mailbox pane display order

I have five mailboxes and am migrating from Outlook. The transfer of the mailboxes was done successfully by Thunderbird but the order of the mailboxes from top to bottom… (funda kabanzi)

I have five mailboxes and am migrating from Outlook. The transfer of the mailboxes was done successfully by Thunderbird but the order of the mailboxes from top to bottom is not what I want. I want to have my most used email account at the top of the list. Is their a way to rearrange the mailbox order from top to bottom?

Asked by Frank Phillips 2 amahora adlule

Thunderbird keeps randomly opening new windows when I have multiple tabs open

For some reason, whenever I have multiple tabs open in Thunderbird, it will seemingly randomly open a new window, interrupting whatever I'm doing. What seems to happen is… (funda kabanzi)

For some reason, whenever I have multiple tabs open in Thunderbird, it will seemingly randomly open a new window, interrupting whatever I'm doing. What seems to happen is that the new window will contain the tab I was working with (address book, settings, etc.) and a tab for my mail, but that mail tab will have switched to a different mailbox. And then the new window that opened behind the other one will have a tab for my mail focusing on whichever mailbox was selected before.

This is driving me absolutely crazy! It keeps interrupting what I'm doing and makes me anxious to do anything in any tabs in Thunderbird. I need to fix it!

Any idea why this is happening and what I can do to stop it?

Asked by brian79 1 usuku oludlule

Last reply by brian79 2 amahora adlule

For some weeks now, TBird has been giving me errors when trying to download email from Comcast server

Recently, when I click on Get Messages to download email from Comcast server I receive error messages. One error shows "Login to server mail.comcast.net with username X?… (funda kabanzi)

Recently, when I click on Get Messages to download email from Comcast server I receive error messages. One error shows "Login to server mail.comcast.net with username X?X?X failed. Retry, Enter New Password, Cancel".. Second error shows "Sending of passwowrd for user X?X?X did not succeed. Mail server mail.comcast.net responded: [AUTH] Temporarily blacklisted IP Address - try again later" I spoke with Comcast tech support and they, of course, gave me the standard line that I was using a 3rd Party App for email and they could not support that and I could instead use the email on line at my Comcast account site utilizing the antiquated Comcast mail options. They finally attempted to help and after they researched the issue they suggested I change the Server Name setting form 'MAIL.COMCAST.NET' to 'IMAP.COMCAST.NET' and changed port from 995 to 993. I tried making those changes and was not receiving the error statements. But I also was not seeing ANY email downloaded or message indicating TBird was login in the Comcast server. I then changed the Server Name back to 'MAIL.COMCAST.NET' and port back to 995. TBird then correctly downloaded dozens of emails. When I tried to same thing the next day, though, the error problems had returned. Finally, I was looking at Tools>Account Settings and selected Add-ons and Themes in left pane. I noticed Bitdefender Toolbar was enabled under Extensions so I tried switching it to disabled. Voila, the program would once again download emails. But a short time later another try to Get Messages resulted in the errors again. Can anyone answer with changes to connect properly to Comcast for email? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Asked by joe_the_mole 1 isonto elidlule

Last reply by joe_the_mole 4 amahora adlule

Cannot restart Thunderbird after normal close

Start new Windows session. Start Thunderbird and works OK. Shut Thunderbird down and try to re-start during same Windows session and it will not launch. Reboot Windows an… (funda kabanzi)

Start new Windows session. Start Thunderbird and works OK. Shut Thunderbird down and try to re-start during same Windows session and it will not launch. Reboot Windows and try to start Thunderbird and works OK. Alternatively, going into Task Manager there will be a number of Thunderbird processes running. If I manually end them all (while Thunderbird is NOT active) then I can restart as normal too. This all began with 124.0 Beta 1. Never had the issue prior.

Also, Thunderbird crashes if restarting within the app. By this I mean clicking the X it appears to close (excepting those persistent processes running) but "Restart Thunderbird" such as to launch Troubleshooting mode or from the "Restart to update Thunderbird" config crashes the app with 100% consistency.

