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Thunderbird is newly SLOW

I've been a Thunderbird user for years. I have no idea what they changed recently, but it's incredibly, incredibly SLOW, almost to the point of unusability. Even somethin… (read more)

I've been a Thunderbird user for years. I have no idea what they changed recently, but it's incredibly, incredibly SLOW, almost to the point of unusability. Even something as simple as deleting emails.

I usually do these in chunks -- select multiples and delete. We're not talking about hundreds of emails at at time here, just maybe 5-15. Select them all, hit delete, and it should take just a couple of seconds to delete the messages. It did, in the past. But lately, it's taking so long that I could leave and make a sandwich, and when I come back, maybe it will be done. Maybe it will still be working, though, or maybe it will have locked up because it was taking so long.

It's pretty difficult to get work done at this rate.

Asked by a2jc4life 5 months ago

Last reply by kempton 2 days ago

Can't reinstall Hotmail

I couldn't stop the 'need password' popups so I decided to uninstall my Hotmail account from Thunderbird and reinstall it. Unfortunately I am unable to reinstall it. Wh… (read more)

I couldn't stop the 'need password' popups so I decided to uninstall my Hotmail account from Thunderbird and reinstall it. Unfortunately I am unable to reinstall it. When I try I get a message that the incoming server exists. I go into the advanced configuration and all ports are correct and Oauth2 authorization is selected. I changed to normal password and got the same error message. I checked and there was no outlook server under passwords on output server.

Next I opened a new outlook email and tried again. Now I get the error message 'could not get issuer for oathe authentication". I changed the authorization to normal password and got the error message 'Unable to log in at the server. Probable wrong configuration, username or password. I am sure that I am using the correct username and password.

Asked by duhnel 5 months ago

Last reply by duhnel 5 months ago

Thunderbird 128.1.1

You have recently released version Thunderbird 128.1.1 in which you have changed the Compact View so that it is effectively no longer a Compact View, because the spaces h… (read more)

You have recently released version Thunderbird 128.1.1 in which you have changed the Compact View so that it is effectively no longer a Compact View, because the spaces have been increased between the Folders in the sidebar folder pane. I have been using Thunderbird for a couple of months and really liked the Compact View but now it has been spoiled. I don't understand why it was necessary to change this, and would be grateful if you would please revert the Compact View to how it appeared in version 115

Kind regards

Brian Lawrence

Asked by Brian 5 months ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 2 months ago

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Very odd behaviour and cannot reset.

Hello. Thuderbird has been acting strangely for a few days, lots of Not Responding messages and then it sorts itself out. But now, when I open an ordinary e-mail, it open… (read more)

Hello. Thuderbird has been acting strangely for a few days, lots of Not Responding messages and then it sorts itself out. But now, when I open an ordinary e-mail, it opens up in a Send window! With the message which you will find in the attached Image. My version = 128.1.1 esr (64 bit) Lenovo Laptop Windows 10 Grateful for any help folks.

Howard

Asked by Howard Cheesman 5 months ago

Answered by sfhowes 5 months ago

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The mail site certificate...... is not valid for this server. Someone may try to impersonate the server. Do not continue.

I'm experiencing an issue with Thunderbird that started unexpectedly. Whenever I try to access my email, I get a warning message saying that "The site certificate is not … (read more)

I'm experiencing an issue with Thunderbird that started unexpectedly. Whenever I try to access my email, I get a warning message saying that "The site certificate is not valid for this server. Someone may be trying to impersonate the server. It is not recommended to proceed."

I'm not sure why this error has suddenly appeared, as everything was working fine before. I haven’t made any changes to my email settings or installed new software recently. Has anyone else encountered this issue or knows how to resolve it?

Asked by Amadeusz K 6 months ago

Last reply by David Janiszewski 1 month ago

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No Messages Displaying in Inbox

As of today, my inbox has 7,563 emails, but none of them are displayed in the messages pane. I can see them if I go to All Mail, but I'd like to be able to use my inbox. … (read more)

As of today, my inbox has 7,563 emails, but none of them are displayed in the messages pane. I can see them if I go to All Mail, but I'd like to be able to use my inbox.

UPDATE SINCE THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A WAY TO DELETE THIS POST - I CLICKED "REPAIR" AND IT'S NOW FIXED.

Asked by bns3483 5 months ago

Answered by bns3483 5 months ago

How to archive a Local folder and subfolders?

I have moved from Mailbird to Thunderbird, a pat on my back I am really satisfied. I use POP3 so all my emails are downloaded to my computer. I keep two years of incoming… (read more)

I have moved from Mailbird to Thunderbird, a pat on my back I am really satisfied. I use POP3 so all my emails are downloaded to my computer. I keep two years of incoming and sent emails in Local Folders as follows: email account 1 year 2023 > Folders and subfolders organized per topic year 2022 > Folders and subfolders organized per topic The same for three other accounts. These occupy a lot of disk space, so I want to archive each email account with its folders and subfolders and move them to an external drive. Is this possible with Thunderbird? Please help enodio enobri17@gmail.com

Asked by enodio 5 months ago

Last reply by Matt 5 months ago

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Deleting an email account

Listed down the LHS of Thunderbird I can see the various email accounts I've created. But one of them was created very recently for the purpose of testing a problem here … (read more)

Listed down the LHS of Thunderbird I can see the various email accounts I've created. But one of them was created very recently for the purpose of testing a problem here (so I don't need that account any more). Is there a way to remove an account entirely?

