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This is a similar problem to other threads, but I haven't found my solution there.

(1) Opened Thunderbird (128.8.1, 64 bit, Windows 10) this morning, and got "No messages found" in every folder, including Local Folders.

(2) Thunderbird still retrieves New (unread) messages, audio-announces them, and the header appears in the Message Header pane. But once they are read, the message header no longer appears.

(3) In Troubleshoot Mode, all messages are still there and visible. Turned all extensions and hardware acceleration off, and using the standard system theme. Problem is still there in normal mode.

(4) If I run Search, it finds all relevant messages, and I'm able to display them.

It could be a bug in the program, or I may have just accidentally changed some setting that's causing this -- but it sure would be nice to get everything back and visible. Help, please!

I have a new HD and installed Linux Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. I installed Thunderbird version 2:1 snap 1-Oubuntu3. The program will not open Just get "Your Thunderbird profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible."

Dear, i have simple wish: in my work I receive emails with a lot of addresses, and in the program in "To" area is really small and is full! I would like that you put possibility (bottom line) that we can change size of "To" area, it will be better to see more/all addresses. Thank you!

Best regards, Dubravko Pavoković

On my email signature, I want four different links on four different lines. I get them all on the same line. How can I do this with one on top of another? Also how can I create a hyperlink in my signature without writing out the entire website name. Example: https://swordinthestonerecords.com/books. I only want to put "Books" with a hyperlink to the site Thank you.

From time to time - and for reasons that I cannot discern - I get screens popping up from Google saying that it needs information or permission to access T-bird accounts. I have both gmail and other domain mail server accounts in T-bird.

Today, it's happening again. I can't seem to resolve the issue even though I've been through the process of providing requested information and permissions. I can't get T-bird to connect to servers to look for downloadable messages. This is a problem that is keeping me from using 2-step verification with several websites that I need to contact. I say that T-bird isn't connecting because the messages that normally appear when I request downloads do not appear at the bottom of my screen. The problem started with the first screen below and has now migrated to the second screen. I tried sending test email among my accounts, both gmail and others, but I cannot. As far as I can tell, T-bird is sending the messages to servers but not retrieving them, but I cannot be sure they were sent. As I was typing this sentence the second screen below popped up without my doing anything with email.

I don't recall what I've done in the past to resolve the issue. IIRC it has required different acts at different times. Today, nothing seems to work. If this continues, I'm going to have to find another email client after having used T-Bird for more than a decade.

Can someone please tell me how to get off this merry-go-round?

I occasionally have problems with Thunderbird insisting that posts in my frequently visited newsgroup are expired when they are not. Previouly, I've been able to resolve this problem by simply unsubscribing from the newsgroup and then subscribing again. But today, when I tried that technique, Thunderbird told me that there were no messages at all in my newsgroup. This is flat-out wrong because the newsgroup is quite active. Right-clicking and choosing Get Messages did NOT change the situation.

Then, to add an extra layer of aggravation, I added a second newsgroup to my subscriptions, one for Thunderbird itself, but it was empty. I deleted that folder and then unsubscribed to my other newsgroup and tried to subscribe again but now the "Manage subscriptions" button shows me no newsgroups whatsoever!

I am beyond frustrated by this nonsense. What do I need to do to get "Manage subscriptions" to show me the thousands of newsgroups that exist and how do I make "Get messages" to show me the messages currently on my newsgroup?

I'm using Eternal September to access Usenet. My operating system is Windows 10. The version of Thunderbird I'm using is 128.8.1esr (32-bit).

The contents of my thunderbird folders are not shown although the number of email contained there is shown at the top oof thunderbird next to the folder's name (see images 1 and 2 for example). When a new email comes I can see it, but after clicking on it and seeing it, it disappears from my folder. Nevertheless, all emails are there because if I go to the troublshouting mode I see then (see images 3 and 4). I do not have any special extensions or themes (see extensions.jpg and Themes.jpg).

Any ideas on how I can resolve this issue? Best, Haris

I installed Thunderbird 136.0.1 for Windows this week to use with my Gmail/Google account. I'm loving the way it works and the fact that it interfaces with the Google calendars (even the birthday calendar driven by Google contacts) well. The address book seems a bit more inconsistent with syncing/updating and I'm trying to gain an understanding of how that works. If I add a contact the the address book in Thunderbird, it shows up in the web interface in Google contacts. However, If I delete a contact in the web interface, that contact is not removed from the Thunderbird address book. Am I just not being patient enough for the syncing to take place?

Thanks! Rob

I have been using Thunderbird as my main email account for many years. It's installed on my old PC, a laptop and I recently added it to my mobile. A few weeks ago I installed Thunderbird on a new PC. Today was the first time I tried to send a message from this new PC and I get an error every time. The error reads: Sending of the message failed. An error occurred when sending mail: Outgoing server (SMTP) error. The server responded: shw-obgw-4003a.ext.cloudfilter.net cmsmtp 209.234.253.73 blocked. AUP#DNS As far as I can tell, Thunderbird is set up on the PC the same way as on the laptop, which has no problem sending emails. I have no idea what's wrong....

I have messages in an online inbox that I am attempting to move to my local inbox but nothing happens. I created a "new-inbox" folder and the messages do move there but I still cannot place in my local inbox. I have tried to repair folder but that didn't help. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hello, Yesterday the Google calendar tab opened with a message and stupidly I didn't read it - I just closed the tab and thought I'd check it later. Then I realised I could neither dismiss TB calendar notifications or snooze them. Next I realised I could no longer add to the TB calendar or delete any items that were already in there. I'm not sure if there has been a recent update which may have brought this about but any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Hi I've recently started using Thunderbird & have made several customisations & created a userChrome.css file. I find the yellow star on a starred message a bit to easy to miss. Is there a way to either make the yellow star another colour or to make the starred message in the message list another colour (like Outlook does)? The only info I have found so far makes all stars change colour - starred on unstarred. That defeats my objective. Thanks, Tony

My messages are no longer being spell-checked as I am typing the message or just before sending the email. I think it stopped performing this function 2-4 weeks ago even with both options checked under settings.

After Update 128.8.1esr installed on 3/19.2025, I cannot receive or send messages. Worked fine in the morning on 3/19 and after update I get nothing. I have an AOL account for my email. I can get my email by going through the AOL internet site, but nothing through Thunderbird. The previous update was 128.8.0esr installed on 3/7/2025, and that worked fine.

Sometimes I want to change the color of a single sentence in an email I'm composing. I get the Color Selection from the menu, but the text color remains black. (I don't have this problem with any other software I use, including a couple of "ancient" software tools.)

Please advise.