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had the need to start a fresh thunderbird profile.

now I forget which setting(s) allow for thunderbird to scan the local folders, NOT the internet, for new mail.

any suggestions?

thank you

Using the desktop version I have a bar just above the Inbox which shows 9 messages. How can I toggle this ribbon off so it doesn't show messages that I have read or put into folders. See bar that is highlighted in image #2.

The Notifications Bar seems to be missing from the top of an email message that is being shown below the list of messages. So there is no "Options" box where it is usually shown, on the Notifications Bar, so that I can manage Remote Content in the message being shown.

I believe that version 145.0, newly installed on the 9th December, 2025 was showing server folders correctly; the server folder name matched the client folder name.

After upgrading to 146.0 on the 10th December, the server folder names for some folders are displaying with different client folder names.

The IMAP account has both "spam" and "junk" folders, Thunderbird is now displaying both as "Spam", you can only determine which folder is which by showing folder properties. It appears to users that there are two "Spam" folders now and not the two distinct folders with their own names.

Similar behaviour is happening for "Sent" and "Sent Messages" folders, both now display as "Sent".

These changes are confusing, the client sees two "Spam" folders and two "Sent" folders instead of the original proper server folder names.

Why has the display name for these folders changed?

How can I get TB to display the real underlying folder names?

I use Thunderbird and have done for years. Nowadays new messages seem to be placed in the inbox within previous email threads within that thread. This often means that they are not flagged as new emails. They get buried in old threads and never brought to notice, consequently are never seen. This means I miss a lot of emails.

Is there any selectable option that brings all messages into the inbox individually and visibly, so that they are not missed, and always seen. That is, stops emails being placed within an existing thread, no matter what its content is. I am very happy to reorganise my incoming mails manually.

In Thunderbird, how can I stop text in the previous emails in a string turning blue?

I have looked everywhere in Settings where colour is mentioned and everything is set to black text on a white background. Nothing is set to blue.

I do not want to see blue text anywhere.

Please advise.

I don't know where this should go so if you can foward it on, please do so.

When I delete an email, a pop up gives me a chance to compact folders now, or remind me later. This is a minor annoyance and can probably use a fix. I do want to compact folders, but not while I'm in the middle of reading and deleting my email.

How about using whatever trigger is used to, instead of popping up the small window, do a delay and open the popup when it's more convenient and useful, like when I delete my trash or go to close the program?

Good Day,

currently Mozilla Thunderbird does only show a short history header for email reply messages like, e.g.:

 *  "On 26.03.2026 at 21:41 John Dow wrote:  "

Why is that and can it be changed to a full history header message like on forwarded messages, e.g.:

• "-------- Forwarded Message --------

subject: 	Fwd: Subject of mail
Date: 	Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:26:08 +0100
From: 	SenderMailAddress
To: 	ReceiverMailAddress

(CC: CarbonCopyMailAddresses)

  "

A full mail history header does often help to show more detailed information in mail history so I and propably many others would prefere this kind of full header information. It is also a Standard in Microsoft Outlook.

Please check.

Thanks in advance Klaus

When I attempt to print an email , a bunch of metadata gibberish appears and I cannot print the email without it . How do I clean up the email so that only the email itself prints ?

I am 79 years old, have supported Tbird for many years but have spent an inordinate amount of time researching and trying to work out how to change the colour of hyperlinks in outgoing emails. I am on Tbird 140.8 eclipse. Precise instructions would be much appreciated Thank you in advance

I am using Thunderbird 148.0.1 on Windows11. I want to move the signature block to above quoted text, but the setting does not seem to be there. I have followed the instructions on the Mozilla help site: "When you are replying to messages, by default your signature will appear beneath the quoted text at the end of the message. To change this behavior, select Tools > Account Settings > <account name> > Composition & Addressing. Change the reply style to "Start my reply above the quote". Next, change the setting for "and place my signature" to "below my reply (above the quote)". This setting can be configured for each account and for each identity."

But they do not match what I am seeing on the screen. There is no selection for signature position, I assume a version change caused this. Any advice?

For some time now, Thunderbird has been correcting words by capitalising them – incorrectly. For example, the words ‘Mir’, ‘Dem’ and ‘Du’ are always automatically capitalised, which is, firstly, nonsense and, secondly, annoying. I have already disabled ‘Spell check’ and ‘Spell check whilst typing’ – to no avail. ---deutsch--- Thunderbird korrigiert seit einiger Zeit Worte indem sie sie - falsch - groß schreibt. Zum Beispiel werden die Worte Mir Dem Du immer automatisch groß korrigiert, was erstens Unfug und zweitens lästig ist. Ich habe schon "Rechtschreibkorrektur" und "Rechtschreibprüfung während der Eingabe" abgeschaltet - ohne Erfolg.

In my effort to solve a different issue, I have made things somewhat worse.... I do not see the option to display listing of unread/all messages. I do not see a Settings tab in the menu bar.

Please help. TNX.

_____________________________________________ desktop win11 pro Thunderbird 148.0 (64-bit)

148.0.1 (64-bit) on Win11 desktop _____________________________________________________________________

Hi: After messing around with things to resolve another issue, I find that there is a vertically-orientated toolbar at the left side of my screen. That toolbar includes: Addressbook, Calendar, Tasks, and Chat, (near top) and a Settings icon (near the bottom).

In the past, when things were working properly, I seem to recall having tabbed options to select the Addressbook, the Calendar, and also something to select either the display of newly received messages or display all messages.

It is those optional tabs that I want to be available again located horizontally near the top of the screen, as they once before were. I don't know how or what must be done.

Can anyone help me with this?