If there is, I suppose it'd be made deliberately difficult but I can't see any delete option at all. I can delete individual emails for course but can I remove an entire account entry?

Asked by johne53 5 months ago

Answered by david 5 months ago

incoming server already exists

At my wits end with Thunderbird! Have tried many many times now to remove from my Macbook Air and reinstall. Each time get a STAT command error or Incoming server alrea… (read more)

At my wits end with Thunderbird!

Have tried many many times now to remove from my Macbook Air and reinstall. Each time get a STAT command error or Incoming server already exists. Do not know how to fix this any more. Can I talk to someone in real time?

Asked by KSI 5 months ago

Last reply by Matt 5 months ago

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Line spacing control

Hi, I can not find an option or an add-on that will allow me to control the line spacing when composing a message (e. 1, 1.5, double and so on - as in Word, Openoffice w… (read more)

Hi,

I can not find an option or an add-on that will allow me to control the line spacing when composing a message (e. 1, 1.5, double and so on - as in Word, Openoffice writer, Wordpad) in a message or (better), in a paragraph. I have searched the forum but all I could find was a discussion of paragraph and body style, without a reference to where those styles can actually be tinkered with. Am I missing something ? Does TB not include controls for Line Spacing at all in 2022 ??

Asked by comb Cried5 dust4 2 years ago

Last reply by david 1 year ago

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What happened to the quick filter? It no longer works.

I've been using Thunderbird for around 15 years. About 2 or so updates ago, the Quick Filter stopped working at all. With the latest update, it works, maybe, about 1% of… (read more)

I've been using Thunderbird for around 15 years.

About 2 or so updates ago, the Quick Filter stopped working at all. With the latest update, it works, maybe, about 1% of the time. I've done a full reinstall to no avail.

How could you screw this up and when are you going to fix it?

Between this and GoDaddy changing my mail server to Outlook & IMAP, my email experience sucks. I'm truly hating it.

Asked by jeff177 2 years ago

Last reply by iGadget 1 year ago

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Thunderbird email password reset

My dad's email passwords opened his account until August 2021. He had passed away 3/23/2021. I had been operating all of his accounts when he became unable to, and I prin… (read more)

My dad's email passwords opened his account until August 2021. He had passed away 3/23/2021. I had been operating all of his accounts when he became unable to, and I printed out all of his various passwords so I wasn't having to ask each time. I have enough of my own passwords to deal with. I normally wouldn't need to look at his emails, but some of our linked accounts are attached to his email address. Property tax, electric account, etcetera. So to reset some of the linked account passwords the emails go straight to his T-bird email. I'm tired of hearing the, "For security reasons, we can't assist you." from the various services. So after reading the different answers on how to do this I'm still stuck. Dad never used Firefox on the computer I got for him so I'm stuck. If I install Firefox on his computer I still need his password to change the password. Help.

Asked by nschlaak 2 years ago

Last reply by nschlaak 2 years ago

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After the most recent update, inbox empty. Solved: folders uncheck in unified inbox settings (saved search)

AFter the most recent update (102.2.1), emails no longer show in my collapsed Inbox. I have to expand it and click on each individual email in order to see messages. Lo… (read more)

AFter the most recent update (102.2.1), emails no longer show in my collapsed Inbox. I have to expand it and click on each individual email in order to see messages. Local folders display properly. This seems to have been the second update in a very short time. In the previous one, the list of emails displayed but the emails did not show up on the right side when clicked on.

Asked by guavaman 2 years ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 2 years ago

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Unable to send email messages.

Sending of the message failed. Unable to authenticate to outgoing server (SMTP) mail.btinternet.com. Please check the password and verify the “Authentication method” in A… (read more)

Sending of the message failed. Unable to authenticate to outgoing server (SMTP) mail.btinternet.com. Please check the password and verify the “Authentication method” in Account Settings Outgoing server (SMTP0

Asked by BML 2 years ago

Last reply by BML 2 years ago

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Retrieve emails from compacted folders in thunderbird

Hi Team, The emails were taking up a lot of space and I selected the compact now option on thunderbird. I want to retrieve my emails from the compacted folder as there a… (read more)

Hi Team,

The emails were taking up a lot of space and I selected the compact now option on thunderbird. I want to retrieve my emails from the compacted folder as there are some important emails there. Can you please let me know how to access the same.

Thank you.

Asked by manikant62 2 years ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 10 months ago

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Filters

1) Is it possible to know if a filter is running? I use large filters on accounts with many messages. It can take a while for a filter to finish, but sometimes I can't … (read more)

1) Is it possible to know if a filter is running? I use large filters on accounts with many messages. It can take a while for a filter to finish, but sometimes I can't tell whether a filter is still runnning? 2) If I start running a filter and then Run a second (or third, fourth, etc.) filter before the first one is complete, will the subsequent filters be run in order? Does running a second filter cancel the execution of previous filter(s) that might still be executing?

Asked by George Redden 2 years ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 1 year ago