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I would like to move the coloured tag to the left on the delivered email so that It is in my eyeline area. It resides on the right, I would like it on the left. Is this possible?

Thanks,

Mike Duffy

Told found address book, but no contacts or need to be able to rollback to a previous version which has my contacts. Otherwise there sceems to be no screenreader issues, app works grate other than no contacts.

1) Thunderbird 128.12.0es refuses to disable conversation mode, when View/Sort by/Unthreaded is selected for a folder.

2) Thunderbird 128.12.0es does not show the number of selected messages in the Status Bar when I select multiple messages, instead showing the number of selected conversations.

How can I disable conversation mode?

Dell tech reinstalled Windows 11, but missing info on my local folders now on 2nd drive. I have iDrive backup of both the drives, need help to find what I need. I'm Tbird supporter monthly and at other times. Sure can use some help as need some financial records that were in local folder files.

Appreciate help to find and restore my Local Folders which held the needed data.

Thanks in advance, Kelly

How do I restore emails from an email backup (that is NOT a backed-up profile zip file) that has been saved using ImportExportToolsNG? I used ImportExportTools NG to create an email backup. The backup is in the forms of files in a set of folders (calendar-data, crashes, datareporting, extensions etc.). It is not in the form of a zip file.

The TB Solutions only provide information for a tar "bz2" file. I downloaded a "xz" file (thunderbird-140.0.tar.xz), how do I install this?

Thanks for any help or solution.

I wish to update my current version of 128.12.0esr within my Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS OS.

Trash folder was deleted in Thunderbird program (win 11) by mistake, how do I bring it back? It was a mistake and I tried to add the folder again and it says it is there but I can not see it. If I can not get it back, where does the deleted message go? gus85032@gmail.com Respectfully Gus

Hi, I'm talking about a POP account. Every time I empty the trash, either manually or by exiting Thunderbird, the "Trash" folder is being silently deleted, and from that moment on I cannot any longer delete messages, receiving a "not enough space" error. If exit the program, and trash is set to be emptied on exit, the next time I reopen Thunderbird there is no "Trash" (Cestino in my language, I have Thunderbird in italian) folder. In my ThunderbirdProfile\Mail\Local Folders the file "Trash" of 0 byte, keep being silently deleted. To restore correct functionality, I just have to create a new "Trash" folder under "Local Folders" in Thunderbird, then a new "Cestino" folder appears, and everything is fine. But the next time I empty the Trash, the problem reappears. I suspect something linked to Windows 11, computer was recently upgraded from Win 10 to Win 11. I tried with latest version 128.7, both 32 and 64 bit. As you can see from the screenshot, after emptying Trash, the 0 byte file "Trash" is missing. Thanks Antonello

Still having issues with the search function which does not always seem to provide results as it should. Today I was trying to search for "exped" and got lots of results with the highlighted word being "exp". Why did it provide results different to the search term?

I know that you can use operator terms such as ""chicken" and "fish"" in the Search Messages window but is it possible to also do such selective searches in the Search field?

Thanks,

I am unable to add new contacts in my contact list. It definitely is creating a problem. Why will it not let me add them, please and how do I fix the issue? I did not have this problem until I got a new computer and using Windows 11.

New computer Ubuntu 24.04 Mate, older Ubuntu 22.04 Cinnamon. Following support transfer directions (open Thunderbird on new PC, close it, paste a copy of older .thunderbird from USB stick to .thunderbird on new, over write), when I open Thunderbird no accounts are shown only the create account screen. I find no update path for older Thunderbird. New PC came with 128 esr but I found a tarball of 115 .18.0, installed it and followed transfer directions with the same results. Seems like the esr version uses a profile ending with esr and ignores my older one. What are my options for transferring 20 years of significant messages? The hard way might be to identify the account specific files in my older profile and copy them into the new esr profile...

I have Thunderbird 140 set up in cards view (threaded). Under Row count I can choose 2 rows or 3 rows. But all that choosing 3 rows does is place an empty row below the subject line. I was expecting it to show me the first line of the email content. Can that be configured? Or what else is the third row supposed to display? (other than the star for favorites, which always appears in the lower right corner but hardly needs an entire row by itself)

Hi. I have several folders and subfolders created under Local folders on Thunderbird for Mac 140.0 (aarch64). When I create a new subfolder under a particular subfolder the new folder goes to the bottom of the folder hierarchy and not inserted alphabetically in the hierarchy, I have to manually drag the new folder into its alphabetical place in the folder hierarchy. This only happens on this one subfolder all the other subfolders are fine. I have only noticed this recently but it used to be ok and position the new folder alphabetically in the hierarchy. I have tried compacting and repairing the folder but it still stays the same, any ideas?