Thunderbird for Android Community Forum

Hello I'm a longtime user and regular supporter of Thunderbird for Desktop. I have installed Thunderbird for Android on my smartphone. I have exported my settings from Thunderbird for Desktop & imported the QR code in Thunderbird for Android. Thunderbird for Desktop asks for a password. Why doesn't Thunderbird for Android ask for a password ? What am I doing wrong ?

Why can't I see my emails in Thunderbird for Andoid ? 

Now when I try to Get Messages in Thunderbird fo Desktop the following message is displayed : "The certificate for mail.first-rate.info is not valid for that server. Someone could bee trying to impersonate the server and you should not continue." So now I can't see my emails on Thunderbird for Desktop. What do I have to do to be able to see my emails ?

Running Android Thunderbird version 23.0. When I look at a message screen, I see an hex shaped icon with an "!" symbol at the top message header. What is the function?

I have a Gmail account. I use a Duck Duck email address as my main email & forward to my Gmail. Can.i assume Thunderbird will download all Duck Duck emails as long as they're forwarded to the Gmail account?

I've got a new phone after the last one went missing. I tried to put my usual Virgin Media email onto Thunderbird and get 'authentication failed' I've checked the server name, port and connection security match those on my desktop. Grateful for suggestions thanks

I’m trying to import my email accounts from Thunderbird on Linux into Thunderbird for Android 23.0. On my Google Pixel, tapping “Scan QR code” briefly highlights the button, but nothing else happens. The camera view never opens and no error appears.

Camera permission is granted. Thunderbird is up to date, and force-stopping and restarting the app did not help. Has anyone encountered this or found a workaround?

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.

Hey, I changed the fetching mail settings multiple times cause I wanted to fetch more mails than previous. But this lead to nothing... It does not lead to the download of older Mails. Even in the case of local folder size: all Messages and sync messages: from last 6 months no Mails older than some days appear. My Thunderbird-Mobile version is 23.0, the problem was also apparent before the update in version 22.0. My operating system is Android 15

I have been trying to set up Thunderbird Mobile on my Android phone. I scanned the QR code to export my settings. However, when I open the app on my phone, the only options I have are "Add an email account", or "Sign in with Thundermail". The instructions state that clicking on "Get Started" should bring up the option to "Import Settings" but it does not.

I should also add, when I try to put in the settings (which I know are correct, same as what I have in Thunderbird Desktop), it comes up with "Checking incoming server settings failed Network error Details: Unable to resolve host "twc.mail.com": No address associated with hostname. I positively know that is correct.

I am aware that Spectrum has had problems. However, it works fine with Thunderbird Desktop.

all other apps etc EXCEPT focus. with everything I try to ope eg mail etc, the useless program takes me continuous loops to log in. I go through the verification system multiple times and then it doesnt accept fingerprints and locks me out. this program is unusable and useless so I'm going to remove it.

1. I want Thunderbird to automatically erase all but the most recent 250 on my phone as it downloads new ones from my server. As it does so, I do not want the downloaded messages marked as "read" on my server, nor do I want messages erased on my phone to be deleted from my server. (That is all to be taken care of by my desktop email program.)

Phone: Moto g power 5G - 2024; OS: Android 15; Thunderbird v: 23.0 Settings: Fetching mail - Local folder size: 250 messages - Sync server deletions: Off - Mark as read when deleted: Off When I delete a message: Do not delete on server - Erase deleted messages on server: Manually

At present, Thunderbird downloads all the incoming messages and leaves them on, so I quickly find I have 1000+ messages stored on my phone. This eventually slows it's performance notably. I have to manually erase the messages, and then empty the trash, in order to circumvent this problem.

Also, when my desktop downloads the email, many of them are now marked read, even though I haven't read them. I am wondering if Thunderbird for Android isn't marking some or all emails as read on my server as it downloads them to my phone?

I have been trying to set up Thunderbird Mobile on my Android phone. I scanned the QR code to export my settings. However, when I open the app on my phone, the only options I have are "Add an email account", or "Sign in with Thundermail". The instructions state that clicking on "Get Started" should bring up the option to "Import Settings" but it does not.

Hi, I'm using Thunderbird okay for my Gmail account, no probs, but, I cannot get my talktalk email account set up on it. The settings are correct, honest! mail, port, password etc. I'm getting back; failed to connect to mail.talktalk.net/153.92.174.230 (port 993) from /193.168.1.17 (port 40740 after 3000ms: isConnected failed: ETIMEDOUT (Connection timed out) It's strange, almost as talktalk isn't there.

