Showing questions tagged:

SIMPLIFY THUNDERBIRD. IT IS FAR TOO OVERCOMPLEX.

SIMPLIFY THUNDERBIRD IT IS EXCESSIVLY COMPLEX. I CANNOT EVEN SEE HOW TO MOVE MESSAGES FROM THE INBOX TO THE RELEVANT FOLDER IN MY LIST. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE FIREFOX AND T… (read more)

SIMPLIFY THUNDERBIRD IT IS EXCESSIVLY COMPLEX. I CANNOT EVEN SEE HOW TO MOVE MESSAGES FROM THE INBOX TO THE RELEVANT FOLDER IN MY LIST. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE FIREFOX AND THUNDERBIRD ARE OVERCOMPLEX AND NEED SIMPLIFIED. SIMPLES. WHY CANT I COPY AND PASTE THE VERSION NUMBER. BLOODY ARESHOLES . AS I SAID IT IS BLOODY OVERCOMPLEX. AT THIS POINT I AM CONSIDERING GIVING UP ON WHAT IS CLEARLY AN OVERCOMPLEX PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT REALLY DOESN'T LOOK GOOD EITHER AND THERE IS NO OFFICIAL SUPPORT SO WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. COMPLETE WASTE OF SPACE TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH COMES TO MIND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE

Open 1

Folders out of order

- Linux ver 140.7.1esr (64 bit) my folders are now out of alphabetic order among other things Trash us now under 'T' instead of grouped near the sent folder and my Comp… (read more)

- Linux ver 140.7.1esr (64 bit) my folders are now out of alphabetic order among other things Trash us now under 'T' instead of grouped near the sent folder and my Computer folder has a mind of it's own. It's not under C even after I changed the name. It is just stuck. Wha? tnx

Open 3 1 9

Thunderbird will not send message with vpn turned on

This only recently started happening. This has been tested on 3 different computers. Windows 10 Pro on all three. With VPN on: Bluemail works fine. Thunderbird can conn… (read more)

This only recently started happening. This has been tested on 3 different computers. Windows 10 Pro on all three.

With VPN on: Bluemail works fine.

Thunderbird can connect and download messages, but when I try to send a message, it gives an error.

With VPN off:

Bluemail and Thunderbird both work fine.

Open 1

cannot set password for outgoing email

I have filled in an un-correct password a number of times due to incorrect language setting of my keyboard. Then the popup window for this disappeared, and I cannot find … (read more)

I have filled in an un-correct password a number of times due to incorrect language setting of my keyboard. Then the popup window for this disappeared, and I cannot find a place to enter password. What can I do? It is the password for outgoing email.

Open 2 1

Thunderbird Mailbox kann sich nicht kopieren.

Ich erhalte die Meldung "Nachrichten konnten nicht in die Mailbox-Datei geschrieben werden. Stellen Sie sicher, dass das Dateisystem Ihnen Schreibrechte einräumt und genü… (read more)

Ich erhalte die Meldung "Nachrichten konnten nicht in die Mailbox-Datei geschrieben werden. Stellen Sie sicher, dass das Dateisystem Ihnen Schreibrechte einräumt und genügend Speicherplatz zur Verfügung steht, um die Mailbox zu kopieren." Speicherplatz ist genügend vorhanden. Bis jetzt konnte ich meine Emails problemlos abholen. Bin erreichbar über Telefon [edited] oder Handy [edited phone#'s from community support forum]

Solved 5 1

When our computer guy moved all info from our old computer to new, Thunderbird calendar was blank!

We have bought a new computer from our tech guy before. This time, all was fine except for the Thunderbid calendar. The 20 GB of email files are all there and email still… (read more)

We have bought a new computer from our tech guy before. This time, all was fine except for the Thunderbid calendar. The 20 GB of email files are all there and email still works. Only the calendar is blank. Our guy admits he dislikes Mozilla and rarely deals with it. Is there any way we can find the contents of the calendar? The old computer is still here in our house, but we only have one monitor. I had birthdays, lots of birthdays setup as repeating events. I hate to lose that.

