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  • changing default mailto server
    THANK YOU!!! I found the 'default button' right where to said it was! You're the MAN!
  • changing default mailto server
    Zenos, thank you for your message! It is helpful. In fact, I was trying to find where in Thunderbird the default button is hiding. I want to default to another established ema…
  • Cannot change font color in outgoing messages
    Thank you Bruce for your speedy response! I backed up the profile and did the uninstall/reboot/reinstall . Sadly, the problem hasn't been cured. At least the new installation foun…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Wish I had known of the culprit lying in hiding inside CCleaner's setup before uninstalling it. If you know where to look, it's an easy fix. Now I hope someday someone will ad…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Since my remarks are continuing to be misread, I will thank the two contributors Matt and Zenos who assisted me in finding a solution and suggesting the possibility of an unrelate…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    We are mired in terminology misunderstandings. I am not an IT person. I try to use terms I hope adequately illustrate the concepts I'm trying to communicate. Despite the fact I ha…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Just right click on the toolbar containing the '''Quick Filter''', then drag and drop the '''QF''' button in the Customize box. It's gone. I had to drag and drop '''QF''' from …
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    "It is a baked in part of Thunderbird since version 3. There is nothing to install. You just click the icon on the toolbar to make is appear." Of course it is! I meant I had …
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Well, Matt and Zenos, I had never installed the Quick Filter before, so it couldn't have been that '''Unread''' button which I had used. The Quick Filter requires two steps to arr…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Zenos, it is not an "expectation!" It is based on years and years of use! Really! I understand a Filter to exclude all but the desired selection. Thus Unread IS (or was) a filt…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    The Unread IS a useful filter. Sometimes senders of spam purposely antedate an email to force you to look for it hidden among older emails. thinking you'll be less likely to bulk …
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Matt, It seems a button labeled "'''Unread'''" would display unread emails. In fact it once did. With all due respect, I would not agree that a button functioning as it is label…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    I'm sorry but I don't understand your reply. I am saying there ARE unread mails in my INBOX. I know because the Inbox is '''bolded''' and the number of unreads is tallied, as is "…
  • My Unread Mails button is dead.
    Ok, I posted a screen cap. Do you see? The Unread button is one of the buttons you can install in the Thunderbird toolbar directly above the email list. Some of the other buttons …
  • temp folder stopping me from replying to messages
    Oddly, today this anomaly is not happening. Last night I did some cache cleaning, updated T'bird to the current version, and restarted. So I don't know if any of these steps are r…
  • temp folder stopping me from replying to messages
    I am using AVG (which I keep updated regularly). I temporarily disabled it, closed and re-opened Thunderbird and tried to send an email. Same problem appeared.
  • Websites don't load. Only blue title bar appears.
    After opening Windows Firewall in the Start box, I discovered Firefox was not even showing in the list of allowed programs. I have added it and am optimistic this was the problem.
  • The History sidebar will not go away. How do I get rid of it?
    go to View/Sidebar and uncheck History. Thereafter, you can manually open it by keying in Ctrl/H