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Global indexing makes Thunderbird very unresponsive after update to v128

Thunderbird automatically updated to v128 earlier this week after I went to Help - About Thunderbird to check that it had updated to v115.14. Everything seemed okay im… (read more)

Thunderbird automatically updated to v128 earlier this week after I went to Help - About Thunderbird to check that it had updated to v115.14.

Everything seemed okay immediately after the update, but when I started Thunderbird the next day it was very unresponsive. Checking the Activity Manager showed that Thunderbird was indexing messages, but that this was happening very slowly. I let Thunderbird do its thing that day in the hope that things would settle down.

The next day when I started Thunderbird things were still bad. I tried Rebuilding the Global Database but when I restarted Thunderbird it was just as bad, if not worse.

I then turned off indexing in the Thunderbird settings and Thunderbird is now responsive and back to normal.

Is anyone else seeing anything like this? Any suggestions to fix the problem?

I am a long time Thunderbird user so my profile is very large with a lot of accounts, and has been through a lot of Thunderbird versions, so it is potentially more complicated than normal.

Thunderbird version is currently 128.1.0esr (32-bit).

Thanks

Asked by zatz 1 month ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 11 hours ago

Thunderbird on Windows 10/11

I supply software that uses TB to send emails with an attachment (via MAPI - an invoice) I have a number of customers for whom this has stopped working. I tested all of t… (read more)

I supply software that uses TB to send emails with an attachment (via MAPI - an invoice) I have a number of customers for whom this has stopped working. I tested all of these with the usual fixes. The app has full access to the folder containing the file. The app is set as administrator and is inside the firewall. I have set default mail app to TB. TB is set to check as default on startup. Yet windows keeps saying we need to define a default email client. One customer solved the problem by buying a new PC. I have another customer who has this problem on a new PC. There may be a common denominator in Microsoft Office which on loaded onto the PC's. If that is the problem then that is Microsoft denying access to TB? Has anyone had this problem and can suggest a fix I would be grateful.

Steve Hall

Asked by Steve Hall 1 week ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 1 day ago

Invisible emails

I have had a few emails that did not show up in the inbox listing, so the message count at the top indicated more messages than were listed. Doing a search showed them, a… (read more)

I have had a few emails that did not show up in the inbox listing, so the message count at the top indicated more messages than were listed. Doing a search showed them, and by moving them from the search results to another folder, and then re-searching and moving them back, caused most of them to appear. But not all - I still have a message count of 20, but only 19 listed, see photo 1. Photo 2 shows the hidden email (from Barry Chandler). So the email is there, it's just not visible!

Asked by paul549 5 months ago

Last reply by paul549 2 days ago

Every time i open thunderburd....

Hi. Why every time i run thunderbird and if i leave it open too often it bring me the error message for all hotmail/outlook mail accounts i have??? What the heck is hap… (read more)

Hi.

Why every time i run thunderbird and if i leave it open too often it bring me the error message for all hotmail/outlook mail accounts i have???

What the heck is happening and how i can solve this?

Asked by Gregory 2 months ago

Last reply by Gregory 3 days ago

Perminantly disbkle send later

My email sending defaults to send later, I have to close Thunderbird to get the emails to send now. I have looked at extension and NONE are set How do I get rid of the … (read more)

My email sending defaults to send later, I have to close Thunderbird to get the emails to send now.

I have looked at extension and NONE are set

How do I get rid of the send later function

Asked by carl4849 2 months ago

Last reply by Eric Meece (Eric Mystic) 3 days ago

Thunderbird 128.1.1

You have recently released version Thunderbird 128.1.1 in which you have changed the Compact View so that it is effectively no longer a Compact View, because the spaces h… (read more)

You have recently released version Thunderbird 128.1.1 in which you have changed the Compact View so that it is effectively no longer a Compact View, because the spaces have been increased between the Folders in the sidebar folder pane. I have been using Thunderbird for a couple of months and really liked the Compact View but now it has been spoiled. I don't understand why it was necessary to change this, and would be grateful if you would please revert the Compact View to how it appeared in version 115

Kind regards

Brian Lawrence

Asked by Brian 1 week ago

Last reply by Brian 4 days ago

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Cannot create new subfolder since ver 128.1.0esr

Since update to ver 128.1.0esr the "new subfolder" feature does not work (does not show window to name new folder). I have many subfolders and I rely on them heavily. I t… (read more)

Since update to ver 128.1.0esr the "new subfolder" feature does not work (does not show window to name new folder). I have many subfolders and I rely on them heavily. I tried restarting Thunderbird, then Windows. I ran in debug mode with no success. I downloaded and installed 128.2.0esr again. No change.

Is it possible to go back to the earlier version? Which is? Thanks, Frederick

Asked by fh2nd 1 month ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 1 week ago

Failure to send email

I am getting a number of messages "Sending of the message failed. SSL received a record with an incorrect Message Authentication Code. The configuration related to mail.t… (read more)

I am getting a number of messages "Sending of the message failed. SSL received a record with an incorrect Message Authentication Code. The configuration related to mail.tobymanning.co.uk must be corrected" when I send an email

Asked by Toby-Go 6 days ago

Last reply by david 6 days ago

Thunderbird Crashing on Start up

Hello, Thunderbird keeps crashing. That is about all that I can tell you. It started this morning (/when I got to work I fist noticed it). I have not used any add ons.… (read more)

Hello,

Thunderbird keeps crashing. That is about all that I can tell you. It started this morning (/when I got to work I fist noticed it). I have not used any add ons. I have been submitting crash reports. Crash data avaiable on request. I uninstalled and re installed, same result; crashes immediately on start up.

