How to backup my local folder?

My Thunderbird (windows) is really not working, so I want to reinstall the whole thing. I have 4 accounts and a local folder. I don't want to backup all the profiles befo… (mear ynfo)

My Thunderbird (windows) is really not working, so I want to reinstall the whole thing. I have 4 accounts and a local folder. I don't want to backup all the profiles before reinstalling, as I am having an annoying issue with g-mail (I don't HAVE a gmail any more, but Thunderbird wants to login to gmail every time I open it). I only want to backup the "local" folder, as, so I want to reinstall the accounts one by one from scratch. In that way I hope, I can purge Thunderbird of the gmail. Now the question: How do I backup the local folder in a way that makes it easy to import it back after all the reinstallment?

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Unable to download emails from gmail.

I choose to use POP not IMAP. Yesterday morning, messages downloaded as normal, no problem. Yesterday afternoon, they did not download and I received this message "Unab… (mear ynfo)

I choose to use POP not IMAP. Yesterday morning, messages downloaded as normal, no problem. Yesterday afternoon, they did not download and I received this message "Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox." I had done nothing at all to my system in the meanwhile, as far as I am aware. I have tried deleting a lot of old emails from my inbox, and emptying the 'Deleted' folder. Any suggestions very welcome.

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infinite download of 'Load up to 25 more'

I do all my email on my computer but I do have Tbird on my cellphone too, just in case I have to send something. But I never download. So I was in a situation where a g… (mear ynfo)

I do all my email on my computer but I do have Tbird on my cellphone too, just in case I have to send something. But I never download. So I was in a situation where a government process included 'check your email' and I had only my cellphone with me. So I started downloading: 25 more, 25 more, 25 more ... and a hundred presses latter it's still not finished. Is there some way to reset that? I'm back with my computer and my email seem fine, but the cellphone remains stuck.

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When links appear in a message, a mouseover used to display its URL at the bottom of the window, but it has stopped doing so.

When links appear in a message, a mouseover used to display its URL at the bottom of the window. It has stopped doing so. It was a real help in catching scams. How do I g… (mear ynfo)

When links appear in a message, a mouseover used to display its URL at the bottom of the window. It has stopped doing so. It was a real help in catching scams. How do I get it back? Help / About shows "Thunderbird is up to date."

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Вопрос насчет новых вкладок с панели закладок

Как сделать так чтобы при открытии ссылок с панели закладок они открывались в новой вкладке а не в той которой уже что то открыто,типо если у меня активная вкладка ютуб и… (mear ynfo)

Как сделать так чтобы при открытии ссылок с панели закладок они открывались в новой вкладке а не в той которой уже что то открыто,типо если у меня активная вкладка ютуб и я хочу открыть твич то при нажатии на твич закладку он откроет в вкладке ютуба тем самым ютуб пропадет и все пипец.В настройках не нашел чет насчет этого ничего,если это нельзя поменять то я ржу и удаляю этот браузер

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Firefox keeps slowing down after a few hours of use

I’ve noticed that Firefox gets noticeably slower the longer I leave it open. Pages that normally load quickly start taking several seconds, scrolling can become a little … (mear ynfo)

I’ve noticed that Firefox gets noticeably slower the longer I leave it open. Pages that normally load quickly start taking several seconds, scrolling can become a little laggy, and sometimes a tab will just sit there before responding. Closing and reopening Firefox fixes it for a while, but the problem eventually comes back.

I’ve already tried clearing the cache and disabling a few extensions, but I still see the same thing. I usually have quite a few tabs open because of work and research.

Is there a setting or troubleshooting step I should check to figure out what is causing this?

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Cannot connect Thunderbird to Spectrum

Aloha. I'm helping a friend with setting up a new Windows 11 PC, and cannot get Thunderbird to connect to Spectrum's servers. I spent an hour on the phone with Spectrum s… (mear ynfo)

Aloha. I'm helping a friend with setting up a new Windows 11 PC, and cannot get Thunderbird to connect to Spectrum's servers. I spent an hour on the phone with Spectrum support and they just gave up and said it must be an issue with Thunderbird. Here are the details:

- Brand new Dell 24 All-in-One EC24250 - Windows 11 25H2 plus all additional fixes. - All Dell drivers updated. - Thunderbird V155.0 64-bit

If I click on 'Get Messages' after a while I get: "Connection to server mail.twc.com timed out". I've gone into the config editor and changed mailnews.tcptimeout from 100 to 500 and still get the error.

In the Account Settings | Server Settings | Test server connection I get: An error occurred connecting to mail.twc.com:993.

I've tried this with both setting up a brand new account in Thunderbird, and also via copying the 'Thunderbird' folder from %appdata%\roaming from her old machine.

Email configuration (from Spectrum).

IMAP Settings Server name: mail.twc.com Port: 993 user name: abcd@hawaii.rr.com Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: Normal password

SMTP settings Server Name: mail.twc.com Port 587 Connection Security: STARTTLS Authentication method: Normal password

Can anyone help me troubleshoot this scenario?

Mahalo, Harry Z

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Tab and button design

Hello everyone. Firefox updated today. I don't know—maybe some people like the new design of the tabs, the buttons in the drop-down menus, and the gradient borders around… (mear ynfo)

Hello everyone.

Firefox updated today. I don't know—maybe some people like the new design of the tabs, the buttons in the drop-down menus, and the gradient borders around the active tab and the tab bar itself. But I’d like to revert to the old interface. How can I do that?

Thanks!

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Save email messages so they can be read in MS Outlook

I have used Thunderbird for years, for two different work accounts and a personal account. I am retiring from one workplace, a small arts charity which runs occasional ar… (mear ynfo)

I have used Thunderbird for years, for two different work accounts and a personal account. I am retiring from one workplace, a small arts charity which runs occasional arts events for which I work from home using my own set up. My successor uses Outlook so I want to save relevant emails for them to be able to access previous correspondence if they need to. If I save relevant emails as .eml files into a folder in Dropbox, should my successor be able to open them in Outlook? If not, is there another solution apart from printing relevant emails to PDF and saving them? I am not a hugely techie user and generally find Thunderbird very straightforward! Many thanks for any advice! CathGuth

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