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Some of my contacts have passed on. Others are dysfunctional. Whenever I delete the address in the address book, the question comes up: do you want to delete? If I click 'yes', nothing happens. even if I delete the email via editing the contact, the email is restored again. I use Linux Mint 22.

I have a number of accounts setup in Thunderbird, some are gmail accounts and some are Yahoo accounts.

After the last Thunderbird release one, a couple days ago, of my Yahoo accounts stopped working and wanted me to authentic it. It pops up with a Yahoo window to login. I tried to login with my username and password which didn't work so I went into Yahoo and created a new app password and tried that. It won't work either. I just get the message, something went wrong.

Then my other Yahoo account stopped sending out emails, just get a connection timeout message. Now my gmail accounts won't send out emails either. I can receive incoming emails, but not send out emails.

This is the message that I get when trying to send out an email now:

Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.gmail.com timed out. Try again.

I have searched and checked that my Outgoing server settings are correct for both Yahoo and Gmail. I have a different outgoing server for each email account and they have different unique description names. Cookies are enabled, accept cookies from third-party sites is set to Always. I had Auto-detect proxy settings, have now tried No Proxy.

I am using Microsoft Defender for my virus protection.

This is how my Outgoing Gmail SMTP settings are set: Description: Gmail - xxx@xxx.com Server Name: smtp.gmail.com Port: 465 Username: xxx@xxx.com Authentication method: OAuth2 Connection Security: SSL/TLS

This is how my Outgoing Yahoo SMTP settings are set: Description: Yahoo SMTP - yyy@yahoo.com Server Name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com Port: 465 Username: xxx@yahoo.com Authentication method: OAuth2 Connection Security: SSL/TLS

Any ideas of what else to try would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

When I remove a Quick Filter, I'd like the list to move to the most recent message (my msg lists are sorted by date desc). Instead what happens is that after showing the full list, which includes redrawing the list so that it moves to the top, it forces the re-selection of the message that was selected when the Quick Filter was in place. What happens, a lot, is that after checking a message via filter from months ago, the filter is released, the full list appears briefly, I select the top message if I'm quick, and then it re-selects the message from months ago. I then have to scroll to the top or use ctrl home.

It's very stubborn about this behavior. Even if I

• select another email account which would not contain any hits for the filter
• wait for it to build that list
• select an email at the top of that list
• select the All Accounts top level Inbox folder

it will re-select the email that was selected when the filter was in place.

I filter a lot and each time I have to fiddle around with this to return to the top of the unfiltered list, which takes time.

It seems like a rather lame behavior, not sure if it acts like this by design or not. But it be better to at least have the option to have thunderbird go to the first message in the list. By the time the Quick Filter is released, doesn't it make sense to return to what would have to be the normal selection for most users, the top of the list?

OS: Linux Mint 22.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 140.4.0esr Junk Mail Header: SpamAssassin

It has been stared around a week ago, Thunderbird gives notification as any spam email arrives. Although those spam mails are accordingly redirected into the spam folder, also marked as spam well, but the user interface and the audio notification still come though.

This behaviour is unlikely Thunderbird used to act, in my computer, and I've been using it for years. I haven't touched any setting for months. It just started doing this like out of the blue.

It's a non Gmail account, so no provider spam filter. Is there a solution for this?

As of 10.8 I have been able to send but not receive emails from my AOL account, which now has 650 emails sitting there waiting to come into my Tbird. Assuming it's a problem with the pop server settings, and last time an AI-generated password did the trick (but done by tech guy not I). I cannot seem to reset the password to make it work and would be grateful for any suggestions. I've made an external backup of the whole default profile just in case.

According to the ad, I have several hundred emails in my inbox. In fact, there are only about 25 in my profile folder. There are no more with my provider either. Where are all the emails located? Can the number be corrected? greeting D.S

I have tried many times to get Thunderbird to connect to my Gmail account. Whatever I do, it always ends by saying "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password. I have followed all the instructions I can find. The Thunderbird release is 140.4.0esr (64-bit) Running Windows 10.

