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My copy of Thunderbird seems to be suffering from an email hijacking problem that seems to have be creating message reception delays. Has anyone else happened to have that problem or knows how to get rid of it?

For some time I have been having problems with moving or copying messages between folders in TB - I am on the esr channel and have just moved from 128.12 to 140.1 but nothing changed until I saw in a post on this forum that repairing the folder could make a difference. I have tried the repair folder option and it mostly works but not always - for example I couldn't copy or move messages from a sub-folder on one email account to a sub-sub-folder on another. It finally worked when I moved the messages to the folder above the one I wanted, and then moved them down, which was very time-consuming. And now it is once more refusing to copy a single message to a folder on another account.

Something that may not be helping is the fact that I am trying to copy messages to a new account, which has weirdly placed itself right at the bottom of the navigation list, below Local Folders and a news-server.

All the messages seem present and correct on my mailserver, where the recalcitrant folder is neatly in its alphabetical order.

Does TB just get bored? Does its memory clog up? Should I clear 'recent history' (whatever that is?)

Hoping someone can shed some light on what has been a very frustrating process of trial and error.

Kate

And PS when will we see 'Manually Move Folders' in the esr channel? I am now on 140 and thought that would have it...

As per the subject - all of a sudden in my replies, I see machine language above the text of the original email I am replying to?

I have checked and unchecked Message Body options - but the machine language remains in the reply.

That machine language is not seen by the reply recipient, but is distracting to me as I type that reply above the original message

Note too that my reply is in 'normal' text above the machine language of the original message - so I can send normally

I keep getting a pop up when opening my mail that reads, "The folder on inbox (then gives my email address) could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space and that you have write privileges to the file system and then try again".

I don't understand!!!

I'm trying to better understand how Thunderbird communicates that messages are deleted to the servers of the respective email accounts configured as IMAP. Specifically, it seems that when moving a message from an IMAP folder, such as an Inbox, to a folder of a different email account or a Local Folder, the message disappears from Thunderbird but doesn't immediately get deleted from the server (I am checking by logging in through a browser to the email's web interface). Depending on the email provider, it may be marked or flagged as "deleted" or in some cases it just remains in the inbox (in outlook's web interface, for example, I can't tell if a message has been marked as deleted or not). Only later, after right-clicking on the respective inbox in Thunderbird and choosing "Compact" it deletes the message from the server.

I'm a bit confused now: All of my accounts are using maildir (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/maildir-thunderbird) as storage format, which I selected prior to adding any account. According to the information here (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/compacting-folders), "Compact does not apply to accounts using the maildir storage format". So for maildir accounts, why do I have a "compact" option at all and how come it doesn't delete messages immediately? Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding either what compact means or maildir or (probably) both? Is there a way to have Thunderbird simply delete (not just "mark as deleted") moved messages instantly?

I was under the impression that since maildir stores essentially one file per email message, that it would function like file management on a computer, so when moving a message from folder A to folder B the file/message would disappear from folder A, not that it would keep a copy "marked as deleted" in folder A. If anybody could explain this I would be most grateful.

Entsprechend der Einstellungen sollte erkannte Junk Mail aus dem Junk Ordner nach einem Tag gelöscht werden (wie es auch in der Thunderbird-Anleitung beschrieben ist und wie es in der Vergangenheit auch war). Aber die Junk Mail wird seit einem der letzten Updates (z.Zt. 138.0.2) nur in den Papierkorb verschoben, statt daß sie gelöscht wird ... - was aus meiner Sicht keinen Sinn macht. Wie kann man diesen Makel beheben? Danke im voraus für jeden Hinweis.

According my settings the junk mails in junk folder should be deleted after one day. But - instead of deleting these junk mails - the junk mails just move to trash folder (which then must be cleared manually) - absolutely nonsense !! My thunderbird version 138.0.2 - before update to this current version, the junk mails have been DELETED (!!) according my settings and NOT moved to trash

I have used Thunderbird for years. Within the last couple of weeks I have noted 2 issues. 1st is the calendar issue with Reminder function. Reminder that have been listed w/ reminders, and repeated, for awhile, suddenly don't have the REMINDERS activate. They have in the past. Now, old events with REMINDERS, don't have the reminders activating. Nothing on the event listing has changed. I have reentered the event listing with no success in getting the reminder to activate. Interestingly enough, it doesn't affect ALL the events: just some. Same with ALL NEW EVENTS. Sometimes the event reminder activates and sometime not. Checked all the settings, version is up to date. I'm flummoxed.

