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When I first opened Thunderbird (just a few weeks ago), I noticed that some Calendar Tasks were already set up by Thunderbird. (My standalone calendar is Efficient Reminder).

But I don't see options for REMINDERS - popups (preferably) and/or sounds. (The purpose of a calendar for me is to be reminded to do things.)

I searched for options in Thunderbird, and I looked on the information here, but can't find anything.

If I can I select a sound and/or popup to REMIND me, where can I find the option to set it?

Updating address: Mine will take NO new contacts, NO new groups, and NO new additions to groups already there. I do have the latest Thunderbird.

~ Peggy from Porcupine

Should I continue with the above version or somehow install the 128 non-beta version? I've been on the Beta channel for years but some have said it's risky. Your opinion, and if you think I should switch, how do I do it?

82 years young and still tinkering.

Found the following in account settings: C:\Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\tulu1gdy.default\Mail\Local Folders. Does this look right? What is tulu1gdy.default?

I have an issue with Thunderbird on my PC sending any email of any size larger than a few lines. I can send small test emails with a few lines (<1KB) however any email with attachment or forwarding an email results in a : Sending failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.themessagingco.com.au timed out.

I have tried all combinations of outgoing server settings as recommended by my provider Mail server settings including swapping Security and port but no luck. Please note I can send and receive without issue on my iphones with the same server settings. Currently using port 587, Normal password authentication and STARTTLS.

I found some posts suggesting turning off outgoing email scanning on antivirus - no luck. I have turned off firewalls - no luck. I have tried no authentication (security = none) - no luck.

Thunderbird version is 128.1.0esr (64 bit). Using Norton 360 Antivirus

Strange that I can send small emails but nothing of any use Any ideas ???

NOTE: This began with the previous version, and got worse after upgrading to the new version:

I've been looking for how/where to select a sound in the Task module (getting pop-ups). When I click on anything in the Task module, TBird hangs. It comes back in a few seconds, but the hangs continue.

When I spend more time trying to edit the Tasks, I also get hangs in the Email module (by clicking on anything).

Last night, after one T-Bird hang after another, everything on my computer slowed down, no heavy apps running. This morning I ran the pre-bootup diagnostics, which reported everything (memory, etc.) are okay.

So I'd like to t know how to get T-Bird running smoothly, or maybe I should forget the Tasks and Calendar and stick to email?

Hi

I hope someone can provide me with some advice.

I have used Thunderbird since its birth and have always found it reliable. However the latest release seems to be having problems with moving emails.

Example 1 - I moved an email from my Inbox to a special folder. The email was present in full before the move. Only the header appeared to be copied. I could not undo this and attempting repair on both inbox and other folder failed, as did exit and re-start. The result is that this email is lost.

Example 2 - I went to do a bulk move from the search window (something I have done hundreds of times before without incident). As usual CTRL A, Move to <new folder>, emails greyed out but nothing happens. Exit, return, repeat - same result.

At other times, both these type of operations work fine. But it is unpredictable.

Relatedly, I observe that on start-up the Inbox initially shows as <no messages> and takes several seconds to populate. Also, my auto-filing Rules are also working inconsistently.

These two points, and the two examples, are new issues for me since 128 release. I am using Windows 10 Pro on an HP Envy 17" laptop.

Any suggestions welcome as I am now concerned about losing emails!

Best wishes Roland

When I open Thunderbird, it now shows me this screen for chat conversations. I am unable to go to the mail screen, and the options in the menu bar don't work. How can I resolve this? I only need to use the email functionality and not the chat functionality.

This issue is now closed. I had to reinstall Thunderbird and restore emails through backup.

The site told me to sign up to firefox to have my question answered for Thunderbird emails.

My emails from March 2018 to most of 2024 have disappeared. Then they started coming through again from June 6, 2024. Where are they?

Thank you, B. Schulze

Since installing Thunderbird, I am unable to send or receive email. "Could not detect login form" always displays at the bottom of the window. I've checked credentials and they are entered correctly. Where is the login form and how do I fix it?