Asked by Dudley Fuddpucker 2 emasontweni adlule

Last reply by Dudley Fuddpucker 4 amahora adlule

Error when trying to send Comcast email

Get the following error when trying to send email through Mozilla from my Comcast account. Have deleted account from Mozilla and set up again to no avail. Running latest … (funda kabanzi)

Get the following error when trying to send email through Mozilla from my Comcast account. Have deleted account from Mozilla and set up again to no avail. Running latest version of Mozilla

Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail: Outgoing server (SMTP) error. The server responded: resomta-a2p-647141.sys.comcast.net resomta-a2p-647141.sys.comcast.net Excessive failed authentication, ESMTP server temporarily not available.

Asked by albdfjd 5 amahora adlule

Installed Thunderbird 115.8.1 on newer computer and did not save Thunderbird profile to move to newer computer. Still need to move previously saved folders of email from older computer as those emails are not on Comcast server.

I have seen articles about migrating to new computers, but they want you to replace your thunderbird profile and don't account for adding folders not saved online. Please… (funda kabanzi)

I have seen articles about migrating to new computers, but they want you to replace your thunderbird profile and don't account for adding folders not saved online. Please advise.

Asked by Susan Miller 2 ezinsukwini ezidlule

Last reply by Susan Miller 6 amahora adlule

Messages not automatically downloading, after migrated thunderbird to new laptop

Hello, I have migrated my thunderbird onto a new windows system but I now get not automatic download of messages, the only messages I might get is if I close down Thunder… (funda kabanzi)

Hello, I have migrated my thunderbird onto a new windows system but I now get not automatic download of messages, the only messages I might get is if I close down Thunderbird and reopen. Get messages does not do anything - not even sure its attempting to communicate with server .

Is there anything I can do or change ? I have literally spent almost trying various things and I am the point of giving up and trying a completely different email client. There should be a seamless migration method but it appears there is not.

Asked by m47samson 6 amahora adlule

Running the same 4 programs on 3 different PCs in different places, and need to remove one program in one PC.

I'm using Thunderbird 115.8.1 in 3 similar PCs in 3 different places, all running the same 4 programs. I need to remove just one of the programs from one of the PCs. W… (funda kabanzi)

I'm using Thunderbird 115.8.1 in 3 similar PCs in 3 different places, all running the same 4 programs.

I need to remove just one of the programs from one of the PCs.

Will this do any damage to any of the 4 programs still running in the other 2 PCs?

Asked by robert.hyman1 6 amahora adlule

Multiple Inboxs

Some how I have created 3 inboxes in my email. How do I combine them all back into one. I don't know how this actually happened in the first place

Asked by admin815 6 amahora adlule

Thunderbird Beta 124.0b5 won't close properly

As stated in the subject, Thunderbird Beta will not close properly, leaves 4 remnant tasks in the Windows 11 task manager that I have to close manually before I can open … (funda kabanzi)

As stated in the subject, Thunderbird Beta will not close properly, leaves 4 remnant tasks in the Windows 11 task manager that I have to close manually before I can open the program again. This started with this last beta, prior one worked properly. Please advise on what further information I can provide so this bug can be fixed.

Asked by edfreeman 7 amahora adlule

Moving Thunderbird Data from old computer to new computer

Following instructions on how to move Thunderbird from old computer to new computer. I have copied from roaming Thunderbird folder to SanDisk but when it is 99% complete… (funda kabanzi)

Following instructions on how to move Thunderbird from old computer to new computer. I have copied from roaming Thunderbird folder to SanDisk but when it is 99% complete I get message saying "Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?" It gives me the options of Yes, Skip or Cancel. What do I do?

Some background When I installed Thunderbird on my new computer I got all my emails but not any of my calendar data or my Local folders. I am most interested on how I can get the calendar data and local folders on my new computer. Thank you

Asked by SandyVC 7 amahora adlule

Failure to migrate from Postbox

Just installed latest TB. Went to PB and copied the non-#PB# and non-.msf files to Mail/Local Folders, including the subfolders Nothing showed up. Tried the latest Import… (funda kabanzi)

Just installed latest TB. Went to PB and copied the non-#PB# and non-.msf files to Mail/Local Folders, including the subfolders Nothing showed up. Tried the latest ImportExportTools - blank

Would love to get rid of PB but really need the old files.

