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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?

Here's what I see: This is a very specific server. We tried connecting to your servers from various IP addresses, but all connection attempts were rejected with error messages similar to the one you sent me. I get the impression that you need to contact them to ask them to accept connections from the IP addresses to which emails are to be sent. I suggest contacting your point of contact at this domain through other means, whether by phone, WhatsApp, or another email address they receive—perhaps one from Germany—and asking your provider to adjust the settings so that emails sent from the IP address 148.251.119.178 are accepted. You can point out that our server is legitimate, does not send spam, is not on any blacklists, and uses all protocols for validating email delivery, including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.

This email address cannot send me emails because they keep getting bounced back to the sender. All other email addresses work, just this one doesn't.

I recently updated from a very old version of Thunderbird. The new version no longer shows the little popup messages at the bottom of my screen when automatically checking accounts for mail at the designated interval. As I have numerous email accounts (all set up as POP mail), set to check at different intervals, these popups were useful to me - they also showed when I manually checked an account, or all accounts - this also is not happening anymore. Have they been discontinued, or is it possible I turned them off? I did change some things to suppress nags to update Thunderbird during the time I was using the old version, and unfortunately didn't keep a record of those changes. I'd appreciate knowing which function in about:config controls this feature so I can check to see whether it's set correctly. Thanks!

I have 5 email accounts in Thunderbird. After the update to 148.0, any incoming email gets duplicated into all five email inboxes. Also, Thunderbird re-downloads the various email folders (e.g., spam) repeatedly. How do I make this stop?

Hello,

In my thunderbird application (149.0.1 version windows 11) in the main window (where i see all emails), the column RECIPIENT shows the CC recipient instead of the TO recipient

So for example, if someone send me and email and add a CC, at the recipient column i see the CC email and not mine.

Is this a bug or this is how it suppose to work? Is there a way i can change it?

Hey all, I installed the current version of Tbird on a couple of machines for a friend, one machine worked fine for a month or so, then started giving the "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" error. There is a ton of free space on his C: drive, hundreds of GB. Yesterday I installed Thunderbird to another of his PCs, also no 3rd party AV (both running Win 11), same exact error after downloading a handful of emails from a few weeks ago. To make things weirder he took his laptop (the machine that worked ok for a short time) to his office, where he has a different ISP and it downloaded all of his mail! What is going on here? I have seen plenty of threads about this error, I tried compacting, repairing the folder etc, nothing fixes the problem and Thunderbird sits there not syncing his mail. At the bottom of the window it shows that there are 200 or so emails to download, it looks like they are downloading for a bit, then it quits trying and gives the error. Is there a known cause of this seemingly common error? Are Thunderbird devs aware there's an issue that renders their software unuseable for some users? His mail account is with Brightspeed, an old centurytel.net account. Please share any tips you may have for overcoming this error, thanks!

I run a rowing club with membership near 200 members. If we can not successfully use mailing lists, I am only left with the option of sending out individual email to each person. I'd like to know why I'm not receiving error messages when nothing is being delivered. I can send out email to one addressee, but not to a group.

1. Where can I find the release notes for Thunderbird versions?

2. I mistakenly installed v148.0 from the release channel, when I really want the ESR version. This article says, " "Still unsure which channel to use? Start with the Thunderbird Release channel. You can always switch later if your needs change." and this thread says that one can perform the necessary downgrade by simply deleting the compatiblity.ini file from the profile folder. However, the current release channel version (149) and the version I have installed (148.0.1) are far ahead of the ESR version (140.8.1). I have already configured 8 IMAP accounts and 4 add-ons and would like to retain my existing profile. Can I simply downgrade by deleting the compatiblity.ini file from the profile folder or do I risk data corruption due to changes to the data structures? Can I simply install ESR 140.8.1 over 148.0.1 or do I first need to uninstall 148.0.1?

Hallo, warum werden meine Vorlagen bei Thunderbird Mail gelöscht. Thunderbird 148.0.1 64Bit Vielen Dank X@t-online.de

Hallo. Vorbereitete Hilfeartikel in Ihrer Sprache finden Sie unter dem Link „Hilfeartikel“ oben auf dieser Seite. Freiwillige, die Ihre Sprache fließend beherrschen, beantworten Ihre Fragen jedoch auf einer anderen Website. Wenn Englisch also nicht Ihre bevorzugte Sprache ist, stellen Sie Ihre Fragen am besten auf der folgenden Website. ... Thunderbird-mail.de - http://www.thunderbird-mail.de/wiki/Hauptseite oder Hilfe - https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/hilfe-durch-unsere-gemeinschaft-erhalten?exit_aaq=1.

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I've tried all sorts of suggestions but I can't get the background on "messages" display to revert to the white it has always been till today! I don't recall making any computer changes that might have affected the background display on inbox messages and change it from what it has always been--black print on white background. Now I have a (light) grey background and it's not as easy to see or deal with messages. Please help. -- John Sigwald [edited email from community support forum]

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.