Thunderbird emails look fine on the screen but print out in an unreadably tiny font.
I got a new computer this week with Windows 10 (previous one had Windows 7). My Thunderbird emails look 100% fine on the screen, but they now print out in a font so small… (read more)
I got a new computer this week with Windows 10 (previous one had Windows 7). My Thunderbird emails look 100% fine on the screen, but they now print out in a font so small you'd need a microscope to read them. I've tried going to Print Preview, Zoom, but none of the available options makes a difference. What's up? (Note: The only thing I can think of is that I may have had Theme Font & Size Changer on my old computer, and not on this one--though if that's the case and I should re-load it, I have no idea what setting it should have. But maybe that's not the problem, and there's some other setting I've done improperly.)
Thunderbird
Lost address book
Here's what I did: - Copied the <Thunderbird/Profiles> folder - Uninstalled Thunderbird 60 - Installed Thunderbird 68 - Copied <Profiles> folder into new copy… (read more)
Here's what I did: - Copied the <Thunderbird/Profiles> folder - Uninstalled Thunderbird 60 - Installed Thunderbird 68 - Copied <Profiles> folder into new copy of Thunderbird - There was no Address Book, completely blank.
How do I get my Address Book back?
I have an Aug copy of <Profiles> that might have the Address Book in it but it will not have all E-mails. What files, exactly, would I need to copy from the Aug Profile to the new copy of Thunderbird to get my Address Book back (if that is possible)?
Any and all help is appreciated. I REALLY do not want to reconstruct my Address Book, it have 700+ addresses...
MilusC
Browser does not launch for https
After an upgrade, a browser is not launched for https links. http links do work. Per documentation, I have set network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https = true … (read more)
After an upgrade, a browser is not launched for https links. http links do work.
Per documentation, I have set
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https = true
When a link is clicked, a menu should open to allow selection of a browser, but it does not. When an https link is clicked, nothing happens.
According to documentation, setting network.protocol-handler.app.https directly no longer works. I tried setting it anyway, but as expected it has no effect.
FYI I am running Thunderbird 60.80.0 on Debian 10 (Buster).
Reinstalling thunderbird had no effect. Of course I did not delete my profile.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
How do I restored Local Folders that disappeared after a Firefox upgrade?
All my Local Folders disappeared when I updated (or installed a new version of) Thunderbird today. In fact, both of my active email accounts disappeared, too. I've rest… (read more)
All my Local Folders disappeared when I updated (or installed a new version of) Thunderbird today. In fact, both of my active email accounts disappeared, too. I've restored one email account but can't figure out how to restore the Local Folders.
Mysterious password/server error message when opening Tbird
Periodically I open Tbird and get this pop-up: "Sending of password for user mikews@frontier.com did not succeed. Mail server pop.mail.yahoo.com responded: Server error… (read more)
Periodically I open Tbird and get this pop-up: "Sending of password for user mikews@frontier.com did not succeed. Mail server pop.mail.yahoo.com responded: Server error - Please try again later." It happens with both of my TB email accounts. For however long it lasts, I can't get any email. Then, mysteriously, after awhile it begins working again. Don't know if this is a TB thing or an IP thing (Frontier.com). I've called Frontier many times and they can't solve it, even though it's their mail server. I've also noticed that other TB users have similar problems (community support). I'd really like to solve this because I don't want to give up Thunderbird, best email app anywhere. Hope someone can help. Thanks.
Amiri Quaran (Not installed)
Why does it say the above, next to Paragraph drop down under the subject line? Default is set to Calibri Thanks All
Copy/paste calendar event doesn't work
When I try to paste a copy of an event to a different date I am given a list of calendars to choose from, but 1) nothing happens if I click on one of the calendars, 2) th… (read more)
When I try to paste a copy of an event to a different date I am given a list of calendars to choose from, but 1) nothing happens if I click on one of the calendars, 2) there are no other buttons shown that will allow me to proceed. I usually end up creating the event from scratch on the required date.
Failure to connect (sometimes) via pop3. Cured by shuting down and restarting
Sometimes Thunderbird seems to fail to connect to British Telecom mail servers. BT mail servers have had problem for years and years and normally you have to wait for the… (read more)
Sometimes Thunderbird seems to fail to connect to British Telecom mail servers. BT mail servers have had problem for years and years and normally you have to wait for them to sort out their mail. Ridiculous for such a large company! So normally you just have to ignore any messages given by Thunderbird and wait for the 'problem' to magically go away. However this message which occurs at very irregular intervals is cured simply by restarting Thunderbird. So not really a question but something that might be easily solvable. I have about a dozen different email addresses in Thunderbird. Some connect via Imap, this one by pop3. This is the only one which stops connecting
I moved some messages from Inbox to another folder, and closed program. Now remaining inbox messages do not display, Repair Folder did not help.