Asked by albertkirshen 7 amahora adlule

Next email unhighlighted after email delete

Long time (20 year) user of Thunderbird. I just upgraded to Thunderbird 115.7.0 (64-bit) on Windows 11 Enterprise. I'm using outlook with Exquilla authentication. Since … (funda kabanzi)

Long time (20 year) user of Thunderbird. I just upgraded to Thunderbird 115.7.0 (64-bit) on Windows 11 Enterprise. I'm using outlook with Exquilla authentication. Since the upgrade, when I view an email in the list of emails pane and I delete it, Tbird goes to the next email and displays it. However, that email is not highlighted in the list of emails pane. That means I cannot delete it even though there is a delete button in the email contents pane. I need to select it(highlight it) and then I can delete. Not sure what is causing this. Looked at a bunch of settings and posts and didn't see anything.

BTW, this used to happen to be occasionally on older versions of TBird but a restart would always correct it. Now that doesn't work and it seems like it it "normal" behavior.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed M.

Asked by emazurek 1 inyanga edlule

Last reply by emazurek 8 amahora adlule

Lost folders

I re-installed Thunderbird today but did not save the local folders before I did so. The local folders have all disappeared and I have searched high and low for them. I … (funda kabanzi)

I re-installed Thunderbird today but did not save the local folders before I did so. The local folders have all disappeared and I have searched high and low for them. I have used all the old profiles, but that does not bring them back. I can get the old emails, but just not the folders. I did think that I found some, but those folders were empty. Does Thunderbird delete these folders when you re-install? This is really upsetting, as I needed the folders. I looked for deleted folders and restored them, but that did not help. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Thank you.

Asked by inchviewhouse 1 usuku oludlule

Last reply by inchviewhouse 8 amahora adlule

Comcast authentication failures - TB inoperable (Outlook works)

Hello all. Sorry for this long posting. Sometime last winter, Comcast had a system security issue, forcing all users to change their passwords. As it turns out, they appa… (funda kabanzi)

Hello all. Sorry for this long posting. Sometime last winter, Comcast had a system security issue, forcing all users to change their passwords. As it turns out, they apparently changed their method of authentication, but didn't inform users of settings changes. Basically, their system requires a "Primary" email account for account maintenance, then secondary users can be added and maintained. Some background details that probably don't apply to this issue, but I moved out of the Comcast service area 6 years ago, but was able to maintain my email account(s) as long as they're in use. I was able to change my Primary password, but was locked out of making changes to the secondary accounts. I also get the message, "This account is no longer active.", but it still is. At that time, all my accounts continued to work.

In any case, TB has worked without issues for years on both my Comcast and Gmail accounts (Gmail still works fine) up until the Comcast security issue. A few weeks ago, Comcast stopped working, asking to reenter my password, but re-entering it did not work. I eventually talked to Comcast email tech support (lol, after about 20 minutes of navigating their phone system). I was told that I should DELETE my (primary) email account and then recreate it. I did that, but in that process, I lost all my message rules (but I eventually retrieved a backup version of "msgFilterRules.dat".

In that process of re-creating my account, the Authentication method was changed from "Normal Password" to "OAuth2" (same used with Gmail). With that change, I no longer get an "Enter a new password" message, to "Unable to connect" (see attached image). I also get an "Authentication failure" message, and an occasional "My IP address has been temporary blacklisted", probably of my multiple attempts to re-connect. I should note that Comcast email still works from my Android Samsung S22 email app. See my current TB Server Settings in the attached image.

Well after many fruitless hours, on a whim, I opened my old and trusty Outlook (Office) 2007 (that I've never used for email), and with their settings with the same ''Port numbers, but slightly different "Encryption" (Connection security) settings, Outlook works! The difference between Outlook is that Outlook only uses SSL, whereas TB uses SSL/TLS (no option for SSL alone).

So, herein lies the problem. I WANT to keep using TB for my Comcast accounts, but I'm locked out (NO sending or receiving). I could just use Outlook, BUT I loose all my rules (moving incoming emails to their respective folders. As expected, Outlook uses a proprietary binary rules file format (rwz) which is unreadable and uneditable. From my research, their are no filter programs or file structure descriptions for the Outlook rules file.

I can use Xfinity's (Comcast) web based email client, but again, NO RULES possible (after 20+ years of use, I have almost 200 email sources that use my primary Comcast email address). I tried over time to migrate new sources to my Gmail accounts, but not my existing ones. I fear however that this is an internal TB issue, that has no easy solution, if at all.

