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How do I disable the ANNOYING message box I get every time I want to send a message to the trash folder. Thunderbird keeps asking me if I want the message deleted to save disk space. This just started in the past week. I want my deleted messages to go to the trash folder and I will manage that folder. I can't seem to find anything in settings that lets me disable this option.

When I selected the TB icon a window came up saying I must set up my existing email account. I fill in my name, my eddress and password. The next window that comes up shows TB found mobile.charter.net but my email was set up using email.twc.com. The port numbers are the same but the server names are different. When I complete this activity the end result is that my information if rejected. I attempted to configure it by hand but it too was rejected. I am using an HP desktop with the latest Win 10 OS. I don't know what to do.

I can't back-up my mailbox.

• I have the same problem as in the question from markosv63 8/19/20, 10:01 PM (now archived) in that I have many emails in many folders.
• The procedure recommended to markosv63 doesn't work. That procedure is in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_configuring-synchronization-and-disk-space-usage.
• I don't think I use an imap account because my server type is POP Mail - Port 110 (default).
• I followed exactly the recommended procedure but the result was a folder marked updates, containing a folder marked 8216C80C92C4E828.
• 8216C80C92C4E828 contains a folder marked updates plus two files, one file called update-config.json and the other called updates. This updates folder contains an empty folder marked 0 plus two files, marked backup-update and last-update.
• None of these files or folders contains any emails.

I am going around in circles here. I have searched and all the options I have found appear to be out of date or don't work. All I want to do is increase the size of the fonts I see in the left hand folders list and the folders message lists in the main panel. It's far too small for me and everything I have tried makes no difference. Please guide me.

Why does my Sent messages folder not appear in my Folder pane? My settings are for All folders to be viewed. I'm using Thunderbird version 78 in Windows 10. Thanks for any help.

Suddenly, Thunderbird 78.9.0 (64-bit) Win10 is very very slow

I don't want to reinstall and have to redo all my settings - anything I can do for this?

All else works OK on the PC, Thunderbird was OK before.

Any way to back up my settings so I don't have to do all that again?

Thank you

Hi,

TB 91.5.0 on Windows 10 (with profile folder excluded from virus scan)

The latest update to seems to have resurrected a problem with saving copies of sent emails. Sending works fine, but copying of the sent email to the sent folder causes the send dialog to hang. Disabling the "Place a copy in:" option in account settings eliminates the problem. Using the "Other" option to place it in a local folder works *that is not part of a unified folder* works OK.

I have tried repairing folders and deleting the sent files inside "smart folders" in the profile, with no luck.

Older details here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1363781

In a world where respondent's often draft messages about a new subject by lazily replying to messages on an old subject, does anyone find Threading helpful? Why is it now the default.

After View/Sort by/Unthreaded then propagating that by "apply current view to all folders." All folders do in fact sort by unthreaded. But if I create a new subfolder it defaults to sort by threaded. Please, is there anyway to entirely disable Threading?

Suddenly, I can't send emails to my list. Sometimes the error message says I've exceeded the maximum (25) for that hour. Other times it says the following: Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded:

1. 4.5.3 Too many recipients..

Please check the message recipient "........@hotmail.com" and try again

I originally had about 40 contacts in the list so I tried dividing into two groups but that didn't work. Still got one message I'd exceeded 25 but I only had 16. I recently updated Thunderbird, so maybe that's the problem. Any suggestions.

For no apparent reason and all of a sudden I cannot download email. I can still send email. I tried all the suggested remedies and checked all my settings. Running 91.5.1/Win10Pro I can download my mail on my phone and tablet as well as using the web based access on my PC. I tried disabling both my AV, and Defender. No clue where to go from here. Any guidance will be very much appreciated. Thanks!!

