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I have Thunderbird Version 45.8.0 where after composing a message when I click Send, the message disappears nicely from the screen and the message is off.

However on the latest version 52.1.1 (32-bit) when I do the same action, Click to Send.. the message stays on the screen for a while and I have to wait for it to disappear before I can do something else.

Is this a case of different versions or is there a tweak in the new version that I can set up in order for the Send function to behave the same way as the older version?

It is getting quite annoying sitting and looking at the screen for the message to disappear after clicking Send.

Thank you for your help.

I email quotes from Peachtree Accounting using Thunderbird as the email client.

All was working fine until this morning. When sending a quote with an email address in the contact record in Peachtree, Thunderbird would open the default email profile with the customized signature content from the profile and the email would be addressed properly. I could customize the body of the email and send it.

If there was no email in the contact record in Peachtree, the same thing would happen except I would have to type the email address, customize the email and press send.

Now when I email from Peachtree, I get a popup that says "Another application is attempting to send mail using your user profile. Are you sure you want to send mail?" When I press OK the popup closes but Thunderbird does not open a write window for editing, nor is the email sent.

Any idea what changed?

I've been a Thunderbird user for years. I have no idea what they changed recently, but it's incredibly, incredibly SLOW, almost to the point of unusability. Even something as simple as deleting emails.

I usually do these in chunks -- select multiples and delete. We're not talking about hundreds of emails at at time here, just maybe 5-15. Select them all, hit delete, and it should take just a couple of seconds to delete the messages. It did, in the past. But lately, it's taking so long that I could leave and make a sandwich, and when I come back, maybe it will be done. Maybe it will still be working, though, or maybe it will have locked up because it was taking so long.

It's pretty difficult to get work done at this rate.

On emails that originate from the Android email app, hyperlinks arrive as plain text in Thuderbird only. If i go to the web site for the email account, the links are active. Links sent from other sources and apps seem fine. Given that the links are present everywhere but Thuderbird when missing, it has to be Thunderbird.

Just updated to Thunderbird 31.0. The area where min/max/close symbols normally appear in upper right corner of the inbox screen is a black rectangle and I can't see the 3 symbols that should be there.

If I click where the symbols are supposed to be, I get the desired response, eg it minimizes, maximizes or closes TB so the symbols are there and functional, but probably displayed in black on black background. This wasn't an issue with previous version before this latest update.

Any way to fix this?

Using Win 7 Pro SP1, fully up-to-date.

Thanks!

You have recently released version Thunderbird 128.1.1 in which you have changed the Compact View so that it is effectively no longer a Compact View, because the spaces have been increased between the Folders in the sidebar folder pane. I have been using Thunderbird for a couple of months and really liked the Compact View but now it has been spoiled. I don't understand why it was necessary to change this, and would be grateful if you would please revert the Compact View to how it appeared in version 115

Kind regards

Brian Lawrence

Just updated T/B and restarted. Links contained in RSS feeds no longer open automatically in my default browser. Tried all of the suggested fixes - checked default browser, checked add-ons in safe mode, checked tools/options content type (no HTTP or HTTPS), & one other (I can't remember now but it didn't work). All I can do is copy the link in the RSS feed and paste into browser - which is a pain. Help pls.

Hi, I've received the email below from Microsoft today.

I have 15 email accounts linked to Thunderbird mail and use up to 5 of them daily. Sometimes 'instant' communications on one or more of my accounts can be important.

Will Thunderbird mail still function in the same way from 16th September?

I apologise if this question has been answered somewhere else. I searched but could not find it.

"The safety and security of your information is top priority for Microsoft. To help keep your account secure, Microsoft will no longer support the use of third-party email and calendar apps which ask you to sign in with only your Microsoft Account username and password. To keep you safe you will need to use a mail or calendar app which supports Microsoft’s modern authentication methods. If you do not act, your third-party email apps will no longer be able to access your Outlook.com, Hotmail or Live.com email address on September 16th.

What do you need to do?

If you are receiving this email, you are currently using an email or calendar app that uses a less secure authentication method to connect to your Outlook.com email account. You will need to upgrade your third-party mail and calendar app to a version which supports modern authentication methods.

Microsoft provides free versions of Outlook for your PC, Mac, iOS, and Android devices which can be easily downloaded and connect to your email account. Using an updated version of an Outlook application will ensure you are connecting in the most secure way.