So, I asking you to please help me resolve this issue. It would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks, Bill

P.S. After talking to Comcast the last time, they essentially said that they won't support TB, and it's not their problem to fix.

Asked by willy6560 2 ezinsukwini ezidlule

Last reply by willy6560 9 amahora adlule

Is there a way to automatically run message filters on folders other than Inbox?

Hi all I have an IMAP account which has altnamespace enabled (i.e. my folders are on the same hierarchy level as my inbox, not subfolders of it), and a server-side filte… (funda kabanzi)

Hi all

I have an IMAP account which has altnamespace enabled (i.e. my folders are on the same hierarchy level as my inbox, not subfolders of it), and a server-side filter that sorts incoming mail into either one of the folders or the inbox.

When I enable message filters in TB, they seem to run only on the inbox itself, not the other folders. I can select a filter and then click "Run now" with the appropriate folder selected, and the filter works. But that of course beats the purpose of the filter (which is to delete messages based on sender address).

Is there a way to have message filters automatically run on the other folders?

Thx!

Asked by marwer 10 amahora adlule

TB v. 115.3.2

1. Often TB won't show new message, it'll list a number of new message, maybe I can actually scroll down & view a few of them, but quite often, I'll try to scroll do… (funda kabanzi)

1. Often TB won't show new message, it'll list a number of new message, maybe I can actually scroll down & view a few of them, but quite often, I'll try to scroll down and can't see that new message that TB indicates exists. Or I have to click on an old message, then try again, click on another message I've already viewed then scroll down to where the new message is. This morning, tried both several times, still couldn't see the new message that TB insists is there. 2. At one time, when you opened TB, you were automatically taken to the end of all the messages in your inbox or if you fllter emails to folders, to the end of messages in that particular folder. No more, you have to scroll down to the end. Why? It's a waste of time for me to do that and as far as I know, TB places no limit on the number of emails in an inbox so . . . why was that changed? Because it was user friendly? In my search I noticed that there was one TB user who was so upset he/she/they wanted to return to v. 102. I wonder how many people, seeing the response, also have returned to a previous version. I know I'm really tired of getting additional bells & whistles i don't use, changes to what you see that don't help me at all, plus making using TB more of a hassle--see above. Please fix the above problems. If it's not fixed in the next upgrade--which I'm hesitant to install given the result of the last few upgrades that introduced the above hassles--then I'll probably go back to an older version too.

Asked by azure 10 amahora adlule

Incoming AOL failure

Hi, my friend runs T’bird as her email handler and my emails from my AOL account are failing to reach her. I’m at her laptop and see nothing obvious and wonder if you mig… (funda kabanzi)

Hi, my friend runs T’bird as her email handler and my emails from my AOL account are failing to reach her. I’m at her laptop and see nothing obvious and wonder if you might know why or be able to help me t’shoot. This is new as of only yesterday; previously she could receive my emails. Hers is an Outlook email address set up on T’bird and works well in & out if I email her via any of my other email addresses. Thankyou.

Asked by Derrick Ings 10 amahora adlule

When composing an email, the line spacing is too small

I'm trying out Thunderbird on macOS, and one annoying problem that I can't find a solution to is that the line spacing in the window for composing emails is too small. (S… (funda kabanzi)

I'm trying out Thunderbird on macOS, and one annoying problem that I can't find a solution to is that the line spacing in the window for composing emails is too small. (See the attached image.)

I currently have the font set to Helvetica, which is my preferred font. Other fonts work a little bit better, but they all have this problem to some degree. I can't find any settings in Thunderbird to adjust anything about the font used when composing emails, other than the font family and size.

Is there any way to fix this?

Asked by brian79 4 ezinsukwini ezidlule

Last reply by brian79 10 amahora adlule

TB 115 - How to eliminate " - Local Folders" that's been added to every mail folder in my list?

Ever since TB 115 updated on my system, my folder list is now cluttered with " - Local Folders" after every folder in the list. This wasn't like that in TB 102. I could f… (funda kabanzi)

Ever since TB 115 updated on my system, my folder list is now cluttered with " - Local Folders" after every folder in the list. This wasn't like that in TB 102. I could find nowhere in TB how to change this nor could I find any discussion of this topic on line so I've created the topic here. Perhaps you have an answer?

Asked by rmt13 11 amahora adlule