I waited until the moved messages had completed moving before closing TB. The mail.ktb.net/Inbox file is still 1600MB and Inbox.msf 41MB, but no messages will display. I … (read more)
I waited until the moved messages had completed moving before closing TB. The mail.ktb.net/Inbox file is still 1600MB and Inbox.msf 41MB, but no messages will display.
I did not compact folders yet, fearing unrecoverable deletions. TB Inbox Folder Properties shows 0 messages and 150MB on disk.
Thunderbird filters do not function reliably
The Junk filter and all of the other filters I've set up do not work reliably. When I check mail, the filters work on some, but not all, of the incoming messages. As a p… (read more)
The Junk filter and all of the other filters I've set up do not work reliably. When I check mail, the filters work on some, but not all, of the incoming messages. As a partial workaround, I've been using the Folder Filters Button extension. Every time I receive a batch of mail, I click the button, and that seems to trigger the filters to act on the messages it missed (most of them, anyway). This has been going on ever since I started using Thunderbird a few years ago. The Junk filter works better than it did at first, but that's to be expected, and it still doesn't catch as much spam as others I've used previously with other email clients.
Every once in awhile, the unreliability gets to me, but I've never been able to do anything to improve the situation. I've renamed the Thunderbird shortcut to Blunderturd, as this seems accurate, and it keeps me from getting as angry when it screws up.
How are some messages sneaking around my filters?
(Thunderbird 60.7.0; Fedora-29, last updated 2 days ago)) A few almost-certainly-malicious messages are somehow sneaking around my filters. The text source of one such … (read more)
(Thunderbird 60.7.0; Fedora-29, last updated 2 days ago)) A few almost-certainly-malicious messages are somehow sneaking around my filters. The text source of one such message can be viewed for a few days here: "https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/zslZwdYUkWtkOH6nwX09MQ". A screen capture of the filter that should have caught and deleted it is in the attachment. How did this message sneak past the filter? What if anything should I change in the filter? Is there anything else I should do before submitting a bug?
The current operation on 'Inbox' did not succeeed. The mail server for account [my account name] responded: EXPUNGE failed.
Telus, my ISP in Alberta, Canada has had an ongoing mail server outage. As of today, it's one month, and although "most people are back up and running", I appear to be on… (read more)
Telus, my ISP in Alberta, Canada has had an ongoing mail server outage. As of today, it's one month, and although "most people are back up and running", I appear to be one of the few that aren't. My problem is that when I try to connect to Telus's IMAP server, Thunderbird gives me an error message, as follows: "The current operation on 'Inbox' did not succeeed. The mail server for account [my account name] responded: EXPUNGE failed." My knowledge is somewhat limited, but I take that to mean that in attempting to sync up my local copy of Inbox with the one on the server, an attempt to delete an email failed.
At first, I assumed this was a problem at Telus's end, but started to think otherwise when I realized that I can access the account on my iPhone.
In Thunderbird, I have tried: > deleting and re-creating the account > Changing the way Thiunderbird deals with deleted emails > Setting up a brand new Thunderbird profile and adding the single account to it. The EXPUNGE error message still continues to be displayed. In desperation(!), I set up the account in Outlook, and it, like my phone, works without protest. (However, I couldn't find any settings that mirror Thunderbird's "When I delete a message" options.)
I'm now very concerned that my ISP will tell me that my problem is in Thunderbird and therefore nothing to do with them.
Has anyone experienced this persistent "EXPUNGE failure"? Can anyone comment on why it might still be my ISP's problem and not Thunderbird's? All help greatly appreciated.
Alerts in Messages
Hello. For about a year, I get message alerts ok, but no sound. I've used 2 laptops and the same. I've turned up sound to 100% and same. On FF Quantum, 64-bit, 60.9… (read more)
Hello. For about a year, I get message alerts ok, but no sound. I've used 2 laptops and the same. I've turned up sound to 100% and same.
On FF Quantum, 64-bit, 60.9.0. Lenovo G50-45, Model 80E3. 4GB RAM.