2nd is addressing email. Names I have had in my address book for years, while coming in during auto-fill, are asterisked as not in the address book. I have reentered an asterisked listing but it still shows as not in the address book. Once again, it doesn't affect all listing, just some. I haven't anything & the version is up to date.

I've got a gremlin somewhere, but not adept enough to take a deep dive into operational settings.

Can I use Thunderbird to build an incremental local backup/archive of all messages transiting (incoming/outgoing) a webmail account ?

Any idea how to achieve this ?

My problem is:

• A POP3 account will miss all folders except the Inbox. (It's a pity that POP4 has not gained traction yet.)
• An IMAP account creates a mirror, not a backup. Remote deletions in the webmail account must not delete messages from my backup and vice versa.

detailed requirements:

• one-way sync only, since a local backup/archive must be built, not a mirror (two-way synchronization):
• Remote deletions must not cause local deletions (otherwise it would be a mirror, not an archive/backup).
• Local move/delete operations must not be reflected back to the mail server.
• Read‐only access to the mail server: no moves, deletes or flags remotely.
• All messages in all folders must be included in the backup: Inbox, Sent, custom folders, etc. Since POP3 can only back up the Inbox, I will probably have to settle for IMAP to include all folders.
• No duplicates: Messages must not be stored locally more than once.
• Messages must be stored as full offline copies locally (not just headers).

Hello. Since calendar category colorization is not very visible ...

... I created separate calendars for every category. This is semantically wrong but has a nice look – events are fully colored by category:

I now regret this choice and want to correct it:

I need to move >1000 calendar events from calendar "medical" to my "home" calendar and (at one go) assign the category "medical":

from [calendar: "medical" / category: none] --> to [calendar: "home" / category: "medical"]

How can I do this ?

How is this supposed to work? I am hoping to have a couple of folders from my IMAP configured email account automatically synchronized to LOCAL FOLDERS. But under the 'Synchronization' tab there are not a lot of options, and really only a 'download' button. But does that really synchronize? prevent duplicates? Someone smarter than me, please advise? Thanks in advance John

Hi, Can't understand what's happening with "search" I find in "account" a "none" with 2 old mails I thought effaced, but on clicking "can't have a value" the titles and first lines are shown, however on clicking on title I get "no message found" same with "show as a list" These 2 mails are also in a folder with same problem. How can I clear up and try to understand "search"

I'm using version 140.0.1esr on macOS Sequoia 15.3.2. The problem is very simple. When I compose an email, hitting return puts me at the center of the next blank line. If I type, the text is all centered from this point on. Thunderbird didn't do this in the past, so I either inadvertently changed a setting, or the behavior of Thunderbird has recently changed.

I really have no desire to spend time getting to know Thunderbird better. Like most people, I want to compose completely unstructured text-based email. (If I ever wished to add structures, which I doubt I ever will, I'd prefer markdown to HTML, like everyone else in the known universe ...)

Ideally: there is an easy fix by changing a setting. Second best: There is an alternative email program to Thunderbird, perhaps text based, that can read Thunderbird mail archives. Third option: There is an early version of Thunderbird that still runs on current versions of Mac, before Thunderbird began including text formatting in email composition (along with all of the other distractions that have be degrading the quality of Thunderbird for a very, very long time).

Why is everything broken after an update? So annoying and prevent me from making a donation.

There are 3 buttons, none of which are useful.

Can anyone free me of this Welcome to Freedom?

I'm using thunderbird on windows on PC and on my lap, on lap i dont have monthly calendar on side panel just today date, when i click bottom oriented arrow monthly calendar is popup without signatures of events, how can i put this calendar to stay on sidebar with events like on my PC, also i tested width of this panel, thought if i make it wider it will show but no :c

I try to access my messages from an outlook.com account with Thunderbird mac. I get the error message "the STAT command did not succeed". This happened suddenly today without changing any parameter. POP is enabled on this account. Moreover on another mac with Thunderbird everything is correct with the same account. Cookies are enabled I tried changing OAuth2 to normal and changing back. No sucess. What could I try next? Thanks.