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No matter how large or small the Thunderbird window is, I can't see all 3 of the Address Book columns without expanding the window to take up the entire laptop screen. The column width seem to be locked in at a pre-set number of pixels. I've tried to grab the edges of the columns to reduce their width, but they don't seem to be active. What I would really like would be for the Book to adjust to the Thunderbird window's width, or at least let me scroll between the columns. As it is, I can't view or edit the entry details of a individual listing in my Book without greatly enlarging the whole window.

Any ideas on changing these column widths would be appreciated. I've got Windows 11, and TB version 140.13.0esr (64-bit).

Thanks, Grasses

OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 22H2 (build 19045.6466) System Model : HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM SYSTEM MODEL HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM Enclosure Type: Mini PC PROCESSOR 2.80 gigahertz Intel Core i7-6700T 256 kilobyte primary memory cache 1 megabyte secondary memory cache 8 megabyte tertiary memory cache 64-bit ready MEMORY 15.88 Gigabytes Usable Installed Memory BOARD HP 829E KBC Version 06.29 STORAGE 4.51 Terabytes Usable Local Storage Capacity 3.59 Terabytes Local Storage Free Space

• Waterfox - 6.6.12 (64-bit) • Thunderbird - 140.13.0esr (64-bit) • WordPerfect 12.0.0.602

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1. I have two email accounts on my T'Bird 2. How do I set the default font/font size to be used when composing messages in with account? 3. Have gone through this process previously, but the "default" font/font size does not retain in the system, so 4. Suddenly, when composing a new message somewhere down the line the default I had set has disappeared.

Thank you. Appreciated.

I use vertical view. Hate threading so that's turned off. I use a medium to large message pane. Recently been having issues with column visibility. Not sure if this is new or whether it's that I've come to a Linux client from a Windows one and there's a setting I missed when I set up the client.

Essentially dragging the column divider doesn't work properly (for me). The columns always seem to auto adjust width. Similarly if I resize the message pane the columns don't remain fixed they auto adjust.

I don't find this helpful. I prefer to set up the columns to display the amount I want/need in subject and From and I truncate the date to simply not display time.

How do I set column widths to remain where I put them? Or is this function now lost.

Thunderbird: 153.0 (64-bit), Windows 11

Have noticed that my TRASH Folder is missing in the folder view. The actual folder exists, it just will not display.

Also creating new folder under are created (I checked the mail folder) but will also fail to display. Creating subfolders into an existing folder works. And moving it under INBOX, making it a subfolder also works and displays

Any ideas how to recover/display the TRASH folder and new folders ? As the TRASH folder is missing it means I have no way to look at deleted email or recover them. Nor any way to search delete emails.

Emptying the TRASH works - no errors.

Enclosed are jpg copies of the current sets of filters failures in my TB email program.

TB Error0 shows the 6 emails that have arrived and are placed in the INBOX. However, each of these has a corresponding filter set up to move them upon arrival to a separate subject email mailbox.

Note: If I highlight the INBOX and then go to Tools > Run Filters On Folder ... all of these INBOX email messages will be correctly filtered and moved to their respective email mailbox, BUT each of them is shown as having been "read" and unless you pay close attention, you may not know where these INBOX emails were sent.

I am also enclosing TB Error1 & 2 that show the last couple of days message filtering errors.

I can find nothing wrong with how each of these filters are set up, yet they seem to consistently fail to operate when new emails arrive.

Note one of them is for incoming emails from ... schiffsovereign.com. I have edited this filter repeatedly, even deleted it and re-input the information. Yet the filter never takes hold and does what it is designed to do. I am enclosing a jpg of that specific filter as TB Error3

I am looking for suggestions on how to fix this problem.

Thank you and best wishes,

/s/ James T Saint, CCIM COO

As per the picture, when sending an email, the menubar 'partly' appears. Yes, if you press <Alt>, it shows normally, but when it's supposed to be hidden, it's still there...

Thanks.

Thunderbird 153 in Linux Mint 22.1 XFCE.

I use Waterfox installed via flatpak as my default browser. Unfortunately Thunderbird's Oauth2 verification pages don't open correctly in that browser, due to some of the browser add-ons I have installed in Waterfox.