I changed my incoming to OAuth2 and I was able to receive messages in Thunderbird from my AOL (Verizon) account but I cannot send messages. It asks me for password, when I enter password it states "Login to server smtp.verizon.net with username [email edited] @verizon.net failed." There is no OAuth2 for outgoing

Please help thank you

On 30 May, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology

To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using Sign in with Google

I think my only out is to wipe it all out and start over, but of course I want to save my address book and my recent email. Any ideas of how to cure this "cancer?"

tell me how to fix my problem... I tried using bitdefender vpn and had lots of problems. when I uninstalled it I can no longer send or receive email. how do I fix this problem ? thanks Bill

This problem has been around for ages, but since a clean install of Windows 11 Pro (64-bit, v21H2) a few days ago it's gotten much worse. I'm using Thunderbird 91.2.0 (64-bit). Used to be that every few days I'd get the "Add security exception" failure (see image) when trying to connect to smtp.googlemail.com (209.85.232.16:465). See the images for the details from viewing the certificates. (I've already worked with Bitdefender to try to resolve this problem -- after completely disabling it the error still occurs, but with different certificates. The Bitdefender cert goes away and I get the smtp one plus one for "GTS CA 1C3" and another for "GTS Root R1" which weren't there before disabling BitDefender). None of the certs have expired in either case. Once I add the security exception, telling Tbird to remember it, things will work fine for a couple hours then it happens again. The frequency of these errors has gotten a whole lot worse since running on Windows 11. I'd rate it as having left "annoying" and entering "frustrating". Anybody have any ideas? Thanks, DougP

I moved to a new PC and installed 64-bit Thunderbird (had 32-bit on old PC). I restored my profile folder from backup and Inbox shows my email and settings look okay. But if I try to reply to a message, TB freezes. It opens the new message dialog, but the TO is left empty and everything is unresponsive with spinning icon. All I can do is close the program.

Recently I was required to change my password for my att.net account (sbcglobal.net email). After that I cannot receive emails from that account. Thunderbird is able to retrieve emails from my google email, but not the att.net account. I keep receiving the attached message.

I have tried resetting the password under "Saved Passwords" without success. I have verified using the same incoming and outgoing server as before. Also tried going back to att.net and changing the password back to the original without success. When I contacted ATT they seemed to indicate that the server settings were correct. I even tried to remove the account and entering it again in Thunderbird.

There is a lot of useful information available that users have submitted, however with my limited understanding the suggestions haven't solved the problem. It seems that the problem is with the account settings within Thunderbird, but can't seem to find it. Any help would be appreciated.

According to the help document, "Allow me to view "hidden" attachments" [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/.../configuration-options-attachments] "There is a special view mode for messages which allows you to see all of a message's attachments, even "hidden" ones, in its attachments list. Because this view mode is not needed by most users and could be confusing to some, it is disabled by default. To enable it, install the "Show All Body Parts" add-on."

Unfortunately, the add on "Show All Body Parts" is no longer supported in 91.3.2.

Our non-profit uses Vertical Response Vertical Response for connecting with supporters. When a supporter replies to an email sent via Vertical Response, the return email is attached to a generic form sent to us by VR. I need to view all hidden attachments in order to reply to an email from our supporters. I need to be able to click on the contact_reply.eml attachment in order to reply.

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

I have been using Thunderbird for many years. And, I've created multiple Folders (with multiple levels drilling down) which I place emails that I want to save. A couple of days ago, I left clicked holding an upper level folder, and dragged it to another folder. When I did that, Thunderbird showed a little circulating icon spinning until the process finished about a minute later. At the end of the process, a whole group of folders and emails disappeared.

When I explore the profile, under the folder "Mail", "pop.gmail.com", "_Companies.sbd", I can see folder names that correspond to the folders that disappeared. In those folders, I see files with the file extension "wdseml". Some folders don't have anything in them though.

My questions are:

(1) Can folders that disappeared be recovered where I can access them again in Thunderbird? And if so, how do I accomplish that? Is there an index file somewhere that can be audited and adjusted?

(2) If there is no easy way to recover those lost folders and emails, can I just remove the existing profile and replace it with a backed up profile I saved about one month ago. I would lose all the emails I had from that point to now. But, I would have all the original folders and emails up to that point.

Thank you for and help, direction or advice you can afford me, Chris

How do I change "POP" server to IMAP server? Verizon default to AOL requires an IMAP address. Putting new IMAP address in doesn't work unless the server type is changed. You can't delete it and change it in "server" settings. This 77 yr old needs more guidance please.

Outgoing SMPT doesn't need a change. Thank you.