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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 Anthony 2 hours ago

Drag and drop emails on local drive folder

Hello, It's there any option/setting in mozilla thunderbird for drag and drop emails to local drive folder and save them under another filename that the standard "Subject… (read more)

Hello, It's there any option/setting in mozilla thunderbird for drag and drop emails to local drive folder and save them under another filename that the standard "Subject" name? I don't know if i'm clearly enough, that's why i want to make a briefly description of the operation i want and the way the emails i want to appear in my folder. I drag and drop an email to my folder and this email has the filename represented by the "Subject" of that email. Can i change the way emails are saved ? Or can i drag and drop emails from one sender in separate folder ?

Asked by Alex Andrew 3 days ago

Last reply by sfhowes 2 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 1 week ago

Problems with email passwords

Why has Thunderbird started to continuosly ask for the passwords for my email accounts? And why do all my attempts to enter my passwords result in failure? I am unable to… (read more)

Why has Thunderbird started to continuosly ask for the passwords for my email accounts? And why do all my attempts to enter my passwords result in failure? I am unable to send or receive any emails at the moment. If anyone is able to help I'd be very grateful.

Asked by richard.howells 1 week ago

Last reply by Bogomil Shopov - Бого 1 week ago

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Thunderbird stops the Microsoft Windows key from working

I am running Thunderbird version 115.4.1 on the Windows 11 system. Having Thunderbird active (even in the background or minimised) stops the Windows key from working. H… (read more)

I am running Thunderbird version 115.4.1 on the Windows 11 system. Having Thunderbird active (even in the background or minimised) stops the Windows key from working. How can I get the Windows key to work normally without closing down and exiting Thunderbird?

Asked by JohnP 5 months ago

Answered by JohnP 5 months ago

several things not working any loger

I have already several times asked my question and have received no reply so far. Could you please reply to my e-mail: jean-pierre.biber@natcons.ch Here my question again… (read more)

I have already several times asked my question and have received no reply so far. Could you please reply to my e-mail: jean-pierre.biber@natcons.ch Here my question again: Good evening I have been using Thunderbird mail for ages, and now suddenly diverse thing don't work anymore: I can't chose my signatures anymore, the language correction does not work anylonger, and when I print things they come out wrong. Can you please help me fix that? My email is jean-pierre.biber@natcons.ch Kind regards Jean-Pierre Biber

Dr. phil. nat. Bureau Natcons Appenzellerstrasse 12 CH - 4055 Basel Switzerland

Asked by Jean-Pierre 1 month ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 1 month ago

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Should I delete my cox mail?

Our Thunderbird is set up with 2 email accounts - Gmail & Cox cable. Actually 3 as my wife also uses TB for her Cox emails. Cox is moving over to Yahoo. Not a fan of … (read more)

Our Thunderbird is set up with 2 email accounts - Gmail & Cox cable. Actually 3 as my wife also uses TB for her Cox emails. Cox is moving over to Yahoo. Not a fan of Yahoo. Eventually I will either set up another Gmail account (cox was for subscriptions or when a business needs an email address) and my has a Gmail already, but she does not use TB for that as for her Cox is her main email.

So can I delete our Cox emails thru Cox web email site without losing our emails currently in TB? And will that mess things up as TB sends and receives email from cox cable?

Any tips and suggestions much appreciated.

Asked by sethm 1 month ago

Answered by david 1 month ago

There is now a new line of all my emails just below the T/bird menu.

There is now a new line of all my emails just below the T/bird menu. I hate it! How can I revert to seeing all emails separately in the main email body and losing that li… (read more)

There is now a new line of all my emails just below the T/bird menu. I hate it! How can I revert to seeing all emails separately in the main email body and losing that line?

Asked by peter763 1 month ago

Last reply by Bogomil Shopov - Бого 1 month ago

"sending of the message failed" when gpg signing. Debian/Thunderbird

When trying to sign messages with thunderbir on debian mails won't deliver. If they are not signed, it will send smoothly even if they are encrypted. ~$ lsb_release -… (read more)

When trying to sign messages with thunderbir on debian mails won't deliver.

If they are not signed, it will send smoothly even if they are encrypted.