I also have Firefox and Chromium installed. I want Thunderbird to always ask which browser to use before it opens a link. I followed instructions I found in multiple places on the internet:

• Open config editor
• Set network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http and network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https to true
• Restart Thunderbird
• Click a https (or http) link in an email: Waterfox opens
• Settings-General-Files & Attachments: There is now an Action dropdown for https (or http) with options 'Always ask', 'Use Web Browser (default)', 'Use other...' and 'Delete Action'. The current selection is 'Use Web Browser (default).
• Change Action to 'Always ask'
• Restart Thunderbird
• Click a https (or http) link in an email: Waterfox opens again, even though 'Always ask' is still the selected action.
• Restart Thunderbird.
• Settings-General-Files&Attachments: The https (or http) action has now changed back to 'Use Web Browser (default)'

How do I get Thunderbird 153 to ask which browser to open for a web link?

If you are using the release level of 153, and prefer not to see the Thundermail menu entry, do these two things:

Add this statement to the userControl.css file: /* ##### Stop display of Thundermail menu item. */ @media not -moz-pref("mail.accounthub.thundermail.enabled") {

 #tbpro-menu-id-root { 
   display: none; 
 } 

}

Set this entry in Config Editor to FALSE: mail.accounthub.thundermail.enabled

When I click an email open, More than HALF the screen is taken up by a fixed Header. This leaves only 2" high to read the email. Can I change this and get a page to read the mail? I do not half a page to see date and time etc. an no space to read the mail. Its terrible!

I had to reinstall everything after a Windows glitch. I always liked to have Thunderbird show a list of my emails with a window below to show the content of emails I selected in the list. But now I can't find anything in settings to allow me to do that.

Subject: Persistent Column and Folder Layout Issues — Not Being Saved Between Sessions

This is a follow-up to my previous support requests regarding two ongoing problems that significantly impact daily usability.

Column Settings I manage multiple accounts, and my preferred column layout is: Starred, Read Status, Attachment, Subject, From, and Date/Time. I do not use Threads, Correspondents, or Spam Status columns. Despite setting these preferences repeatedly, Thunderbird fails to retain them. Every day I must spend time reconfiguring columns across some or all of my accounts — the state varies unpredictably from one session to the next. This is a persistent, daily frustration that costs meaningful time. Most other major email clients save and reliably maintain column preferences. I'd expect Thunderbird to do the same.

Folder Panel Layout Two problems occur regularly when Thunderbird loads:

Folder order — Standard system folders (Inbox, Sent, Drafts, All Mail, Trash, Spam) should appear at the top of each account. Instead, Sent, All Mail, Trash, and/or Spam are frequently scattered among custom folders, with no apparent consistency.

Folder expansion — Most or all folders load in an expanded state, exposing every nested sub-folder regardless of whether they contain unread mail. This creates unnecessary visual clutter and requires manual collapsing each session.

Again, this behavior is uncommon in other widely-used email clients. Summary These are not one-time glitches — they recur daily and represent a significant usability gap. I'd appreciate confirmation that these are known issues being tracked, or guidance on a reliable fix. Reformatting the interface every morning is not a reasonable expectation for users.

I'm under a network that blocks Gmail. I have a gmail on my Thunderbird Windows 11 client.

When I do not use a VPN, I cannot access gmail. I have the VPN on and off during the day.

From time to time ThunderBird shows me a notification "Connection to server imap.gmail.com timed out". This notification is almost useless to me as I expect that connections to gmail fails. Meanwhile, it's distracting.

I'd like to turn of this notification without turning off notifications for new email and calendar events.

I am on 140.7.1esr (64-bit). My sub-folders under Inbox is not sorted alphabetically. I do not see any option to re-sort at the pop-up menu after I right-click at the account name. Does this mean the version I am on does not have this feature?

Hello,

I'm looking to customize the colour of the message header row (the part highlighted in red; with a black background as shown in the screenshot) to #202020, to match the rest of the elements of the view. While I've successfully managed to customize other elements (code below), I need help with identifying what to specify for the message header row.

.tree-table { background-color: #202020 !important; }

treechildren { background-color: #202020 !important; }

#messagePane { background-color: #202020 !important; }

#messageHeader { background-color: #202020 !important; }

#msgHeaderView { background-color: #202020 !important; }

Thanks and cheers.

Hi Recently web page links and e-mail addresses auto display in turquoise instead of matching the main text in legible black. How can this be reset to black text ?

All commentary is welcome, thanks,

Colin

A return/Enter command causes two line spacing. I have unchecked Use Paragraph Format in Global preferences. Shift Enter also causes a two line space/paragraph spacing.