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I was using Thunderbird for Windows 10 normally for many months. Recently, whenever I launch the app it immediately freezes, and I have to force quit the application. Reinstalling the app does not fix the issue. I haven't tried deleting my profiles yet, but I would like to avoid that if possible.

This may be a feature request, or something I am missing in the current TB128.2

Whenever I search, I always prefer the "Show results as a list," presentation but the view shown is always the one with the stats and I have to then click "show results as a list." Is there a way to have that screen come up initially so I don't always have to request it?

As described in [question] I am unable to install addons in Thunderbird: when attempting to install an addon, either via the in-app browser or via a file, a pop-up window appears for which "Add" and "Cancel" buttons do nothing (there is no way to move or remove the window without killing the process).

I am opening this question as this problem still persists over a year and many versions later.

Thunderbird V. 115.11.1-1 on 6.9.3-arch1-1 with Sway WM

Hi!

My name is Maria. I have been using Thunderbird for a while now and have recently run into some issues. The app interface is broken and I can no longer see the graphic design/proper email layout. There is also the issue that it appears my email is forwarding the emails I receive back to my email, rather than getting mail directly from the sender. I have attached an image below so you can see what I mean.

I have tried updating and restarting both the app and my computer, going so far as to remove and reinstall Thunderbird, but nothing has helped. Please let me know what I can do! I am wondering if I somehow changed the code on my end? I have no idea.

Thank you, Maria

This is a problem I have from time to time. I am currently using TB 128.2, but have had it in prior versions from before 115. I had the problem in win10, though now I am using win11pro current version.

I search an item based on a text stream, in this case: "tree planting works in the fall," and the results are found, but I can't open it. I then click show results as a list and it says no messages found. This is a message I archived. If I go to my saved local archive I can find and open the message. So the search was useful in that I was led to the message, but what's up with search? Is there an operation like compaction that I need to run to get search reoriented?

I have attached screen shots of the original find and the show results as a list.

Hiya,

I just started setting up Thunderbird and I have come across a bug. At least, I think it's a bug.

The situation: I'm viewing favorite folders and unified folders. What I want, is to show some unified folders in my favorite folders. That is, my unified inbox, drafts, and sents. So, I right click on them, I select "✅ Favorite folder" and they appear among my favorite folders. All good, right? However... When I restart Thunderbird, the unified inboxes have disappeared from my favorite folders. And when I right click them, it still says they are marked as "✅ Favorite folder" And the way to make them reappear is by deselecting and reselecting them as favorite folders. See the picture.

So, what is happening? Is this a bug? My guess is that it is. Could anyone help me to circumvent this?

Using TB 115.15. When I delete a number of messages, then empty the trash, I cannot delete another message until I restart Thunderbird. Is there a limit as to the number of emails I can trash prior to emptying the trash?

The global search in TB is completely defective. I am now running 128.2.0esr and hoped that update might fix it. It hasn't. I just wonder, are there any older or non ESR versions I can downgrade/move to, where the search is fully functional?

I have 4 email account using Thunderbird. These are all domain imap email accounts. They work via the web hosting mail (Yahoo/Turbify). I can access many different ways: Outlook on my iPhone and iPads, Thunderbird on my desktop Mac Pro. There was some sort of tech issue at Turbify where all 4 account are hosted but all email was restored and password were reset.

However, only one account jeff@jeffmunk.com no longer work on Thunderbird, perhaps the most import one. I checked both the imap settings and smtp setting and the authentication and recommended ports and I still can't get that one account to work - but only on Thunderbird. It works retrieving from mail from Yahoo and Outlook, both phone apps or a browser on the desktop. I think I has this issue once before.

Hello, I'm on the point of reinstalling MS Windows on my laptop and as part of the process I backed up Thunderbird to a USB stick using your instructions "Moving Thunderbird Data to a new computer".

I have four email addresses, one I've used for probably 15+ years, another for 8 years, and two more recent additions. In copying the data to the USB stick, there are two Trash transfers taking significant time, one for 70%, the other for 6%.

I've looked for the Trash folders on my laptop but can't locate them. I have empty Deleted folders (I'm in the UK so perhaps that's just a terminology difference). Obviously I don't want to have these Trash folders transferred into a fresh copy of Thunderbird after the Windows reinstall.

So my question is how do I delete these Trash folders before I copy the Thunderbird data to the USB stick, and how do I prevent them reoccurring?

Grateful for any help with my problem.

Regards, Andrew King

Hi,

I have experienced a worrying problem since a few days on Thunderbird client (Windows).

I recently received anonymous emails on my ISP mailbox. The sender has been disguised with display name of some of my recent recipients, but the sender is not visible when I open the message. The mail subject is also taken up from these recent emails. Each of these emails contains one of my personal family photos! These suspicious messages are only visible on Thunderbird 128.2.0esr (64 bits) Windows and not on web mail in a browser nor on the mail client of my smartphone!

Inspection of the message source in Thunderbird does not show the email header... but only the binary code of the image that has been included as an attachment.

It appears these incoming messages were modified locally in Thunderbird because I can see the original and valid emails from the senders in a web browser or from my smartphone. I suspect a malware is corrupting some inbox messages in Thunderbird. Norton did not detect any malware on my PC. Malwarebytes has quarantined a few PUPs/MUPs.

Only one of my mailboxes is affected by this problem. Is there any known vulnerability in Thunderbird similar to this report? How can I block this kind of alteration of incoming mail?

support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1391768

"cannot truely say those downloaded emails are an independent copy because... display whatever is held on server"

Seems to say that TB displays [a message that had been downloaded] not by reading it from folder in computer, instead by reading it from sever. If something different is meant, then please clarify.

Hello, I still have not gotten my answer on how to fix my outgoing emails with Thunderbird, I do not know how to configure it, I have tried many times watching YouTube vidoes, and nothing works!

I need over the telephone assistance or I will have to pay again to get it fixed, and now it has happened all over again. Also, there is a so-called Mozilla Thunderbird customer service phone number, which I do not know whether it is legitimate or a fraudulent phone number, it is (817) 406-3036. As far as I know there is no customer service number on your site, so this make me wary.

                                                               Thank You,
                                                                D.S.
                                                                willowby4@yahoo.com

HELLO,

          SORRY FOR THE CAPS, IM JUST FRUSTRATED!! I PAID A COMPUTER TECH

$90.00 ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO TO FIX AND OUTGOING MAIL ISSUE, AND HE FIXED THE ISSUED, NOW IT HAS STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN! I HAVE LOOKED AT MANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND STILL AHVE NOT SOLVED THE SMTP ISSUE! THIS IS WHAT THE MESSAGE BOX SAYS: SMPT SERVER

         DESCRIPTION SERVER NAME
         PORT 587-DEFAULT 587
         SECURITY AND AUTHENTIFICATION
         CONNECTING SECURITY THIS IS WHAT I PUT STARTTLS
         AUTHENTIFICATION METHOD: NORMAL PASSWORD
         USER NAME I PUT MY EMAIL ADDRESS willowby4@yahoo.com

I TRYING TO FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO PUT INTHAT BOX!! I WOULD APPRECITATE A RESPONSE PLEASE!

                                                                        THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
                                                                         Deborah H. Sigel
                                                                         willowby4@yahoo.com

ello,

       About 5 months ago I had this same issue and paid a person $90.00 to fix this issue

and erything was working gin until just recently, I have this issue all over again! I cannot afford to keep paying people to fix this all the time is this issue keeps popping up! Now I cannot received or send any outgoing mail!! THE MESSAGE SAYS: SEND MESSAGE ERROR, SENDING OF THE MESSAGE FAILED THE MESSAGE COULD NOT BE SENT BECAUSE THE CONNECTING TO THE OUTGOING SERVER (SMPT) stmp.mail.yahoo.com failed. THE SERVER MAY BE UNAVAILABLE OR IS REFUSING SMPT CONNECTING. PLEASE VERIFY THAT YOUR OUTGOING SERVER (SMPT) SETTINGSD ARE CORRECT AND TRY AGAIN> I'M LOST, I'M NOT THAT TECHMICAL AND NEED HELP! FORGOT TO ADD ME EMAIL FOR WHAT TO DO! willowby4@yahoo.com

Hi. I have created 2 subfolders in "Drafts", which ALSO turned into draft folders:

• The folder icons switched from the standard folder icon to the "Drafts" icon.
• The right-click context menu is reduced (just like for other special folders), e.g. the "delete" command is missing.

So how can I delete this misbehaving folder now ?

I doublechecked in my account manager and via config editor that the subfolder are NOT used as DRAFTS folder for any of my (POP3) accounts.

Thank you so much.