Hello, Thunderbird and K9Mail crash when opened on Android 12 (custom ROM). I can't submit to GitHub (no account there).

``` type: crash osVersion: [redacted] package: com.fsck.k9:39043 process: com.fsck.k9 processUptime: 299 ms

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application app.k9mail.K9App: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.controller.MessagingController',binds:app.k9mail.legacy.message.controller.MessagingControllerRegistry]' at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6773) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:257) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2092) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7876) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1019) Caused by: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.controller.MessagingController',binds:app.k9mail.legacy.message.controller.MessagingControllerRegistry]' at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:162) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:5) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.get(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveFromContext(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:131) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveInstance(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolve(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:55) at net.thunderbird.app.common.BaseApplication$special$$inlined$inject$default$1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:124) at kotlin.SynchronizedLazyImpl.getValue(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:21) at app.k9mail.K9App.onCreate(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:324) at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1228) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6768) ... 9 more Caused by: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.backend.BackendManager']' at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:162) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:5) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.get(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveFromContext(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:131) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveInstance(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolve(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:55) at com.fsck.k9.account.KoinModuleKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:571) at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:39) ... 19 more Caused by: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.backends.DefaultImapBackendFactory']' at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:162) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:5) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.get(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveFromContext(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:131) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveInstance(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolve(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:55) at com.fsck.k9.account.KoinModuleKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:1306) at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:39) ... 26 more Caused by: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.mail.store.imap.IdleRefreshManager']' at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:162) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:5) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.get(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveFromContext(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:131) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveInstance(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolve(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:55) at com.fsck.k9.account.KoinModuleKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:1179) at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:39) ... 33 more Caused by: org.koin.core.error.InstanceCreationException: Could not create instance for '[Singleton: 'com.fsck.k9.backends.AndroidAlarmManager']' at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:162) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:5) at org.koin.core.instance.SingleInstanceFactory.get(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveFromContext(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:131) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolveInstance(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:16) at org.koin.core.scope.Scope.resolve(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:55) at com.fsck.k9.account.KoinModuleKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:1079) at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:39) ... 40 more Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Permission com.fsck.k9.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION is required by your application to receive broadcasts, please add it to your manifest at androidx.room.util.DBUtil$$ExternalSyntheticBUOutline0.m(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:43) at androidx.tracing.TraceApi29Impl.obtainAndCheckReceiverPermission(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:72) at androidx.datastore.core.Api26Impl.registerReceiver(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:6) at androidx.tracing.TraceApi29Impl.registerReceiver(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:45) at com.fsck.k9.backends.AndroidAlarmManager.<init>(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:65) at com.fsck.k9.account.KoinModuleKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.invoke(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:1127) at org.koin.core.instance.InstanceFactory.create(r8-map-id-3c280bf5980d98748255d4a2c4793d4cc6f0ffa66b7a61c37728be20735925b9:39) ... 47 more

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I went out of the USA on May to Ecuador and Peru, and on the same day the Android version of Thunderbird stopped retrieving new email from the server. I have used Thunderbird pointed to the same server on Windows 11 and Android successfully for years. I thought it might be something to do with being out of the country, but now I'm back in the USA, and sync account on Android still does not retrieve new mail that has accumulated since May 4th. I've been following my email using a webmail access so I know there's lots of new mail. I've closed and reopened Thunderbird on the Android, and I've tried sync account with the webmail access closed. I have not yet tried Thunderbird on my windows 11 laptop because I'm still not home yet. Any suggestions welcomed, thank you for your help! Email to [edited[ from community support forum] at Rcn dot Com...

I had an email in my hotmail spam folder. I moved it to the inbox and it disappeared! Possible causes of a problem 1. The email came from a private email domain eg info@companyname.com. It is a small company which uses outlook, a previous email also ended up in my spam even though it is genuine, (And I know from experience that kind of email address can cause problems in my setup) 2. Both emails had an attachment - the first one I moved using thunderbird desktop, not android, directly to the inbox of another email account with no problem. 3. All email to my hotmail automatically gets forwarded onto a gmail account (not leaving a copy in hotmail). However if I mark an email as not spam/move to inbox in thunderbird (desktop) it doesn't get forwarded on, stays in the hotmail inbox.

I have just moved another message (telling me I'd signed in here) from my spam to inbox using thunderbird android and it has appeared in my hotmail inbox - so I suspect the attachment might be the issue?

Any advice of how I can get it back? (and also what exactly caused the issue) I have searched both email accounts (including trash and spam and all mail) and it isn't appearing anywhere... searched/looked in thunderbird desktop and both email accounts online and it has gone ... Thanks

When composing emails in Thunderbird for Android, I can't find any options to format text.

I can't select a typeface (even the most basic html tags for serif/sans-serif/monospace aren't available) or even make text bold, italic or underlined.

This makes it very hard to create emphasis where necessary, and it feels like ancient emails from before HTML formatting.

Is there something I am missing, or does this depend on the phone?

NB: I can do this with my messaging apps and the Gmail app, which I prefer not to use.

Sony Xperia 10 V Android 14