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Suddenly I am not receiving emails from my church and financial advisors (especially daily and weekly newsletters). They are NOT going into spam; I'm stumped. Appreciate your help.

Hi,

Where can I change in the settings the default Attachment Save(As) Folder / Directory. That Folder is also used by extract-em (for "save individual attachments"). On my installation it defaults to c:\user\myname\desktop but I can't find a way to change that location.

Another question : is there a way to disable the standard TB attachment Save(As) (shown at the bottom of a message) and replace it completely by extract-em ?

Thank you

A scammer has gotten into my address book what can I do to stop - there was a way to enter 00000 at the beginning of your address book to stop them from running through it

I am on Thunderbird Flatpack version 115.5.1 and I want to transfer to Thunderbird for Android, how do I do that, please? I am running on Chromebook using the Linux partition. I have exported the profile to a zip file, but Thunderbird for Android won't read it. The zip file is 2.5GB so maybe it is too big. But I am not adept at Linux and I can't find my way to the profile files for a manual copy. When I go into Troubleshooting Information the Profile Directory - Open Directory button does nothing. Alonside it it says "(Lolcal drive)". Maybe I should upograde Thunderbird first, but how do I do that, please?

After the most recent Thunderbird update, the connection with my Gmail account has become inconsistent, sometimes taking more than a day for Gmail messages to appear in my Thunderbird Inbox. What has changed, and how do I fix the problem?

Hi, I've set up TB successfully on a new PC and been using it a while. Then I noticed my local folders archive group of subfolders was missing. I followed some instructions about moving local folders file across from the old to the new version.

Now I see the individual archive folders without the folder group name 'archive'.

Also, there are a couple of other files not visible on the new platform although they were in the original installation local files and were copied across.

I was careful to ensure the same version running on both PCs. Also that TB was closed when copying files across.

Any pointers appreciated!

Hello, i have installed latest TB an try to use it on one PC - This PC is part of company network, users login to windows by domain controller login. there is also a exchange server in the same network. i have created a running and working thunderbird-exchange connection for 2 different users but with the third user its noch working anymore. is there a limit to user accounts on one PC or? Thank you all kind regards andi

Hello, I hope I'm in the right subforum. I have the following problem.

In my system settings, Opera is set as the default browser, using the command "opera %U --lang=de."

Unfortunately (despite the system-wide setting), when I want to open an https link, Thunderbird still asks me which application I want to use. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, I can't select one from the application menu (where the corresponding command is stored in Opera). Instead, I have to search for and specify the application in the /usr/bin folder. This logically opens the link with the "opera" command and not with the "--lang=de" option. However, Thunderbird doesn't accept a desktop file under "Open with...", where you could add the option.

I've now created a shell file with the following content:

1. ! /bin/bash

opera %U --lang=de

This opens the browser as desired when I click the link, but only with the home page; the link isn't passed.

My question is, how would the command in the shell file need to be changed to open the link, or is there any way to get Thunderbird to open links with the command "opera %U --lang=de"?

Thank you.

Hi, I just installed thunderbird and setup a yahoo email and everything seemed to go OK but it is not receiving/downloading emails, I have checked all the settings given by yahoo and searched on here and the internet but not found anything much that seems relevant so any help would be welcome.

Ich bekomme ständig folgende Aufforderung: Authentifizierung erforderlich - Mozilla Thunderbird https://spica.t-online.de verlangt einen Benutzernamen und ein Passwort.

Just what it says. Using the latest version of Thunderbird on Windows 11 Pro.

I have had my usa.net account use the same IMAP settings forever; I double-checked my settings and they are correct.

Now, I get a LOT of email on that account -- I typically download it when I hit 10K messages. This usually isn't a problem.

I tried moving all of my current Inbox (already in TBird) to my archives. I was then able to download about 1K messages and then it stalled downloading. Said I either didn't have write access to the disk or had a file permission. I'm not seeing anything on the web interface for usa.net on this.

