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I recently installed 145.0 on Windows 11. It defaulted to a different view (Card view and the message list shows Name and Email). I changed it back to Classic and Name only in Settings, but each time I close and reopen Thunderbird, it changes back to Card view and Name/Email again. Any suggestions on how to permanently switch this to "Classic" and "Name"?

Hi

I'm using Thunderbird 140.5 on a desktop Mac running Sequoia 15.7.2

In Local Folders, my subfolders have subfolders. In both levels of subfolders, Thunderbird has spontaneously started disordering both newly created subfolders, and folders which I move from one subfolder to another using right click 'Move To'

Up until ten days ago, all folders whether new or moved, were listed alphabetically. Now, day by day, the disordering is getting worse and as someone with ongoing conversations with hundreds of clients, it is becoming impossible to work when I have to give so much time to slowly scanning through every folder looking for the relevant subfolder.

I don't know why I can't update this version, but I tried installing the newest version available (145) and used the 'reset folder option' which did not work either.

Also, setting up a whole new account instead of upgrading my existing account is a colossal faff and I'd rather not have to!

Aside from manually reordering (also a colossal faff), can anyone suggest something I might be missing in stopping this happening?

Thunderbird says I'm on an esr channel, if that helps

Thanks

How do I stop Thunderbird 115.10.1 closing tabs by itself? Previous version (I don't know what previous version I was running before the inadvertent forced update to 115.10.1) would leave tabs open until I manually closed a selected tab. How do I get 115.10.1 to perform the same way?

I need help with two items of thunderbird program. 1. I have a new iMac desktop OE Tahoe version 26.1 I tried to figure out how to use my thunderbird program to be just like the one in my older iMac version Tahoe 26.1. I found info in your forum. When I followed the info it was as simple as never before…which kind of concerned me. In the instructions for setting up thunderbird into the new iMac, it said to log into my acct using my email address. That worked & it asked if I wanted to open a new acct or the existing one. I used the existing one & it walked me through the pop & stmp setup. When it opened up, all the existing emails were on the new iMac. Super easy. But now I don’t know how to make thunderbird in the new iMac to look like the old one with large font like in thunderbird 140.4 version. Can you help me with step by step info? 2. In using thunderbird on the new iMac, will the emails still be accessible in the old iMac? Am I making sense or do you need something else from me? Thank you in advance for any assistance on this issue. Maria Jones [edited from public] @ix.netcom.com

Ctrl+N (or Message/New Message) brings up a default template providing Paragraph format and Variable width. I can easily change these to my preferred Body Text and DejaVu Sans - message by message - but how can I save this setting so that the default is always set this way? The nearest I can get is to save it in the templates folder, but Ctrl+ N doesn't go there: where does it look for the template it produces?

Hello,

I had been using Thunderbird as my email App for very long time. About a few years ago I stopped using it, due to some annoying errors.

I installed the new version a few days ago, however I am some issues:

1. I want to change the default email composing font type and font color. I made changes in the setting and config editor as well. When I start creating an email the font type and color shown is correct. However, as soon as I start typing the default takes over.

2. I have about 50, 000 emails, which I keep for references (ATT-Yahoo). Every evening all the messages disappear, except for about 2000. Then, in the mornings, I have to restart the app and it starts to download "AGAIN". Please advise.

Surendra

Not a huge problem, but VERY FRUSTRATING! After years of reliable performance, my personalized incoming mail notification sound (wav format) suddenly stopped playing. The 'test' function in settings works fine, but NOTHING happens when actually downloading messages. I've tried EVERY possible FIX, but NO LUCK. Any suggestions? Thanks

When I am typing an email in Thunderbird, regardless if I have my font size preset to Extra Large, Large, or Medium, the font that appears in the email while I am typing the email, is very tiny, so tiny it is hard for me to read it. Yet when the email is received by the recipient, the font appears the correct size as selected in composition settings. How do I fix this?

My In-comming email text message font is very small. In settings i have set it to 26 but this does not seem to work. can you help me get the incomming text larger.

Har tidligere haft 2 klik muligheder ovenover alle mapper, hvor jeg enten kunne hente mails eller klikke en slags grøn sky og derved få "NY meddelelse" frem, men nu er de begge væk...og jeg kan ikke finde ud af hvordan jeg gendanner dem. ???? Har version 145

I want to set thunderbird to delete e-mail from my server when, and only when, I delete it locally on my thunderbird on my laptop. I believe I used to do this in account settings, but now it seems that all I find in option to save e-mail on the server is an option to leave messages for "X" number of days, OR until I delete them... which is what I want except I think it used to mean that when I delete them locally, they would automagically delete on the server, also. Now it seems to mean until I specifically delete each of them ON THE SERVER, which is a pain to have to go through deleting e-mails twice, once locally and once again on the server... I believe there must be some setting I am missing, as I believe I used to have it set up the way I'm asking for, but it is not working now.

 I noticed this by having more than 12,000 e-mails on my server and about 90% of them should be erased already...    sad to have to go through them all again   =(

What setting to check? What to do ?? ( I did attempt the "compact folders" option that chatgpt suggested, but chatgpt only has access to older versions of the directions, and this is a new issue ) ( another option that seems to exist is to delete all of them in process of downloading them onto my laptop, but I do want to save some of them in both places ) In case it makes a difference, my server is at my webhosting site, it is not an e-mail service like gmail or yahoo. It is at my website on server hostpoint.ch thanks for any direction you can give me! Thanks for being there! Tom

I find US date format utterly confusing. I want change settings so that my Thunderbird email is in UK date format. 1 - How can I do this please? 2 - If the answer to 1) is "you can't yet" then how soon will this option be made available?

11-25-2025

• I am currently using Thunderbird 145.0 (64-bit) and have no option to show the formatting tool bar as I do when using 115.3.1 (64-bit).
• Please provide a path to allow for what I am not getting.

Regards, M.

I have Thunderbird 140.5.0 installed. It keeps moving my mail folders. I had them sorted in alphabetical order but a week ago it started moving my folders. For example, I have a folder named "FunWithTubes" but it keeps moving to the bottom of the list after "Y" and if I move it back then a day or so later it will be back somewhere else near the bottom. This is not the only folder it does this too but does not do it to all of them. How do I get it to put my folders back where I had them and leave them alone? This has got to be a bug.

Thank you.

As we are now accepting Xmas orders for our customers fish requirements 🙏🦀😌i’m trying to create a simple one line reply so we keep an acknowledgement short, informative and consistent but i’m not sure how to do it?

I’ve used quick parts in the past but cannot see it and it has to be least clicks and simple as other members who will check the emails are not great at computers so basic is best and i can set it up for us all 🐟🙏

any help appreciated !

thanks Danna

I have Thunderbird 145.xx and I HATE message threading (conversation view). I have set 'mailnews.default_view_flags' = 0 but it is not stopping new mail from coming in and being displayed in conversation view. (UGH!!!!)

Is there a way to permanently disable this annoying feature?