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I have a bunch of folders and messages in an email tree in Tbird's Local Folders and I would like to move the root of those local folders and everything below that folder root to a Tbird remote email server which is an account on my Tbird tree. My Tbird is using IMAP to communicate with the desired server.

Is it possible to just drag the root of the tree from the Local Folders and plop it onto the desired server and all the messages would get moved to that remote server and everything would just magically appear there? Is it possible that it's that easy? :-)

I want to ask before I try it and really mess things up.

Thanks!

I am setting up a new email address on Thunderbird. I enter a new email address and when I enter password it is rejected. I have removed all previous emails and passwords

For some reason (accidental key stroke?) one of my email account's folders are no longer arranged alphanumerically. How can I reset the order to alphanumerical? I can't find a menu item or setting to do this. Thanks

Hi, how do I get rid of

"Error: Platform version '143.0.1' is not compatible with minVersion >=141.0 maxVersion <= 141.0 Maybe try to reinstall Thunderbird?"

It's not very practible to do a new copy everytime a Thunderbird Update has to be made because I mainly store my emails in a local copy (respectively a lot of copies already).

could you please help me?

Thx & BR Eva

Hello, my email service has shut down for the second time. When asked to open, a small window appears and says the system is affected by a whatever. The window only lasts for a couple of seconds.

I tried to follow the instructions as how to get my profile, but is was lost due to an internet access cut.

Hoping someone can help. regards Stephen

Hello,

I've used Thunderbird on Linux for a while and love it! I use it for multiple email accounts from different providers.

Until recently I manually Archived email in to Local Folders on my PC. I do this to remove email from my mail providers and to avoid storage limits.

I recently learned that if I I set the "Message Archives" option to a specific folder for each account under "Local Folders" I can either manually archive there or I can use an Extension like "AutoarchiveReloaded" to do this semi-automatically. Great!

Unfortunately for my main mailbox only, despite being configured to write to a sub-folder under Local Folders, Thunderbird seems to ignore the settings. It always tries to create an Archive folder in the mailbox itself. Every attempt creates a mess which takes time to cleanup.

The mailbox in question:

• Uses IMAP
• Has "Keep message archives in:" set to "Other:" "Local Folders > Archives > (the name of the account)".

I am concerned that if I try "Keep message archives in:" "Archives" Folder on Local Folders it will combine with all my other archived accounts which are sorted in to sub-folders correctly.

Is anyone able to help please?

Thank you!

When using "Compact Folders," the compacting will stop on a certain folder (it changes) and says that I do not have enough space to complete the action. I usually ignore it, close that command, then Compact the folder in question by itself. Then it works, so all Folders are compacted.

The other day I received an email from Mozilla suggesting I move from Thunderbird ESR to the Release version (Windows 11). I backed up my profile and installed Release 139.0.2. The following error is now popping up periodically in Thunderbird: "The folder 'Inbox on [myemailaddress]' 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, then try again."

I do not think this message is really related to disk space (there's plenty available) or file write privileges since nothing should have changed. I see that others have encountered this message where Thunderbird is trying to compact other folders. However, I did not see a solution applicable to my situation.

Thank you, in advance, for any insight in getting rid of this error.

Several days ago, I asked for an explanation of any process that would retrieve the emails I lost (completely missing) after the compacting process. (You are referring to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1513163 )

Your information indicates that compacting would not cause any data loss. That has not been the case.

To date, I further haven't received any response regarding how I might retrieve those emails.

Many of these emails are quite important to my business - and I entrusted your software to preserve those. Again - no response regarding how I might retrieve them.

Please respond ASAP - I am at critical juncture here, and need a resolution forthwith.

Thank you. John Van Epps <redacted>@gmail.com

Long-time user here. A month or so ago I switched from 128 esr to 139 release, and since then I have had constant messaging several times a day that folders could nor be compacted. I've verified everything, but the message still happens with annoying regularity. I saw on Reddit that this may be a known bug, but thought I would report it to the forum anyway. Hope that it will be resolved in the next release.

Compacting fails with error message " The folder 'Inbox on **********' 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, then try again." This happens on both my PC's, which are not connected in any way, but have duplicate installations. The profile is 7.75GB - PC A - Win 10 Pro - has 704GB spare disk space, PC B - Win 11 Pro - has 50GB spare disk space. I can think of no reason why write permissons would change. This problem started with ver. 138 & has continued with ver. 139

I get this message when trying to delete or compact....

"The folder 'Inbox on gggdds@js-net.com' 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, then try again...."

I'm logged in as administrator; what else can I do?

I have an email account through Moxilla Thunderbird and I can only access earlier emails through the webmail account. I want to be ble to see ALL my email messages by clicking on Moxilla Thunderbird icon on my computer. PLEASE HELP!

Greetings! I read everywhere that we must install the Lightning add-on to use the calendar feature in Thunderbird. But when I search for this add-on, I get a bazillion options, none of which appears Lightning. There is something called Lightning Calendar Tabs that keeps coming up. Is this it? Doesn't seem so.

Where can one download/install the Lightning add-on?

Thank you.