How can you set up your Gmail, Apple Mail, or other third-party mail application?

Various non-Microsoft applications will have their own steps for connecting to your Outlook.com email account using modern authentication methods. See our help article - Modern Authentication Methods now needed to continue syncing Outlook Email in non-Microsoft email apps. However, you may need to contact the creators of those applications to provide you with instructions. In many cases, simply removing and re-adding your account with the latest version of that application will configure it to use modern authentication methods."

Due to a complex problem on Win7 64 Laptop, I can only access the net with 64bit apps like WaterFox. 32bit Thunderbird can't send or receive emails. At home, I use 32bit Tbird on a desktop, but I need a 64bit client for travel. If there is one, can I use Mozbackup to have it get my settings. Will the emails I read or send from the laptop still be available on the desktop when I return? Thanks for any insights. MrToad

When pasting text from a Word document into the body of an email I am composing, Thunderbird creates double line spaces where ever there was a carriage return in the Word document text to create a new line. These double lines spaces are not editable in the body of the email. This problem has been occurring ever since the latest Thunderbird update 52.1.1. Also, after pasting the Word text in the body of the email I'm composing, whenever I press the RETURN key, a double line space is created.

I have avoided going from version 52 to 60 because of the loss of some Extensions, but finally made the change on both my desktop and laptop.

Both computers now open to the Account Central page momentarily before going to the Mail InBox page.

I see that there have been several bug reports on this issue but apparently no corrective action.

Both computers are running Windows 10 Pro with the latest updates from Microsoft.

There was no problem with version 52, but Thunderbird 60.4.0 definitely has an unresolved issue.

This is essentially the same problem as https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1430726 . I am running 128.1.0esr, and the problem surfaced recently. I installed 128.0.1esr (replacing 115.13.0) on July 31. and the problem might have been re-introduced there. I have not researched the version numbers, so I do not know why I went from 115.13.0 to 118.0.1esr.

Here is the problem. I want to see all of the mails with a certain string in the sender field. After I have typed the first character in the filter field, Thunderbird goes into a "Not Responding" state, and I see a spinning blue circle. After I have entered the entire string, it takes a while before TB becomes responsive. When TB becomes responsive, I can delete all of the selected messages (in less than a second). But when I then remove or change the string, TB takes a lot of time before becoming responsive again. Wayne Mery posted at the end of that other archived thread "115.9.0 has a patch related to quick filters which may help." Has that patch somehow been regressed? Thanks.

Used all the settings supplied by Apple on their support site. Even tried p04-mapi.mail.me.com and p04-smtp.mail.me.com., the proper ports, SSl/TSL and normal password. I continue to receive the error the the password is not correct but it is the password that word on the iPhone.

I have reset my password. I have checked the incoming and outgoing server settings. I have tried turning of firewall and security settings but still I cannot send only receive.

Using Thunderbird only one week, and it's outstanding, until today. Now, when I *write or *reply to an e-mail, my screen is totally filled, covering up important parts of my screen. How can I stop this from happening, i.e. NEVER go to full screen when doing e-mail???? Thank you in advance.

I now have the problem that I am on a large payment page and switch back and forth between FF and another app (to copy payment-relevant data). Unfortunately, FF does a page refresh every time it is brought back to the foreground from the background. And all the data already entered is lost! This is a fairly well-known problem with FF on Android! Chromium manages this better and leaves the memory management to Android. Why can't FF do that? Why can't I switch off this feature? I can't edit any relevant websites with the FF. I have to use Chrome for that! Hooray!

I have 3 active email accounts. Before the latest update, and certainly until very recently - I could see all my emails from the three accounts combined when viewing the inbox. Now I can only see one of the email accounts when looking in the inbox. This is not even the default account. Access to the other email accounts can only be seen when selecting the individual email account.

I wish to return to having one combined inbox. Is this possible please?

Regards

Pete

Hi,

I am trying to install the latest version of Thunderbird 38.3, with the Maildir. But when I go to Tools/Options/General the option to choose "Message Store Type for New Accounts", the default option is "One Large File (mbox)" is greyed out. It means Thunderbird does not allow me to choose Maildir. Can someone please advise how can I use Thunderbird with Maildir?

Regards,

Lakhvinder Singh