All of a sudden I keep getting notifications that I have an email, but when I click to check, there is no new email there. These keeps happening across several of my accounts on several devices, most often on my 2017 Macbook Pro. Seems to be less of an issue on my phone and my newer mac desktop. What could be the cause?

I have Thunderbird installed on two Windows machines that I manually keep in sync. I copy my data files and profile back and forth between the two machines as I use each one, and I keep them updated to identical versions. Have been doing this for years with no trouble.

Last time I clicked on "About Thunderbird" on one machine (A) it offered to upgrade from 115.10.1 to 116.0 (auto updates turned off). But the actual update failed and now its offering only to upgrade to 115.14 esr. OK, but now I'm concerned the other machine (B) with the same update prompt (to 116) might not follow the same path, then I have the two versions out of sync and that is a real PITA to fix as I discovered once some years ago.

Why didn't I get the 116 version that was offered in the dialog, and instead switched to esr channel, and how can I be sure the other machine will switch to offering 115.14 esr also so I can keep identical versions? I thought of creating Windows restore point just in case so I can roll back but would rather not risk it.

I suppose the best place to start is when/where I think this problem started. Approx three to four weeks ago my thunderbird program stopped downloading emails from my server (Spectrum/RR). I say Approx because the problem sort of sneaked up on me without me realizing it was there.

I was using W7 and my hard drive was pretty much full and I was constantly getting messages that my email could not be downloaded due to lack of space. I started deleting stored emails and emptying the trash, which sort of kept me up and running for the past couple weeks. All this time my Gmail account continued to work as it should, downloading every email that was sent to me, but the Spectrum/RR account was spotty at best.

So today I fired up a new W11 computer for the first time. One of the first programs I installed was Thunderbird. When I attempted to set up an account using Spectrum/RR the process failed. I typed in all of the correct information, Name, Email, and Password but the account will not finalize. Instead, I continue to get the same message that the Configuration, Username or Password is incorrect.

I have since successfully logged into my Spectrum/RR web mail, so I know the username and password I am using is correct. I have also talked with Spectrum Technical support, and they have verified that what I am using to log in is correct.

I hope I didn't ramble on to much and someone can help me !

Hello, i have a problem to set up my A-Mail-Account (yahoo.de). I can fill the necessary fields (name, E-Mail, Password) and can choose imap-protocol. When i click on "done" a new window ist open. There i can fill the e-mail and password in the fields, then is shown "i prove if you are a robot". This will don't stop over a few of hours. Nothing goes on. I can only close this window. a screenshot shows the last status.

Every now and then, TB decides not to show anything on the main tab. Please see the attached screenshot.

I restarted in troubleshoot mode, and I can see the folders and the messages in them. However, if I restart in normal mode, I get the blank main tab.

Sometimes it will sort itself out if I restart enough times, but sometimes it doesn't.

I don't have any add-ins.

Anyone any ideas? Thanks

Hello.

We are using Thunderbird ESR v128 32bit. Windows 10 64bit.

Had some 14000 emails since 2012, all working good, incl. recent compacting 2m ago. Today there was another folder compacting running, possibly it didn't end as usual (no message, no error).

Since then we can see for about 6000 most recent emails only header, not the body nor attachments. Tried to repair the folder, it made 6000 headers disappeared completely.

When we checked Inbox and Sent mbox files in profile via text editor, last bottom entry/email there is from 2018 and the files are exactly 4 GB in size.

Is it possible that some 4 GB 32 bit Thunderbird limit was hit and that truncated the large mbox files?

Is there any way to find somewhere on local disk (some temp folder or files) the most recent missing 6000 emails?

Account is using POP and the files are not stored on mail server.

Thank you for any advice.

So, I'm currently testing the EWS integration and my email requires OAuth2. Unlike the 128 flatpak (which is all I can use on my main PC since it's immutable) where it would get stuck on Checking Password. My second machine has Ubuntu and I'm running the Daily from today.

It allowed me to create the account but will not pull down any emails, likely due to the lack of Oauth2. I've tried all of the other options for SSL/TLS Auth methods on the security settings for the incoming server. The only options are Normal Password, Encrypted Password, Kerberos/GSSAPI, and NTLM.

Does anyone have any suggestions?