Thanks :)
Can't open attachments when using Thunderbird under Fedora Silverblue
When running TB under Fedora Silverblue I can't open or save any attachments. Clicking on the attachment brings up a dialog asking if I'd like to open the file using Syst… (read more)
When running TB under Fedora Silverblue I can't open or save any attachments. Clicking on the attachment brings up a dialog asking if I'd like to open the file using System Handler. Clicking OK does nothing. If I select the alternate application drop down I get a choice of Help or Thunderbird, even though I have the required aps installed (Videos and VLC for mp4, Libreoffice for csv, which is the only two I've tried). I also cannot save the file anywhere. If I click Save I get a dialog asking me where to save the file, I select a directory (i.e. /home/Videos) and click Save, but then a dialog is displayed saying "Unable to save the attachment, please check your file name and try again later." I click OK on that dialog and another pops up saying "Unable to save the message. Please check your file name and try again later."
Is there a fix or workaround for this problem? Thanks, Ian
Using Thunderbird in the body of incoming e-mails it is all blank
The body of incoming e-mails is blank.
Repeatably downloading / refreshing messages in IMAP folders (outlook.office365.com)
Thunderbrid repeatably downloading / refreshing messages in IMAP folders (server: outlook.office365.com). It happened from time to time during past years but since coupl… (read more)
Thunderbrid repeatably downloading / refreshing messages in IMAP folders (server: outlook.office365.com). It happened from time to time during past years but since couple of versions it's almost 2-3 times a week. Because I prefer to have messages downloaded in Thunderbird It's very annoying when thousands od messages in various subfolders has to be redownloaded. I have large HDD and Win10 64-bit and retention policy is set not to delete messages. My current installed build is 69 beta4
Trouble importing address list from Yahoo
I was able to import the names of my contacts but the email addresses didn't appear. After working with this with all the ideas I had, I noticed that in the import quest… (read more)
I was able to import the names of my contacts but the email addresses didn't appear. After working with this with all the ideas I had, I noticed that in the import questions in Thunderbird, you are asked to tick or untick various columns, like First Name, Last Name, Primary Email, Secondary Email. I noticed when I opened the address book after importing the addresses, that there isn't a Primary Email and Secondary Email, there is only Email.
I was able to overcome this problem by removing the addresses from where they were appearing (either under Last Name or as part of First Name) and pasting them into "Email". I don't know if this could have been avoided by putting more commas or tabs into the file I was trying to import, csv or txt. I also don't know if it was caused because the list of options was looking for Primary Email rather than for Email and couldn't find it. Once in the correct column, the contact list became workable, I could use autocomplete and could create new lists.
*Allowing* pasting images referencing operating system files into compose window
I've set to "true" the mail.compose.attach_http_images preference. I've also unchecked the box "Send message as plain text if possible" and changed to "Send the message i… (read more)
I've set to "true" the mail.compose.attach_http_images preference. I've also unchecked the box "Send message as plain text if possible" and changed to "Send the message in HTML anyway" the drop-down box option under "When sending messages in HTML format . . ."
Regardless, Thunderbird continues to block pasting images referencing operating system files into the compose window (displaying "Thunderbird has blocked a file from loading into this message. Unblocking the file will include it in your sent message.").
Is there anyway to change this behavior?
I've already studied:
• The explanation under "Mail composition" on this New in Thunderbird 52.0 page
•The release note mentioning mail.compose.attach_http_images on the page Thunderbird Release Notes Version 52.0
And these threads:
• Embedded images in TB 52.3.0 don't display when editing message
• Thunderbird fails to properly insert pasted images
• Since 2/23/18, cannot insert photo from file or copy/paste picture into email
• And these specific to the signature file: HTML signature file containing images, now blocked by Ver 52.0.1 and Created a signature with an image. See it when I compose but recipient can't
After donating we have tried to click "sign up now" but keep receiving an error message reading "Something seems to have gone wrong. Please try again later"
We remembered to agree to the privacy policy by clicking the box. Is this just a temporary problem and we need to check back again later or is it something on our end tha… (read more)
We remembered to agree to the privacy policy by clicking the box. Is this just a temporary problem and we need to check back again later or is it something on our end that needs to be changed? Thank you for your help!
Why is Thunderbird so primative? It works like an old 1980s PC
Will Thunderbird ever be brought into the 21st century, in terms of LOOKS & ACTING NEWER ?