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I occasionally have problems with Thunderbird insisting that posts in my frequently visited newsgroup are expired when they are not. Previouly, I've been able to resolve this problem by simply unsubscribing from the newsgroup and then subscribing again. But today, when I tried that technique, Thunderbird told me that there were no messages at all in my newsgroup. This is flat-out wrong because the newsgroup is quite active. Right-clicking and choosing Get Messages did NOT change the situation.

Then, to add an extra layer of aggravation, I added a second newsgroup to my subscriptions, one for Thunderbird itself, but it was empty. I deleted that folder and then unsubscribed to my other newsgroup and tried to subscribe again but now the "Manage subscriptions" button shows me no newsgroups whatsoever!

I am beyond frustrated by this nonsense. What do I need to do to get "Manage subscriptions" to show me the thousands of newsgroups that exist and how do I make "Get messages" to show me the messages currently on my newsgroup?

I'm using Eternal September to access Usenet. My operating system is Windows 10. The version of Thunderbird I'm using is 128.8.1esr (32-bit).

I have downloaded the latest Thunderbird (for Windows). I have tried setting up my Gmail account in it but just get a failure. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

I start the account setup, set my email address and password and click continue. It shows an automatic IMAP configuration, I click Done. A window pops up from Google for me to allow Thunderbird to access my Google Account. I click Allow. The window goes away and It goes back to the account setup screen with a yellow error box saying "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password."

I know my username and password are correct. Any suggestions?

Hello,

I added a new Outlook account to Thunderbird and it is not showing in Thunderbird. I added the new email account to Outlook client, and the email is comign in fine. So, its a Thunderbird issue.

I used the default IMAP settings when addding the new account.

I gave it the required/requested "permissions" as promoted.

This use to work fine in Thunderbird, as I have added several Outloook acounts prior which are coming in fine, but it seems it is no longer working now.

Upon following the instructions to upgrade from the ESR version to the Thunderbird version, I am left with two email accounts that are devoid of messages. Additionally, tabs at the top now have no title or content. Recommendations?

Hello

I recently had some trouble with my e-mail that was supposedly remedied by switching from POP to IMAP. However, I think I fucked it up. Please see the picture. (The uppermost account is the POP, the lower the IMAP.)

Somehow many of the messages got duplicated or otherwise messed up in the transfer. (I have confirmed the existence of duplicate e-mails in the IMAP account.)

I think the simplest thing would be to delete both accounts and start over again with a new IMAP account that will just download all the e-mails from the outlook.com IMAP server.

Does this sound right?

I recently set-up a new PC which is running XUbuntu 24.04 (was 22.04 before). I copied the complete `.thunderbird` folder to the new PC, started thunderbird, and was happy that everything worked.

Well, not everything. I just noticed that for one of my email accounts, a pop3 account on gmx.net, I cannot download emails, although I am asked for my password when thunderbird starts and the password is accepted. As no error message pops up, I am a bit lost what to do. Strangely enough, I can send emails via thunderbird using that particular account/email. Downloading new emails is the problem.

I am running Thunderbird 128.7.0esr.

Can't seem to get thunderbird to connect to my xfinity (comcast.net) email... tried full reinstalls, changing the password, and all the steps in this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1437228

As well as trying "normal password" instead of OAuth2. The OAuth2 option does not seem to generate a pop-up to authorize that way. Using other 3rd party and logging in via browser also work.

Does thunderbird need to update something to fix the issue? Its been only a few weeks now for me that this was an issue.

When I attempt to add a Gmail account, I get this error - "Unable to login at server. Probably wrong configuration, username, or password"

Below are the steps with screenshots: - checked for no cookies to prevent Google from asking for an actual login - no stored google passwords - didn't put in my password on setup - TB finds the available configuration - prompted to login at google - add google password - allow access - error message

I have restarted Thunderbird. I have checked for updates (even though I have it on auto-update).

Are there settings on my Google or Gmail account that could prevent this from working?

I had an association G-mail account until mid January, when I resigned my post as president and resigned from the organization. They changed the password on the account, after which I deleted the account from Thunderbird and from my computer.

Now, whenever Thunderbird is loaded (and only when it's loaded) I get a reminder every half hour or so that the account is inaccessible. It shows up in a Thunderbird window that can only be deleted -- no other action is allowed. It also offers no other remedy than "give me my password."

Who will rid me of this inconvenient pest?

Hello, Sorry to disturb but its been two days and I am unable to access my Google accounts (work and private) through Firefox in anyway. I have done all the basic fixes I can think of but with no success. I have deleted caches, checked plug ins, rebooted Firefox went through the trouble shooting mode, followed advice in the community forum, tried logging in from Google linked accounts. Spoke to our internal IT support at work but nothing has solved the issue as yet, spoke to Google support.

