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I am a totally blind user and I really need the View > Sort By > From menu option in Thunderbird 115 to be changed from disabled to enabled. I am strictly a keyboard user and I can't find instructions to do this that don't involve using a mouse. Can someone please provide instructions on how to activate this sort option using only the keyboard? It is possible, once I have the keyboard focus on the right place, for me to emulate mouse clicks using the keyboard with my JAWS 2024 version screen reader. I've been banging my head on my desk in frustration over this for some time now. Changing this menu option did not make Thunderbird easier to use, especially for blind users. Changes like this have the opposite impact on accessibility. Otherwise, I love this program!

I have a large number of message filters which divert messages to folders on Subject. So messages I sent were diverted to those folders on sending. Mea Culpa

Emails I send to a X@yahoo.co.uk are not saved in my default sent folder. I have checked the setting in Account Settings. If I send to Y@other CC X@yahoo.co.uk , the message does get saved. I am using POP to send/receive emails.

This seems to have started in December 2023.

I am using Thunderbird 115.8.0 running in Debian Buster.

I would really appreciate a solution to this isssue. Thanks

Thunderbird, with the latest update, will decide on its own who moves some inbox item or two to the archive file without me doing anything. When I discovered the emails in the archive file I can move them back to the inbox without any problem but I would like to stop Thunderbird from sending anything to the archive unless I tell it to do so.

I would appreciate any insight I could get from anyone on what may be going on and how can I resolve the problem.

Als ik de mail open en er staat een mail geopend, kan ik niet de ingekomen mails openen. Pas als ik eerst een ander item ipv postvak in open, kan ik pas weer op postvak in e.e.a. bekijken. Hoe verhelp ik dat?

As in subject I changed a control and do not understand the symbols on top plus need to get unread messages first and do not want sent messages in a tier that is to the same person. thanks

EFFECTIVE Jan 5 I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECEIVE OR SEND E.MAILS. May need reset for PW,

Bob Bois RPBois at Verizon.net

I just upgraded to MacOs Sonoma 14.3.1, and all of a sudden my "normal" Thunderbird notification sound became an obnoxious, loud sound that I can't stand. I went into Thunderbird sound settings and discover that the incoming mail "play the following sound file" box option is greyed out. It seems like Sonoma wants to do it's own thing... I've tried going into my Mac's system settings, and under "sound," I can choose various alert sounds, but none do anything to change the Thunderbird notification sound. I called AppleCare, and they don't seem to know anything about it yet. I guess more folks need to bring Sonoma notification issues to their attention asap... My question: Is there a way under Thunderbird's (v115.7.1) sound settings to "un-grey-out" this "play the following sound file" in order to overide what the new MacOs is doing? Thanks, Jack

Hello, I have a problem with printing in Thunderbird. When i try to print out the email, it prints the header and header only. The actual body (data) of the email will not print. Its only on this one profile, same pc another thunderbird account and works perfectly fine. The account have over 40 thousand important emails so they need to stay. Troubleshooting mode does not help too, same thing. Sometimes when it's plain html it will print but doesn't print tables. It just prints header (sender, receiver, date, etc), black lines how should the table look like but without any data inside. Same thing into PDF as well.

Hi,

When I sent an email, I use this addon "#tbkeys" to add the file name of the attachment in the body email. Is there a way to automatically add the name of the attachment, without using a shortcut ?

and this is the code for shortcut key...

1. tbkeys

{"ctrl+3": "(function () { var bucket = window.document.getElementById('attachmentBucket'); var names = []; for (var i = 0; i < bucket.getRowCount(); i++) names.push('• '+bucket.getItemAtIndex(i).getAttribute('name')); window.goDoCommandParams('cmd_smiley','This is Attachement name :

'+ names.join('
')); })();"}

Thunderbird 115.8: RSS message body reverts back to "Summary" after setting view as "Web Page" after exiting program and starting it back up again. What am I doing wrong? Running Windows 11 23H2.

Dear Mozilla, My email folder inbox says I have 1 new email, but I cannot find the email in the inbox window. Even when I filter for new messages I can't find it.

Also my new message count used to be blue. Now it is grey. But then goes back to blue when other emails come in.

Not sure if I accidentally blocked an email address or changed some settings. How can I fix this?

Thank you

Incoming emails create a Notification popup. Not sure if this is TB 78.15.0 esr or Apple OSX, but I've done the things needed to stop both, AFAIK:

TB Prefs / chat / general / when msgs directed at you arrive... / unchecked it all

In OSX High Sierra 10.13.6 Prefs / notifications / TB 60.9.1 / unchecked all the stuff for TB Alert Style However, when I just went there to write the above, it was all back to being toggled ON.

Hello to all, I am having a real challenge with the latest version(s) of Thunderbird (115.8.1) on Windows 10 (i7 with 16Gbs Ran, 1TB SSD)

Background... Have been trying to add some accounts from a domain and this is where it seems to got astray. Added one account (acc#1) some time ago. At that time there was some issues at the time with the changing of the mail servers and the old provider. Left it partially entered within Thunderbird. With that, waited for a week or two to re-add these addresses. The one left was still there, redid the server settings, and added several other addresses from that domain. All seemed to be working just fine at that point... So closed out Thunderbird and shutdown the computer.