~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid Release: n/a Codename: trixie

~$ dpkg -l |grep thunderbird

ii thunderbird 1:115.7.0-1 amd64 mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support

~$ dpkg -l |grep gnupg

ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1 all GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement ii gnupg-l10n 2.2.40-1.1 all GNU privacy guard - localization files ii gnupg-utils 2.2.40-1.1+b1 amd64 GNU privacy guard - utility programs

using gnome-desktop-3

~$ dpkg -l |grep pinentry

ii pinentry-curses 1.2.1-3 amd64 curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG ii pinentry-gnome3 1.2.1-3 amd64 GNOME 3 PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG

Asked by vitrubio.net 1 month ago

Last reply by Kai Engert 1 month ago

Cannot open email attachments

For past 24 hours only, I have been unable to open email attachments. v115.7.0, however last update was 31/01 and has worked perfectly until now. Still use Windows 10. D… (read more)

For past 24 hours only, I have been unable to open email attachments. v115.7.0, however last update was 31/01 and has worked perfectly until now. Still use Windows 10.

Double clicking on attachments does nothing, other than popup software option for formats without specified defaults. Either way, no indication that attachment is opening.

"Save as" is saving attachment document to target folder, however trying to open these errors, suggesting document is corrupted or in incorrect format.

Have tried restarting system to no effect; likewise error continuing in troubleshoot mode. Cannot see any obvious settings that would impact this, nor have I consciously altered any of these.

I'm certain this may be an easy fix, or my own error, but this is eluding me.

Asked by gm41 1 month ago

Last reply by Alexander Thomas 1 month ago

Marking messages as "read" AFTER opening WITHOUT using 'Message Pane'

Back in 2015 someone asked about the fact that emails are not marked "as read" once opened but I don't think the answer was ever fully given. They were told: "This optio… (read more)

Back in 2015 someone asked about the fact that emails are not marked "as read" once opened but I don't think the answer was ever fully given. They were told: "This option has always been available and I use it. via Menu Bar Tools > Options > Advanced > Reading & Display or via menu icon menu icon > Options > Options > Advanced > Reading & Display select: 'automatically mark messages as read' Select: 'Immediately on display' click on OK When you select/left click an email in the list, it will auto open and display in the Message Pane below the list. If you use double click, it will auto open in a new tab or window depending upon what you selected. In bth instances the message will be immediately marked as read." Here's my problem with that .... I don't use the "Message Pane", I don't like it. I have my incoming messages set at "table view" and they are all just listed down the page by date. I don't want to see what's in the email until I actually open it....but, once I open it and read it when I close out of it the email still stays BOLD in the list....this didn't used to happen, once I read the email the BOLD went away. When I use the "automatically mark message as read immediately on display" then new emails are not in BOLD so I can't tell if they've been read or not. Bottom line, is there a way to have messages marked "read" AFTER they are opened WITHOUT using the message pane??

Asked by melmcc 1 month ago

Last reply by david 1 month ago

Email folders changed & messages disappeared

Yesterday everything was fine, today I open my Thunderbird and some of my folders have changed to a light grey italicized font and ALL the messages in those folders (and … (read more)

Yesterday everything was fine, today I open my Thunderbird and some of my folders have changed to a light grey italicized font and ALL the messages in those folders (and their sub-folders) are GONE!! We are talking a LOT of messages! These emails are for projects my company is working on and there was stuff in there about pay items, time reports, payroll ... some really important emails and they are just gone. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it??? I really need to find a way to get these emails back!!!!

Asked by melmcc 1 month ago

Last reply by melmcc 1 month ago

Printing to PDF instead of Printer

I'm trying to print from Mozilla - the only option I receive is to print to a PDF and not my printer. I have no other problems printing to printer from my computer - just… (read more)

I'm trying to print from Mozilla - the only option I receive is to print to a PDF and not my printer. I have no other problems printing to printer from my computer - just with Mozilla. Help says go to Tools / Options (I don't have OPTIONS in my list ???) then on from there. I tried to upload a picture of the options but won't allow. I have import / export / search messages / message filters / OpenPGP Key Manager / Download Manager / Activity Manager and Developer Tools. If I select Developer Tools it gives me a warning message then to code for various things. PLEASE HELP!!! Thank you in advance ;-)

Asked by largolady 1 month ago

Last reply by -=MepS=- 1 month ago

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How can I change my line spacing for in my messages list window?

Need to increase the spacing between messages in the message list window in Thunderbird. The solution provided in the forum thread "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/ques… (read more)

Need to increase the spacing between messages in the message list window in Thunderbird. The solution provided in the forum thread "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1314785" is not helpful.

Asked by Илья Шашкин 5 months ago

Answered by david 5 months ago