Now, I have 3 other IMAP accounts on T-bird -- 1 is never used (default from my ISP), a 2nd is very light traffic (mostly I stick with that email provider because they are small and still have private shell accounts) and the 3rd is my business vanity domain--high traffic but not the same as usa.net (where I get ALL my receipts for any online purchases, daily newsletters, help forums, etc).

Any idea what may be going on? Please be kind; I am not a programmer, just a more tech-savvy than the average bear (as in if IT is busy at work people ask me for regular stuff).

If any more info/filedump stuff is needed to see what's going on, please do let me know and I will tag it up asap.

Thanks again, community!

I installed Thunderbird half a year ago. During the first three or four months everything was perfect. Then it stopped receiving messages for a couple of days, opened up for a short time (a few hours) and downloaded all messages from the period, then stopped again for days. I can always send messages, but during the receive-stop periods Thunderbird will not store the messages online. I also have (new)Outlook installed, and it keeps receiving all messages, but I would prefer to only use Thunderbird if this problem is solved. My mail provider is the danish Yousee. I use IMAP. My system is Microsoft Windows 11. Do you have any clues to where the problem lies ?

Regards Ulrik Nielsen

Config editor has no printer listed. nothing to reset. Printer works with other applications just not TB. Re-installed the printer. Reset the space limiters, which I found were set too low. Restarted TB and computer

I have a number of accounts setup in Thunderbird, some are gmail accounts and some are Yahoo accounts.

After the last Thunderbird release one, a couple days ago, of my Yahoo accounts stopped working and wanted me to authentic it. It pops up with a Yahoo window to login. I tried to login with my username and password which didn't work so I went into Yahoo and created a new app password and tried that. It won't work either. I just get the message, something went wrong.

Then my other Yahoo account stopped sending out emails, just get a connection timeout message. Now my gmail accounts won't send out emails either. I can receive incoming emails, but not send out emails.

This is the message that I get when trying to send out an email now:

Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.gmail.com timed out. Try again.

I have searched and checked that my Outgoing server settings are correct for both Yahoo and Gmail. I have a different outgoing server for each email account and they have different unique description names. Cookies are enabled, accept cookies from third-party sites is set to Always. I had Auto-detect proxy settings, have now tried No Proxy.

I am using Microsoft Defender for my virus protection.

This is how my Outgoing Gmail SMTP settings are set: Description: Gmail - xxx@xxx.com Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 465 Username: xxx@xxx.com Authentication method: OAuth2 Connection Security: SSL/TLS

This is how my Outgoing Yahoo SMTP settings are set: Description: Yahoo SMTP - yyy@yahoo.com Server Name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com Port: 465 Username: xxx@yahoo.com Authentication method: OAuth2 Connection Security: SSL/TLS

Any ideas of what else to try would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

OS: Linux Mint 22.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 140.4.0esr Junk Mail Header: SpamAssassin

It has been stared around a week ago, Thunderbird gives notification as any spam email arrives. Although those spam mails are accordingly redirected into the spam folder, also marked as spam well, but the user interface and the audio notification still come though.

This behaviour is unlikely Thunderbird used to act, in my computer, and I've been using it for years. I haven't touched any setting for months. It just started doing this like out of the blue.

It's a non Gmail account, so no provider spam filter. Is there a solution for this?

As of 10.8 I have been able to send but not receive emails from my AOL account, which now has 650 emails sitting there waiting to come into my Tbird. Assuming it's a problem with the pop server settings, and last time an AI-generated password did the trick (but done by tech guy not I). I cannot seem to reset the password to make it work and would be grateful for any suggestions. I've made an external backup of the whole default profile just in case.

I have tried many times to get Thunderbird to connect to my Gmail account. Whatever I do, it always ends by saying "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password. I have followed all the instructions I can find. The Thunderbird release is 140.4.0esr (64-bit) Running Windows 10.

I have set up an "app password" in Google. Config in Tbird set to IMAP.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks