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I would like to create sending lists (to send the same message to several persons at the same time). That was possible before, but I can't see how to do in the latest version. I have recently bought a new computor.

I've been using Thunderbird for a few months now and I have been marking email as "spam" or as "not spam" but I am finding that a lot of addresses that I mark as "not spam" still end up in my spam folder, even after marking them several times.

What I have been doing is restoring the email that I want to read back to the inbox and marking it again as "not spam". Some email that I mark as spam does get moved to the spam folder, which is fine.

Is this was happens for some considerable time or am I getting something wrong?

In trying to launch Thunderbird, I am now for the first time being asked for my primary Thunderbird password. I do not remember setting this up and I have no record of this. How do I reset this password so that I can open thunderbird? I have been using Thunderbird for several years now and have never previously been asked for a primary password.

Hi, I will just open with a notice to Mozilla - I would happily donate to your work IF..... There are a number of irritating features I encounter using Thunderbird but one of the most infuriating is that when updating, any message tabs that were previously open disappear - when surely it must be possible to locate these in a straightforward data file somewhere - ready to populate automatically or even manually would be appreciated? At least, Firefox, after a bit of searching does keep a list of history..... but who wants to open ALL tabs in any period of history regardless of whether they were open when the update occurred.

Colours of anything and everything could be varied to speed up and simplify use? Server settings are all over the place... taking longer to enter/locate and edit than they ever should..... seeing a list of every setting inside a postage-stamp box without being able to even see much of it - after all these years surely you can over-rule Microsoft? Avoid kowtowing to monopolies!

I must get on with proper work so will stop moaning now... but my first line stands - get things professional and smoother with greatly increased options and I'll (probably like many others) be keen to give financial support!

Warmest wishes, Tom

Using TB 140.8.1 esr(64 bit) on Win11 Home desktop. My internet speed: About 40 Mbps up and down. All routine Win and TB updates installed when available. No changes in configuration, accounts, settings etc. except installing routine updates to TB and Win11. No problem with sending/receiving email. Sent mails go out immediately and appear right away in my sent folder. No problem receiving USENET news new postings to subscribed groups. I'm subscribed to 3 groups, using news.eternal-september.org. It used to be that when I wrote a reply to a post in a thread the msg would be sent within a few seconds. Recently and consistently, when I post to a group, pop-up notification tells me msg is being assembled. But progress appears to stall and msg often takes an hr. or more to appear in sent folder. Sometimes, it never appears in my sent folder but I can see it was sent because subsequent new postings to the same thread often cite my text and/or reply to it. My sent configuration: outgoing server: smtp.gmail.com port: 465 user name: my gmail email address - which works fine using google's web interface or TB authentication: OAuth2 connection security: SSL/TLS Any idea what's wrong? Any suggestions what to try to get back to prompt processing of sent postings to subscribed USENET groups?

I've been trying to move my Thunderbird data (148.0) from a Win10 to a Win11 machine. I've meticulously followed both the methods outlined at http://mzl.la/1ApHiU3. I have copied my original profiles.ini from the ...AppData\Roaming folder to that location on the new machine, then corrected the drive locations in the file (see attached profiles.ini image). (yes, the correct "j4sqsccb.XXXXXXX" folder is copied to the new installation's root: a bulky several-GB)

In order to try to replicate my original computer's admittedly-awkward installation from long ago, I have added the suffix " -p -no-remote" to the desktop icon's Target field. And on startup, the new T-bird does properly show my original profiles in the Select panel - even though I only ever used the one that functioned correctly, identified as 1 in the profiles.ini file (see Choose User Profile image, IDs X'ed-out).

However, on selecting that profile on the Win11 machine, Thunderbird just takes me to the account setup screen, as if it's unable to locate or load the account settings for that profile.

I'm only doing this clunky method of copying-over out of ignorance; I'd be very happy to simplify the mess I'd created decades ago with my original installation. OR if you think I'm better off wiping all evidence of past installations to start from a clean install, I'll be happy to do that. Please let me know if you need additional info I've failed to provide here!

Also adding images of my ...Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles folder and Installs.ini file, just in case!

Ich habe ein Update von meinem Tunderbird Konto gemacht. Meine Software ist Windows 10. nun habe ich keineUnterlagen mehr. Was soll ich tun. bitte um Hilfe. Bin bereits82 Jahre alt und habe keine Hilfe.

depuis le 10 mars 12 h ma boîte mail thunderbird ne reçoit plus aucun message et je ne peux en envoyer aucun. j'ai un message  : échec de l'authentification lors de la connection au serveur. Mon serveur Yahoo me demande de me reconnecter, ce qui s'avère impossible à faire. Je précise que je n'avais pas touché à mon compte en amont.

Email: joseph.gonzalez@bbox.fr Monl: 33688302264

Bonjour a tous, SVP Aidez moi, je ne peux plus utiliser Thundrtbird, je n'arrive pas à comprendre ce que je peux ou dois faire, suis un novice, l'informatique et moi ne sommes pas des amis. Mais j'ai utilisé Thunderbir depuis quelques années. Mais la, j'ai pour raisons personnelles ai du effacer et réinstaller l'application. Je ne sais pas ce qui s'est passé, mais plus rien ne fonctionne. A chaque fois que je fais une tentative j'ai toujours ce message d'erreur: "Connexion au serveur impossible. La configuration, l'identifiant ou le mot de passe sont probablement incorrects" . J'attends avec impatience votre aide. Je vous remercie tous

Today I have experienced a problem downloading new messages, bulk, trash or anything else in my mail server into thunderbird. it requires my primary password and then my regular password. I just set up my primary password so I understand why it is asking for that, but I don't understand why it is also asking for my regular password before I can get access to the mail server that I am using. the regular password was set up on 6/17/24 and until today it was working fine.

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   Just today I received this error code when trying to sync with my Outlook account in TB. It tells me that anything under v.16.1 will not work. In the account settings it only allows me to choose from v.2.5 & 14, no 16. How do I update to ver.16?

Thanks, Bob

Thunderbird--All of my current year INBOX emails disappeared. I have tried repairing the folder, deleting INBOX.msf and restarting including in troubleshooting mode, reinstalled Thunderbird. None of these actions changed the situation. Is it possible to retrieve these messages?

The INBOX folder is much larger than the INBOX.msf folder, so I'm thinking the message info is in there?

I;m using Windows 10.

All my saved mails in my local archives dissappeared about one week ago, probably in connection with a system update of my Thunderbird mail box. These mails are important for me. How do I do to get them back? Best regards, Monica Biander

I use apple mail on my phone and Thunderbird on my PC and my (IMAP) email provider is GMX. I recently added a couple of sub-folders to an existing folder and changed the names of couple of others (in the same main folder). I did those changes on my phone. However, those changes are not reflected on my PC. The folders with changed names are in the folder list but greyed out but the new folders are missing. If I click on a greyed out folder it is empty. I've tried several ways to force the list to update but, so far have been unsuccessful.

What is causing my problem and how can I fix it?

Thanks for any advice.

Hi. Yesterday I started getting a error saying TB could not connect to server (enter password). TB has been working ok for ages nothing has been changed (user name/password). I had read about adding OAuth2 to setting but cannot see this option in the dropdown box for connections. I have aske TB to test connection both in/out going and it tells me it can connect. I have added 3 screen shots. I can still send and receive emails via Yahoo web page and using mobil phone. thanks

A few days ago I started getting a failed sign in for one of my emails. The solution seems to be that my authentication method in ≡ > Account Settings > Server Settings does not give OAuth2 as a choice. Screenshot shows what is available. All other email authentication methods have that as a choice. Is this a problem with the email program or T'bird? T'bird is 140.8.1esr (64-bit) O/S is Win11 Thanks for your help

I can't login to my Mozilla email account this morning. My service provider is working fine and I can send and receive emails through them but not through Mozilla. Please advise. Thank you. Tim Cimperman cody46@zoominternet.net