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Is it possible to assign a different color to each email account so that when I use the unified in inbox, the messages in the message list somehow reflect the color of their respective email account, either with a colored bar or background colour. That way I would know at a glance which message belongs to which email account. Many mobile phone email clients have this feature but I have not yet found it in Thunderbird.

Thanks for your help,

Oli

Since Thunderbird was last updated on the 5th August, the page to compose a new email, no longer has a "send" or "attach" tab. I cannot now send any emails through Thunderbird. I have requested technical support twice, however, the only response has been an automated message saying someone will get back to me. That has not happened. I am only able to send any emails via our internet provider's website, which is Slingshot.co.nz.

Hello, I can see that the archive is full for an email account (we get an error message saying so when we try to send or receive new messages), but when I try to delete messages from my archive (to free up space), I see that my settings were set to never delete email messages. I cannot sign in as the administrator to change the setting so my messages will start getting deleted incrementally, because I cannot sign in as I forgot/lost my password.....any help on how to reset my password and change my email settings would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Can anyone explain why my "New Message" form is now unreadable after a regular system restart? There is also a very minor change to some other interface items, but nothing so terrible as this. The version is 128.0.1esr (64-bit).

Hallo, ich habe Windows 11 neu installiert, nun habe ich das Problem, das angeblich mein Mail Passwort nicht stimmt. Ich habe schon alles ausprobiert, die korrekten Passwörter von T-Online eingebeben, die Passwörter geändert, nichts hilft. Ich habe auch schon Thunderbird neu installiert, doch alles ohne Erfolg. Könntet ihr mir bitte weiterhelfen, das ich dieses wundervolle Programm wieder nutzen kann?

Hier noch mein System: i7 6700 K, WIN 11 HOME, GTX 970Grafikkarte, 500 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB Harddisk,

Danke im Voraus

Rainer

I got a new laptop and figured out how to access my email via Thunderbird. My address book and contacts did not migrate from my previous laptop. Can you please help me migrate all the information, including archived emails in my thunderbird email account I had on my previous laptop?

When I try to forward a message, the document format gets encoded and shows up with a bunch of technical details like ""Delivered-To:", "X-Google-Smtp-Source:", "X-Received:" and many others. I haven't included the data to the right of each item, as I'm not sure what it means or how it's related to solving the issue of the encoded format. This problem started after the latest update was installed. Can anyone advise me on what steps I should take to be able to forward email messages in a readable format? I am using Thunderbird release 128.1.0esr (64 bit) on Windows 10 Thank you, Paul

and I immediately began scrambling to get it back. I found this somewhere: "Don't Delete Files" is the preferred option because it saves the old profile's folder and allows you to recover the files to a new profile. So that gave me hope because that's what I had clicked (unfortunately, it was right before I saw the cancel button over on the right). That's what I get for being in a hurry I guess.

Anyhow, after 4 days of reading support forums and tons of trial and error, I'm no closer to restoring that profile than when I first started (although I've learned a lot about what does NOT work).

Btw, both my profiles have always been set up as POP3 at Gmail, although if I ever get this current problem sorted out I'll be shopping for a different POP3 provider. But that's another story.

I know how to create a new profile with Profile Manager. And I found the Profiles folders under both Thunderbird folder as well as ThunderbirdOLD folder. Have I been on the right track so far?

In the Thunderbird/Profiles folder, I don't see a folder with the deleted profile name (except the new ones (duds) I've since created ). On the other hand, I don't see the name of the profile that I did NOT delete either, but somehow it seems to be working just fine. Maybe it's the ".default" folder or ".default-release" folder? I've only ever had two profiles and I may have created the non-deleted profile first, so did that one end up being named .default? -shrug- I have no clue.

Anyhow, in the ThunderbirdOLD/Profiles folder, I also see ".default" as well as ".default-release" folders too. But in addition, I'm seeing a ".deletedprofile" named folder. So that's where I originally thought my several dozen email folders with several thousand emails and Address Book etc are hiding. But I've copied all the above mentioned folders into the several new Profiles I've created, on a trial and error basis but so far..... no luck. All I get when I open one is the new set up screen to set up a new pop3 account.... which I can do, but that's just starting from scratch without any of my saved data. I'm running out of ideas.

Where am I going wrong?

I've been using TB email for a long time, but a while ago it went crazy on me and my emails start going to xfinity... and that SUCKS ! PLEASE help me with my issue. I need help/instructions to get rid of xfinity mail and getting back as my TB default account.... I'm not a good Tech person. THANK U ahead of time.... Bob

Thank you to David & Toad-Hall who kindly worked to get my Thunderbird to download my messages from Juno in a series of support messages in mid-July.

I have worked with KW, a computer help person at my senior center. I have a follow up appointment with KW on Fri 8/16, 1 pm MDT. Last session KW succeeded in re-setting the STMP server port to 25 and the POP3 server to 110. See screen shots.