My assumption is that it has to be the browser as I am able to log into google with another browser but Firefox is my preferred browser and would like to use it again as such.

Please advise.

Thank you Cait

I am still paying for websites, just to keep my emails going but it sure is expensive with it being personal now. I don't store my emails with the current host, they just play middleman, receive the emails and ship them off to my Thunderbird. I store them on my computer and my external harddrive. Can you tell me how either I can host my own emails or a really reasonable priced email host? I don't want to loose these emails. The ones that mostly got used by the businesses have been dissolved. But the ones we are getting personal emails threw, we want to keep. Please advise.... thank you for your time and dedication to helping. Judi

Hi I have an Imap account, where i mistakenly moved a folder called Bulk to the Deleted folder (see attached). I have tried searching this forum and tried various options but nothing seems to work.

note when i right click on the Bulk folder there is no "Move To" option

I deleted the folderTree.json and the folderCache.json files as these where large and had lots of references to previous folders i had deleted.

Any ideas what my issue may be, thanks in advance for your help

How can I merge the inbox of several different email accounts into one "global account" so that I need to check only one single account but not each of them separately?

Long story short I cannot send emails with attchments no matter how small if I have more than one Yahoo account.

W11 Thunderbird 128.2.1

In fault finding I have reinstalled TB and set up accouts for Gmail and Outlook with multiple accounts and all work correctly including Yahoo unless I have more than one Yahoo account.

If I set up more than one Yahoo account I lose the ability to send emails with attachments for Yahoo. To test: 1- No Yahoo accounts and cerificates removed from TB. 2-Set up one Yahoo account, accept certs and test by sending an email with an attachment. All Good. 3-Set up an addittional Yahoo account and test by sending an email with an attachment. Will Fail, server will time out eventually. 4-To regain sending with attachments > I have to delete all Yahoo accounts and remove the Certificte exceptions then recreate a single Yahoo account. Once I recreate a single Yahoo account and accept the Certificate exceptions I can then send emails with attachments. As long as I only have one Yahoo account.

Any ideas.

Hi, When installing my Yahoo account in F-bird, I chose the option to keep copies of the messages on the server when downloading them to my local folders. But all my message folders on the yahoo server appear to be empty after I copied them to my local folders. Can this be undone? I'm using other email programs on my mobiles and it's crucial for me that I can access all my folders from mobile and desktop devices. Is there a way to keep them on the yahoo server AND have them synchronized with my local folders? Your help is very much appreciated! Kind regards, Pat

My email host requires changes to connection settings (this is for an existing account), specifically to increase security but also specifying new incoming and outgoing server names.

I have meticulously copied the settings provided by the host for this purpose but Thunderbird will not (cannot?) connect to the server.

Thunderbird is not asking for my password, nor does the password appear in TB's 'Saved Passwords'.

So I tried 'Add Mail Account', entered all the new settings manually, but TB responds 'Incoming server already exists' (presumably because I had already changed the existing account settings?) - see screenshot.

Should I remove the existing account before trying 'Add Mail Account'? Although that would seem unlikely to work, since the existing account with the new settings does not connect.

Support from my email (and broadband) host has been practically useless, so I thought I would ask the wonderful brains on TB forum if they can give me any clue as to where things are going wrong?

I have all of my emails in IMAP folders. When I travel I don't always have internet access. It would be helpful to have access to work-related emails at those times. Two questions:

(1) Is it possible to store emails in both IMAP and local folders so I can access them offline?

(2) Is there some setting that can automatically store all emails in IMAP and local folders?

Thanks for your help!

Last night, I made some Draft messages, arranged some messages in the Sent folder, and shut down. This morning when I booted up my MBP running MacOS 15.3, and launched T'bird 136, the Sent, Drafts, and Templates folders were not visible at all in T'bird, only the Inbox, Junk, and Trash.

Then I checked the Apple IMAP server using Mail on my iPad, and found those folders there. I use T'bird as my main mail client because I rely on Local Folders, and only superficially use Mail. The Drafts, Templates, and Sent folders of the Local Folders are visible.

I have only one Account, and am not using Unified Folders. This is really scary, as I absolutely rely on T'bird for most of my work.

Bonjour est il possible q un développeur ai pensé à un manière de sauvegarder les comptes paramétrés dans Thunderbird ? et ne me parler pas du dossier profil puisque d une version a l'autre cela ne fonctionne plus!

(je viens d en faire les frais !)

Hello, is it possible that a developer has thought of a way to save accounts set up in Thunderbird? And don't even get me started on the profile folder, because from one version to the next it doesn't work (I've just had to pay the price!).

merci de votre aide thank you for your help