This is odd as we didn't lose anything the last time we bought a new computer from same guy. We already were running Windows 11, so that is not the issue.

Solved 9 27

Thunderbird wiped out a local mail folder

I keep my mail (both sent and received) in local mail folders. My server is gmail, and sent mail is put in gmail's sent folder by default. Every few months, I copy thos… (read more)

I keep my mail (both sent and received) in local mail folders. My server is gmail, and sent mail is put in gmail's sent folder by default. Every few months, I copy those messages to a local folder, and after I back them up, I delete the server copy.

What to my dismay, I discovered today that only the message headers, and not the messages were present in the local folder, though they had been when downloaded. Looking at the file sizes, I found the sent file to be 0 Kb, and sent.msf 255 Kb, when sent should have been around 60 Kb long.

I have been able to restore the messages from backup (whew!), but I have no idea how then sent file was wiped out. I know I did not do it.

Has anyone else had this happen? Is there a preventive measure I should take?

Open 11

can't add my new GMX account to Thunderbird

good day, i'm trying to add a new GMX email account to thunderbird, but i keep getting an error telling me that the user name and or password are incorrect, but they are… (read more)

good day, i'm trying to add a new GMX email account to thunderbird, but i keep getting an error telling me that the user name and or password are incorrect, but they are not. i already have two (2 ) other GMX email accounts on thunderbird and they are working just fine. i had a similar issue last week with my Hotmail/Outlook account telling me it couldn't connect for the same reason, but that seemed to work itself out and that one is working fine. i've been using thunderbird for quite a while now and never had any issues integrating GMX email accounts. thank you for your time...Mike S

Solved 3

unread emails no longer in boldface

Running Windows 11 and TB 150.0.2. Can't recall exactly what I did, but after clicking on an email all unread emails are no longer in boldface. Any way to restore them? … (read more)

Running Windows 11 and TB 150.0.2. Can't recall exactly what I did, but after clicking on an email all unread emails are no longer in boldface. Any way to restore them? (New emails that come in are in boldface.) Thank you, Joel Hornstein jobby@att.net

Open 1

Line throught emails.

I open Thunderbird and see the list of received emails as usual and I have a "Viewing Pane" on the right. In the viweing pane I can see a portion of the email. However, t… (read more)

I open Thunderbird and see the list of received emails as usual and I have a "Viewing Pane" on the right. In the viweing pane I can see a portion of the email. However, there is a line going through the top portion of the viewing pane email and I cannot see what is under the line. I then fully open the email and the line is still there.

I have tried everything I can think of to fix this to no avail. I have even shut down Viewing Pane in settings and even then when I open an email it is still there.

I am trying to get Thunderbird to function in similar manner of Outlook Classic but the simplest of settings such as viewing pane just won't work. Thunderbird is up to date and Cache cleared. I have attached two photos to show what I am seeing.

Richard Hart

Open 1

Have transferred my website to Crazy Domains and they need DNS records for email in order to setup my email on webite

I have just transferred my website to crazy domains and in order to set up email they need DNS records for thunderbird. I dont know how to access this. Could you please p… (read more)

I have just transferred my website to crazy domains and in order to set up email they need DNS records for thunderbird. I dont know how to access this. Could you please provide these for me.

Open 1

Disordered subfolder files

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 spo… (read more)

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

Open 8 1 45

Thunderbird keeps trying to install a new helper tool and never opens.

When I try to open Thunderbird it keeps giving me a message that it is trying trouble install a new helper tool and asks for my password. I do so, hit the Install Helpe… (read more)

When I try to open Thunderbird it keeps giving me a message that it is trying trouble install a new helper tool and asks for my password. I do so, hit the Install Helper button, and then nothing ever happens. I get a spinning beach ball and it never opens no long how I wait. I would be very grateful for any suggestions or advice on what to do.

Open 7 18