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I've used Thunderbird for years. Just came back from vacation and I can no longer receive email from Comcast. I get a message stating timeout connecting to the IMAP server. I have tried removing my account and installing it again using the automatic installation. Still cannot connect to the server. Interestingly I send send an email which goes through even though I get an IMAP connection error. I have tried removing and reinstalling my account. I have gone onto Comcast and made sure that third party mail programs can have access. I do not have a VPN. I am using standard Windows Defender security. Never had a problem before this but I went in and put in an exclusion for Thunderbird anyway. Very frustrated, any help would be appreciated.

New user: I installed Thunderbird and selected POP. Everything went fine during setup including message from Microsoft

Microsoft account New app(s) have access to your data Thunderbird connected to the Microsoft account W********@outlook.com.

When I click on done I receive the following:

"Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration, username or password

Not off to a good start.

Chip

I logged into my email account and almost 3 months of my most recent emails had disappeared. I don't know what happened. They were there the last time I checked my email about 5-10 minutes earlier. I've looked in other folders but they aren't there either. Aso tried repairing the folder with no success. Is there a way to recover these emails? I've been trouble shooting / googling this all afternoon and kept seeing reference to a recovery tool. Is this something already on Thunderbird or software I need to purchase? I really want to know if there is a way to recover the lost emails and how to do it. Thanks.

Today in two of my accounts I get error message "Unable to open the summary file for Inbox on imapML. Perhaps there was an error on disk, or the full path is too long." Two other accounts work fine so no error on disk, and full path hasn't changed.

I have an account with the messaging company and use thunderbird for my emails on a desktop computer, how can I use my mobile phone to send/ receive emails to the same address?.

I have a huge and vital archive of past emails in Thunderbird on my old Windows 10 PC. The hard drive containing the Thunderbird profile has now failed and I can't access its contents. I have a new Windows 11 PC and have installed Thunderbird on it. I thought I had backed up my Thunderbird profile on an external drive, so have copied this backup onto the new PC, and have tried to use Thunderbird's Import function, but I get an error message each time, saying 'import failed unexpectedly'. The backup I'm using was saved using a data backup program called Bvckup2 and consists of folders called '$Archive', 'Cache2', 'Safebrowsing' and 'StartupCache'. Am I doing something wrong? Is it possible I've been backing up the wrong thing? Am I going to have to send the failed hard drive to a data recovery specialist and hope that they can access it?

Error message: Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox.

I am able to send. But no incoming. I have archived my mail so that the incoming folder has less than 4000 emails. I have restarted the program and the computer several times.

Tbird #142.0 20250813171833

I received mail this morning and then began to get the error message. Disk space on all drives is sufficient.

Suggestions ? [edited email from public forum] @perproinc.com (gmail account is working)

error: "An error occured while sending mail. The Mail server responded: *My username* sender address rejected: Not owned by user *My username** please check the message recipent *___* and try again.

I have tried to add this address to my address book. Normally, one clicks on the icon and a pop-up appears to modify information and confirm entry into address book. This address always shows up as "not in book," clicking has no apparent effect, until one checks the address book and now duplicates exist.

First image you can see that Freeman is in the address book Second image you can see that Tbird thinks the address is not in the book Third image after I've clicked and no apparent action is taken, a duplicate appears.

When this bug first appeared I had clicked on the icon multiple times, and multiple entries appeared in address book. I deleted them all, tried again, bug still happens.

139.0.2

Please how do I recieve my new emails in decending order I am finding new emails at the bottom of the pile and I have to scroll down all my old ones to get to new...thank you for your time

I am unable to add new contacts in my contact list. It definitely is creating a problem. Why will it not let me add them, please and how do I fix the issue? I did not have this problem until I got a new computer and using Windows 11.

I am unable to send emails because i get an error message :"sending message failed, because connection to outgoing server (SMPT) smpt,centurylink,net timed out.

While I am a management consultant and do not understand how to code and develop software beyond the most surface levels, I wish to contribute this idea towards development of Thunderbird.

One of the most important components of an email client is the editor. There have been many requests for changes in the Thunderbird mail editor in the past. I wish to propose a strategic solution to this issue.

The solution that I offer is that this team of independent contributors builds a word processor like Microsoft Word, does so under the umbrella of Thunderbird, so that there are no copyright issues in using that editor for composing email in Thunderbird, and uses that editor as a stand alone editor as well as an editor for composing emails within Thunderbird.

I am not aware if the Linux Word Processing Editor can be used for Thunderbird as a sharing between two community software initiatives, but that aspect can also be explored by talking directly to Linux.

Hi everyone at Thunderbird,

i have noticed that the Spell checker isnt working on either a new message or a reply; i have searched the problem; but no suscess, and i have the spelling settings enabled and the latest version.

thanks

Rob

I have been moving and saving starred emails in folders. When I read email on my iPhone, I can see a total number for flagged emails but cannot find messages easily. When I go to Thunderbird on desktop, I have to look through folders. I would find it helpful to be able to view all flagged emails in one place, to periodically see if the flags are still helpful, if I have missed something, etc.

Thunderbird switched automatic to Freedom. No possibility to avoid. All connections where lost. After input connection data mail where downloaded. But over 2000 old local stored mail are gone.

How to restore all old local mails, structure and archives?