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Hi. All the inbox messages are marked "drafts".Have compared ALL settings with TB on my other computer and nrheyare the same.Both have version 138.0.1.This is very annoying and dont know when or how it started.Thanks for your help.

my thunderbird is not working properly and cannot use it, i keep on getting questions by a member of the team but cannot give the excact details due to language barrier

What does this mean, Unable to open the summary file for Sent . Perhaps there was an error on disk, or the full path is too long. This just appeared. How do I get my sent emails back

Hi Guys,

Thunderbird version 128 is missing in the release page - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/

Do look into this.

Regards, Asif

What is this file, encrypted-openpgp-passphrase.txt-11.corrupt? I have 123 of them. I think it may be created every I migrate Thunderbird from one PC to another. Is it OK to delete them? I have no use for them that I know of.

After a reboot of my computer (Win11) I cannot open any locally stored Emails in Thunderbird (138.0.1) any more.

These Emails can be seen in the message list in their folders but do not open any more in preview nor can I open them. Also trying to move them to another folder does not work, nor can I forward them by right-clicking and select "Forward message".

On the hard disk the data is still in the profile folders and I can open them with a text editor.

I already tried copying the profile to another folder and open it with a new profile. The same result.

A re-installation also did not solve the problem.

Many thanks for any suggestion how to solve this issue

Well. Now the situation gets more confused. T'Bird: 128.10.1esr (64-bit) Just did an update . . . and all the file folders in my left pane disappeared. NO THANK YOU! Why? Where did they go? How to get them back?

And then, should they reappear perhaps the initial issue can also be addressed and solved: Subfolders were greyed-out and in italics; when attempting to drag an incoming message into one of those folders it is refused . . . locked out . . . rejected. So, what's all that about? How to solve that?

Thank you.

I went to look for an update since I was having some issues with repeat downloads of mail from earthlink and found a discussion about "desktop channel" "release channel" "ESR" and have no idea what all that is about. I see a desktop download and an app.

I'm using a dell laptop for personal email and trying to keep it simple. The "about" page shows 128.10.1 esr I've loved TBird to gather my 3 sometimes 4 emails in one place. Any suggestions for which updates to get and how?

I've not changed any settings but now thunderbird keeps downloading the same messages from my earthlink.net account, like 10 times for each message.

In Thunderbird 128.10.1 ESR, opening a .eml file directly from a NAS (SMB path) results in a blank message window. However, if I copy the same file to the local desktop and open it, the content displays correctly.

I tested Thunderbird 128.5.2 ESR, and it can open the same .eml file from NAS without any issue, so this seems to be a regression in 128.10.1.

I tried modifying the following config values with no effect:

security.sandbox.content.level = 0

security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy = false

Is this a new security restriction or a bug? Any workaround or fix available? Thanks!

All my Thunderbird Calendar events are now gone, I have done nothing to change anything. Microsoft has been playing with my laptop recently to update to Win11. How do i get them back?

Hello,

interesting behavior with a CalDaV calendar entry/date.

Scenario: Create a calendar-entry (date) with an alarm-setting (1h before...). Wait until the new entry is synced to the CalDAV server, in my case a Nextcloud. Close TB. Got to the Nextcloud calendar, or to and other client with that CalDAV Calendar, and remove the alarm, I do frequently in case the date paste... Start TB. After sync of the calendar, TB is telling you, that the date was changed at the server and asked "how to handle the detected conflict" (see screenshot). But 1. it isn't a conflict, just a normal change, which should change the local, "old" date 2. acting on the conflict resolution by pressing the button "Skip changes, load new" (Änderungen verwerfen und neu laden), I'm expecting to get the server version exchanging the local, old one... It does not: The local version will stay with the alarm. These date will not sync to server until TB is restarted. The alarm is now back on the server.

If the alarm is removed at the server (or on another client) while TB is running, the alarm is removed locally as "normal" change by synchronization...

I guess it is a bug!?

I'm using TB Version 128.4.3esr; build-id: 20241108210256 on Windows 11 (64bit). But this is also with TB under Linux (ubuntu, mint)

Gruss Ralf

When I download my mail from the server, my system sends a password to verify who is downloading the mail. Where, on my end, is the password located. I have forgotten what it was and want to also access my account from my phone. Need to know what it is, not change it. Thanks Charlie TB 38.5

I am using Thunderbird 115 with macOS 13 (Ventura). When I upgrade to macOS 15 (Sequoia), I assume I will have to update Thunderbird to the latest version (138?). Before upgrading the OS, should I update Thunderbird to version 128 so that, after the OS upgrade, Thunderbird will then be updated from version 128 instead of version 115?

Also, I found this warning (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-on-mac):

“If you fail to install Thunderbird to the Applications folder, every time Thunderbird starts it will not have remembered your previous session settings - it will ask you to create email accounts, or otherwise indicate that it has no data. You must drag the Thunderbird dmg file/icon to the Applications folder.”

I am currently running Thunderbird from a subfolder in /Applications. Do I have to move it before updating?

Thank you.

Hello, I've installed Thunderbolt and added my Outlook account. However, none of the folders I created in Outlook have been copied over. Only the standard built-in folders e.g inbox, junk, sent etc were setup in Thunderbolt with all the mail from the other folders in the inbox. This is not very helpful.

How do I set up the Thunderbolt account so that the folders (and contents) are matched with the folders (and contents) in Outlook? Thanks

Thunderbird does correctly mark emails I choose as spam spam. Problem is, TB fails to move these marked-as-spam emails to the selected spam folder. I've searched for cures here but nothing helps. Now what Mozilla??? See attached pics...

I see duplicate menu items for addons under Tools menu for some addons like ImportExport Tools NG for example and its developer identify the issue as longstanding Thunderbird bug on Mac.

Any idea about the isse?

W11 rig. TB updated today to 138.0.1 (64bit). All message on inbox show up ok, but all messages on the local folders are blank.

But I can access all email in all folder from my W10 rig which is running 128.9.1 esr so I know the msr files etc are not corrupted. This is only happening on the w11 rig

Repair approach makes no difference when tried through the w11 rig. Have rebooted w11 computer, reloaded TB several times. No change.

Need suggestions to get the W11 rig working with all messages. Thanks