Please assist.

Thank you

Toll

Asked by Toll 1 week ago

Last reply by Toll 6 days ago

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export contacts from olf thunderbird to new on new computer

I have a very old computer with windows 7 and Thunderbird 11.5.14. 0 32 bit I have finally got a new computer with windows 11 and have installed Thunderbird 128.1 ESR 64… (read more)

I have a very old computer with windows 7 and Thunderbird 11.5.14. 0 32 bit I have finally got a new computer with windows 11 and have installed Thunderbird 128.1 ESR 64 bit I tried to export from the old version but it will not install on the new version. How do I move my contacts from the old one to the new one - contacts are all I care about , I can get the email by logging in. There doesn't seem to be an export for just contacts.

Im willing to put them in something like xcel as a csv if needed. thanks for any help.

Dianne

Asked by foxymax 6 days ago

Answered by foxymax 6 days ago

email

We have been working with our server, Blue Mountain, for weeks now trying to correct ever shifting email issues: can't send or receive emails on laptop, can receive on ph… (read more)

We have been working with our server, Blue Mountain, for weeks now trying to correct ever shifting email issues: can't send or receive emails on laptop, can receive on phones but not send, then can't receive but can send. Then can't do either. Currently I haven't gotten an email on my phone since August 2, the last item there is a box that says "Correct credentials needed. Enter credentials for arimor@gorge.net." My husband's last email is a Newsbreak -- from a week or so ago. So we can't send or receive from laptop or phones, but in our last contact with Blue Mountain they said it must be a Thunderbird problem. I fervently hope it is because then our problems might be solved. Can you help?

Asked by arimor 6 days ago

Last reply by david 6 days ago

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How can I remove Google account from Thunderbird?

I have two Google (yes, Google, not gmail) accounts. When setting up my gmail in Thunderbird, I was prompted to enter the Google account. I have entered the wrong one. Co… (read more)

I have two Google (yes, Google, not gmail) accounts. When setting up my gmail in Thunderbird, I was prompted to enter the Google account. I have entered the wrong one. Consequently, I cannot access my gmail: "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password."

I have tried all ways I have found in this forum to get rid of it again, such as editing the prefs file, but to no avail.

How can I remove the Google account from the Thunderbird settings to be able to insert the new one?

Thanks for your help in advance, Matt

Asked by mf10 3 months ago

Answered by Matt 3 months ago

Downloading email messages

Within last 2 to 3 weeks I noticed that when I click Get Messages the momentary line of text at bottom-left typically says "there are no new messages", or the "number of … (read more)

Within last 2 to 3 weeks I noticed that when I click Get Messages the momentary line of text at bottom-left typically says "there are no new messages", or the "number of messages" about to be downloaded. (This is not the notification window at lower right.) Recently the number of messages actually received is not always correct. For instance, this morning the message was clearly "downloading messages 3 of 3", but only one appeared as a new, unread message in my inbox. This has occurred several times, sometimes qty is correct, sometimes not. My first question is whether this is a bug in Thunderbird, or something I need to pursue with my email provider? Second question: I am only requesting those for my account, but might the "missing messages" be downloaded for my wife's email?

If missing messages are for my wife how do I fix it so I only download mine? She doesn't have admin rights and I made no changes to our account settings. If missing messages are not hers then I am seriously concerned about this issue.

Asked by RetiredMiner 4 months ago

Last reply by rehawkpe 6 days ago

I am not receiving some emails

I have been receiving emails and newsletters from a number of companies for many years. Suddenly last December many stopped coming. I have been in touch with one in parti… (read more)

I have been receiving emails and newsletters from a number of companies for many years. Suddenly last December many stopped coming. I have been in touch with one in particular and I am still on their mailing list. I am unable to find anywhere I can check. And before anyone says check your Junk folder. I do that every day. It has gotten to the point where I will have to stop using Thunderbird. Where can I look to find out what is wrong.

Asked by rmeyer174 3 months ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 6 days ago

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Gmail OAuth fails

I've had the same setup of my gmail accounts for years in Thunderbird, but today one of them stopped working. Whenever I try to get or send mail, I get the pop-up OAuth … (read more)

I've had the same setup of my gmail accounts for years in Thunderbird, but today one of them stopped working.

Whenever I try to get or send mail, I get the pop-up OAuth window for logging into Google. I do so successfully and select "allow" to give access to Thunderbird. But then, back in Thunderbird, I see "Host contacted, sending login information..." and it never finishes. Eventually (many minutes) it times out. I have tried dozens of times with the same result.

I have a second gmail account configured in the same instance of Thunderbird, with exactly the same settings. It continues to work fine, and does not display the OAuth pop-up when I get/send mail. This makes me think that the problem has something to do with my Google account rather than with my Thunderbird settings, but I have not changed anything there either.

Both accounts are configured for pop3 (pop.gmail.com:995), security SSL/TLS, authentication OAuth2. Thunderbird is set to accept all cookies and keep until expired. I deleted all saved passwords for the failing account, but Thunderbird still has the password for the account that is working.

I've already wasted many hours on this. I have read and tried all suggestions that I can find online. Please help!

Asked by larry9850 11 months ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 6 days ago