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Messages from Mail Merge are stuck in Outbox

MysteryMan replied
MysteryMan

I have been using Thunderbird for years and am on version 152.0.1

I also regularly use the Mail Merge add-on and this has worked great. However, just come to use it and it has put 80 messages into my Outbox but I cannot get them to send!

I hit the "Send Unsent Messages" and nothing happens.

Very frustrating and would be very happy if someone can help identify the problem!

I have been using Thunderbird for years and am on version 152.0.1 I also regularly use the Mail Merge add-on and this has worked great. However, just come to use it and it has put 80 messages into my Outbox but I cannot get them to send! I hit the "Send Unsent Messages" and nothing happens. Very frustrating and would be very happy if someone can help identify the problem!

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This may not be your problem, but the mailmerge page mentions a bug in 152 that is fixed in 153. Again, that may not relate, but it's worth pursuing.

Just checked and Thunderbird is now showing version 153.0

The problem seems to be Mail Merge "Send Later" as it puts the messages in Outbox, but I cannot send from there - I always have in the past!!!!!

If I "Send Now" then that does work.

Very confused

re emails put in Outbox by mailmerge Did you create those emails afresh - a completely new compose message or did you reuse a template or an old draft which you may have edited ? The bug fix mentioned by david relates to the latter only and should now be working ok.

https://services.addons.thunderbird.net/En-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-merge/

Toad-Hall said

re emails put in Outbox by mailmerge Did you create those emails afresh - a completely new compose message or did you reuse a template or an old draft which you may have edited ? The bug fix mentioned by david relates to the latter only and should now be working ok. https://services.addons.thunderbird.net/En-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-merge/

Yes, it was using a template I had created previously. Am now on v 153.0, so should work I think!

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