort them quickly by clicking column headers.

Asked by Niels 4 weeks ago

Last reply by Jasna Kespret 2 days ago

threading

How can I turn off the threading of my emails? Its driving me crazy as when an email comes in after a short time it disappears into the threads and then I have to open e… (read more)

How can I turn off the threading of my emails? Its driving me crazy as when an email comes in after a short time it disappears into the threads and then I have to open each thread to find out who sent the email. At one stage there were 6 emails noted near the inbox but no new unthreaded message, all went to respective threads. Very time wasting.

Asked by info10936 3 weeks ago

Last reply by david 3 weeks ago

No Incoming EMail Only Outgoing On My TWC Emai Account

I can't receive any incoming emails on my TWC account to Thunderbird the incoming server port is setup for 993 but still no incoming emails. I can sign into my TWC accou… (read more)

I can't receive any incoming emails on my TWC account to Thunderbird the incoming server port is setup for 993 but still no incoming emails. I can sign into my TWC account with no problems just my Thunderbird will not receive any incoming emails.

Asked by Ken Vander Heiden 5 months ago

Last reply by Matt 4 months ago

Attachments in received mail need to be more obvious

I use Thunderbird in full screen mode on a high resolution monitor. I keep overlooking attachments because the tiny paperclip and the tiny link to the attachment at the b… (read more)

I use Thunderbird in full screen mode on a high resolution monitor. I keep overlooking attachments because the tiny paperclip and the tiny link to the attachment at the bottom of the screen are too easy to miss. A more obvious visual cue is needed. Perhaps display the paperclip in a contrasting color and move the attachment link to just below the message header instead of putting it at the very bottom of the screen so far from the message body? Up to now this was just an inconvenience, but today it actually cost me $50 because of an attached notice I missed even though I had read the email several times.

Asked by ff115 5 months ago

Last reply by sfhowes 5 months ago

Enable Calendars in TB V.115.8.0

How does one enable calendars in Thunderbird version 115.8.0? When I click the calendar icon on the left of the page, I get a calendar displayed but it has a message hig… (read more)

How does one enable calendars in Thunderbird version 115.8.0? When I click the calendar icon on the left of the page, I get a calendar displayed but it has a message highlighted in yellow that says: "All calendars are currently disabled. Enable an existing calendar or add a new one to create or add events."

I cannot find anything in settings or elsewhere to enable calendars.

TIA

Asked by rabbit 2 weeks ago

Last reply by rontiara 2 weeks ago

e-mail doesn't display in containing folder

Hello. I was searching my Inbox for e-mails I knew I had, but they weren't showing up! After doing a general search, I found the e-mails in the search results. Then, I c… (read more)

Hello. I was searching my Inbox for e-mails I knew I had, but they weren't showing up! After doing a general search, I found the e-mails in the search results. Then, I clicked "open in conversation" and they were all there and labeled with "Inbox" or "Sent" folder, respectively. So I right-clicked and selected, "open in containing folder", but it didn't work! The "containing folder" opened [i.e., the Inbox], but didn't show the e-mail! So then I searched manually by scrolling in the Inbox to the date of the "hidden" e-mail -- yet it wasn't there!

(In other words, when I did "open in conversation" from the search results, it showed the conversation, but I can't actually see the e-mails in their containing folder!) Besides for this problem, but I think there are a lot of other e-mails that are "hiding" in this way as well. What should I do?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Sincerely, Jonathan Rosenberg

Asked by slowtoreply 2 months ago

Last reply by Matt 1 month ago

I can't find where to write an email in Thunderbird

bold text I can't find how to write an email in Thunderbird. The new interface is WORSE that previous and IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BAD. It is a very bad sign that I have to fi… (read more)

bold text I can't find how to write an email in Thunderbird. The new interface is WORSE that previous and IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BAD.

It is a very bad sign that I have to find my password and log into Firefox to tell you that the email service on Thunderbird SUCKS.

Maybe if I GOOGLE looking for an answer someone will post directions how to use your product.

Asked by cwebba1 4 months ago

Last reply by Matt 4 months ago

Attaching email messages to new outgoing email messages.

I need to send emails from my Thunderbird email client to recipients but in that email also attach other emails messages that I have received that may or may not have arr… (read more)

I need to send emails from my Thunderbird email client to recipients but in that email also attach other emails messages that I have received that may or may not have arrived into the same email account inbox folder as the one from which I am sending.

Another way of asking the same question is that I want to attach email messages or copy and paste them, from one location into my outgoing email message? Is this possible in Thunderbird?

In Outlook, I can simply copy the relevant email that I want to send on and then paste that into the outgoing email message; is the same possible in Thunderbird? I am using 115.7.0 (64-bit)

Asked by DNBMcC 3 weeks ago

Last reply by Matt 3 weeks ago

Primary Password....

At age 85 I apparently have lost my "Primary Password". And I've tried the re-setting of this from the help pages with no success. "Primary Removal" looks very problemat… (read more)

At age 85 I apparently have lost my "Primary Password". And I've tried the re-setting of this from the help pages with no success. "Primary Removal" looks very problematic in that I will lose so much of my saved material. If we could only have what other programs have--sending texts to my phone 510-575-6326 or other "proofs" that I'm who I say I am.... That would solve my problem. I've been using Thunderbird for some decades to support a charity program for impoverished Haitian children. Now I'm facing a complete rental of Thunderbird, or just using Google which has--as I've discovered now--things like "mail merge".... HELP!

Asked by TFLuce 5 months ago

Last reply by david 5 months ago