This did NOT enable Tbird to download my messages from JUNO. There was a' change, Tbird would no longer SEND messages via my Juno account, earlier it would send test messages. see 3rd screen shot

Like Toad-Hall, KW is suspicious that the last message Tbird downloaded from Juno 6/26 that directed me to reset my password in Juno was malicious. We reset my password and Juno & Tbird both open with the new password I set up directly from the Juno webpage.

KW suggests I ask you if it is possible to deinstall & reinstall Tbird, Might that restore Tbird to function? Would I lose the contents of my saved messages in folders?

Additional screen shots, maybe useful info.

I really love my Thunderbird! I like to work off-line, I like storing my files on my computer computer.

For the second time in the past month, I'm getting a mysterious message every time I open Thunderbird. I'm getting the following message:

"Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead

Thunderbird detected a potential security threat and did not continue to live.thunderbird.net. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details."

In addition, I'm unable to send or receive anything to my gmail addresses. On the other hand, my earthlink addresses are working fine.

The last time this happened, eighteen days ago, the problem mysteriously disappeared ten minutes later. No such luck this time; it's now been about twenty minutes and no sign that the problem is going away.

Help, help, help!!!

Is there a way to show only the inbox's unread count in the sidebar when the account is collapsed?

Currently any unread messages are being counted, but personally I would like a way to only show the count number if those messages are in the inbox.

One example of this is sometimes I do not need to read a message and immediately archive it without reading and do not need to include that in the count, but its still nice to leave it unread in the All Mail folder just for future reference.

Been a Tbird user (and donor) for years. Last few months sending Gmail is slow, frequently:

Often 30-60 seconds with just text in email Can be >60 seconds when forwarding an email with embedded links or when sending an attachment.

My setup below. No other app or network issues on my 2 year old Dell Windows 11 PC or with other devices in my home Eero mesh network. No non-Tbird Gmail problems from my phone or iPad.

Any simple solutions here? Thanks.

My Thunderbird Specs

Version 128.1.0 (problem has existed well before this release over last few months) with all installation server setting defaults: pop.gmail.com Port 995 smtp.gmail.com Port 465 Secure Connect SSL/TLS Authentication method OAuth2

After getting help from you to delete all Thunderbird data on my old laptop (Many thanks David!) I successfully installed a new copy of the software. I copied all the information that my desktop p.c. uses to collect my emails but the new Thunderbird on my laptop will not accept the server and logon information. "Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account" They work without any problems with Thunderbird on my PC. There does not seem to be an option to manually set up the server information. I have tried both POP3 and IMAP but neither work. Any help welcome.

Have used Thunderbird with Comcast/Xfinity for over 10 years. I can receive all of my email on Thunderbird. About 6 months ago I started to not be able to send emails from Thunderbird sporadically, but it has escalated to the point of not being able to send emails of my comcast.net accounts at all. From my gmail accounts I can send messages just fine through Thunderbird. Three weeks ago I spent 2 hours on the phone with Xfinity. Reset all the passwords, checked all the settings, etc etc. For the rest of that day I could send all emails through Thunderbird. Ever since that day, same problem. I spent another 2 hours on the phone yesterday with Xfinity and they are sending my issue to a 3rd or 4th tier support person. They say there is no guarantee they will find a solution and that I won't hear back until Monday or Tuesday. Also this is the same problem on 2 different computers. One computer has the newest Thunderbird update to version 128.1.0esr and the other has the last version of Thunderbird as 115.14.0.

Here is the exact error message I get when I try to send an email:

Sending of message failed. An error occurred while sending mail: Outgoing server (SMTP) error. The server responded: resomta-s2p-647654.sys.comcast.net resomta-s2p-647654.sys.comcast.net Excessive failed authentication, ESMTP server temporarily not available.

The numbers after s2p- change for each attempt to send an email.

Believe me I have tried all sorts of different settings and I have read practically all of the solutions I could find on Mozilla's support forums and articles.

Really need help on this one. Jennifer

I've tried importing my old profile into the new profile. I get the following message: Import failed unexpectedly, more information may be available in the Error Console. Can I copy and paste folders like my old LOCAL and CALENDAR folders into my new profile?

I'm under the impression that the following setup used to work well, but ceased to sometime in the past:

Filter 1: ("junk from unknown senders"), enabled. - Apply filter when: Manually run, Getting new mail -> Filter before Junk Classification. - Match all of the following: From - isn't in my address book - Personal Address Book. - Perform these actions: Set Junk Status to: Junk.

Filter 2: ("delete all junk"), enabled. - Apply filter when: Manually run, Getting new mail -> Filter after Junk Classification. - Match all of the following: Junk status - is - Junk. - Perform these actions: Move Message to - Junk on myaddress@myprovider.com.

Filter 2 is lower down the list of filters.

Filter 2 works as I expect it when I run it manually with 'Tools'->'Run Filters on Folder'. However it is either never executed, or never succeeds in moving messages to the Junk folder when it is called automatically under the "Getting new mail" condition. I check mail automatically every 10 minutes on this IMAP account, but the messages marked as Junk by filter 1 are never moved to the Junk folder.

What might explain this?

Thanks and appreciation to all the volunteers answering questions for the public on this site.

Details: running v115.13.0 on Debian.