Upon rebooting the computer and opening Thunderbird... The account that was partially entered was there, but with the old incorrect settings. The other addresses were no where to be found.

Each time I shutdown Thunderbird and either restart or turn on the computer, the old (acc#1) is still there but with the incorrect settings. Have tried to delete it but it keeps coming back.

Assistance with this would be appreciated...

Do occasionally run CCleaner on this computer... could that be causing any of these issues?

Hi, I am having an issue when I go to change the print settings for an email I am trying to print. All the drop down boxes ie, pages, paper size, margins etc. will not stay open and allow me to pick an option. I even had an issue with the drop down box above "which topic best describes your question" . I had to keep clicking it and if it did stay it was only for a second, but in the email print pane I cant even make a selection? Any help would be great as I print alot of emails and I don't always need the full email to print and like to select pages I would like to. Thanks

I've had this problem since Supernova came out and it drives me nuts.

It has nothing to do with sorting or threading. I've read dozens and dozens of support threads about that. This problem has nothing to do with that.

Issue: There does not seem to be a way to force TB to use a default user-defined column view. The way *I* set up my columns is: Star/Attachments/From/Recipient/Thread/Subject/Received/Size. Other users will have their own preference on which columns to display in which order. I know I can change the displayed columns and replicate that to existing folders, cascading down for the account view. That's great.

However, whenever I create a new folder or change the name of a folder it will revert back to showing the columns TB used before. Same when I move a folder from one subfolder to another (which I suppose amounts to changing the name, in a way)

I wish there were a default I could set so that ANY new folder I create wherever in the account will have the same columns displayed. And that the columns displayed will stay the same when I change name of a folder.

I've also looked for an add-on that might accomplish this but could not find.

While this information helped me with my Ionos email accounts, the directions will work for anyone who has to add extra SMTP Servers to send email from various email accounts. Email providers are requiring that the sending email match the receiving email to reduce the amount of spam being sent from their servers. So this is not a question--rather directions after 3 hours on the help line to figure out the proper procedure to add additional SMTP Servers. I wrote the direction below for my own use, but this may help someone else. The critical clue is to restart Thunderbird during the process so the new SMTP Server info gets 'remembered' (I am not a programmer, so my simple words).

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How to add additional SMTP Servers to Thunderbird (I am using v155.7.0)

To meet Ionos’ new security settings, you must now have each of your email accounts use an outgoing server that matches the incoming server.

1. Select account (name of the specific email account/mailbox); click on Account Settings (far upper right hand corner 2. The Outgoing Server (SMTP) will have to match the incoming server, so you will need to add an Outgoing Server (SMTP) that identifies with your account. You cannot add an Outgoing Server (SMTP) from this window. 3. Scroll down left side column until you see Outgoing Server (SMTP). Select that item. That will open the window ‘Outgoing Servers (SMTP) Settings’ where you may add new SMTP Servers. 4. Select Add... This will open a window ‘SMTP Server’. Enter a unique description for the SMTP Server so you can easily identify it to match it to the respective email account. This is very important to you can later tie it to the specific email account. 4a. (This configuration is specific to Ionos as of Feb 2024) Add the server name (ex. smtp.ionos.com) and the respective Port (465), Connection Security ‘SSL/TSL’ and Authentication ‘Normal Password’. User Name is your specific email address that will match this SMTP Server. Save (OK). 4b. Restart Thunderbird. Yes, really, close and reopen Thunderbird. This action will force Thunderbird to save and then recognize this new SMTP Server. If you don’t restart Thunderbird, it will not find the correctly configured SMTP Server and you will go crazy. 5. Go to the specific email account that you have setup the Outgoing Server (SMTP) and again open Account Settings (far upper right hand corner. At the bottom of the Account Settings screen is the Outgoing Server (SMTP) and the default server. Click on the dropdown box (little arrowhead pointing down) of the SMTP server to get the newly added SMTP Server and select the SMTP Server that matches the email of this account. The information is automatically saved. 6. Go into your specific email account and send an email. Thunderbird will ask for the email password. Input the correct password and click on the box to save the password. Your email will now work using that specific SMTP Server you created unique to your specific email account. 7. Repeat for each unique email account. Remember to clearly identify the newly created SMTP Server name and to restart Thunderbird for each new Outgoing Server (SMTP) or Thunderbird will not have the settings to work correctly with that specific email account. This is to prevent spammers from sending tons of emails from various accounts.

Some of incoming emails cannot find in inbox. Did not shows in my inbox. I must made some filter by accident which I cannot remove it. What I can do? I see them in inbox of other PC or mobile.

Why does Thunderbird INSIST on directing web links to Bing?

I have changed the Windows Default browser to FireFox.  I have restarted my machine and restarted Thunderbird multiple times.  When I go to Windowz settings it tells me that FireFox is my default browser.  Yet Thunderbird continues to direct links from an email to that CLINKING CLATTERING CONGLOMERATION OF COLLIGINOUS JUNK that is Bing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tom Jazbutis

I have Thunderbird 115.7.0 and my Menu button does not work, I click on it and nothing happens. I'm using Windows 11 and this is just one problem I have since "upgrading" to 11. I can't find away to have Thunderbird to the inbox and I can't dd extensions(I think)without the Menu button. I should have stayed with Windows 10.