I have set up an "app password" in Google. Config in Tbird set to IMAP.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

My Inbox folder has suddenly dropped to second last position in the folder list. How can I get it back to the top of the list? Is it possible to move the folders around?

A fair number of folders in my primary email address's inbox have been out of sorted order for at least several months.

Most of them are folders I access quite often; they now appear AFTER what used to be the last folder ("Zoom").

If this is a "feature," I suggest moving the highest activity folders to the FRONT of the inbox rather than to the BACK.

HOW DO I RE-SORT MY INBOX FOLDERS?

Thank you.

I am on Thunderbird Flatpack version 115.5.1 and I want to transfer to Thunderbird for Android, how do I do that, please? I am running on Chromebook using the Linux partition. I have exported the profile to a zip file, but Thunderbird for Android won't read it. The zip file is 2.5GB so maybe it is too big. But I am not adept at Linux and I can't find my way to the profile files for a manual copy. When I go into Troubleshooting Information the Profile Directory - Open Directory button does nothing. Alonside it it says "(Lolcal drive)". Maybe I should upograde Thunderbird first, but how do I do that, please?

Hello, I hope I'm in the right subforum. I have the following problem.

In my system settings, Opera is set as the default browser, using the command "opera %U --lang=de."

Unfortunately (despite the system-wide setting), when I want to open an https link, Thunderbird still asks me which application I want to use. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, I can't select one from the application menu (where the corresponding command is stored in Opera). Instead, I have to search for and specify the application in the /usr/bin folder. This logically opens the link with the "opera" command and not with the "--lang=de" option. However, Thunderbird doesn't accept a desktop file under "Open with...", where you could add the option.

I've now created a shell file with the following content:

1. ! /bin/bash

opera %U --lang=de

This opens the browser as desired when I click the link, but only with the home page; the link isn't passed.

My question is, how would the command in the shell file need to be changed to open the link, or is there any way to get Thunderbird to open links with the command "opera %U --lang=de"?

Thank you.

October 24,2025 Today I can't get my new emails. The pop-up says login failed. I have changed nothing in years, except for automatic Thunderbird updates - currently on 140.4.0esr (64-bit)

I am getting regularly getting a random notification sound even when no E-mails have been received.

It seems to be when Thunderbird is automatically checking for E-mails, so for example if i have it set to check for new e-mails every 5 Mins I will get a notification sound every 5 mins or whatever I set that time to.

How do I turn off this sound without affecting the notification when a new e-mail is received.

10-24-25 In my setup for 'BDR Office' Thunderbird has stopped displaying all my folders. How do I restore proper display. Noted fact, I have named three of my folders with preceding characters '0 -' on the given file name' so to display together in my list. Odd - these three folders are the only ones that display. See Attached. In my TB setup I have 3 emails set up and it is only the 'BDR Office' (for my email [edited from public] @reagancpa.com) that has ceased to display all my folders. Normally it appears similar to the [edited from public] @gmail.com as seen in the attached. On 10-13-25 I followed several Methods provided by Support.mozilla.org with no success. HELP! if possible phone contact would be best for me. [edited phone# from public community support forum] - Billy

I only recently started using Thunderbird a couple weeks ago and it's mostly nice but I can't figure out how to get notifications to alert anywhere. There's no alert nor number badge on my taskbar (in fact it doesn't show up in the system tray icons app list either), it doesn't play a sound (set on default or on custom sound), and doesn't show up on the Windows notifications center.

• I'm using Windows 11 and Thunderbird version 144.0.1 (64-bit).
• Notifications are On in the Windows settings
• Volume mixer is fine, it shows 100% volume
• Windows settings is NOT on Do Not Disturb mode
• Thunderbird isn't listed on Taskbar System Tray Icons
• Other areas of sound are working just fine - I can also play the sound when testing the alert
• No special folder rules or anything, pretty much everything is the same as when I got it set up

It seems to be receiving emails just fine but of course I have to keep checking periodically if a new email has shown up, which isn't ideal.

Upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 a couple months ago. Since then, TB freezes nearly every time I am composing an email. "Help About" says TB is up to date. Remedies? Or do I have to wait for a new version?

Chris Sackett