emails not downloading regularly, only one in 10 or twenty

I've tried restarting and reinstalling Thunderbird but no change in this blockage since Tuesday. I am running Windows 11 Pro and Thunderbird 128.1.0esr (64-bit). Downl… (read more)

I've tried restarting and reinstalling Thunderbird but no change in this blockage since Tuesday. I am running Windows 11 Pro and Thunderbird 128.1.0esr (64-bit). Downloading chunks of email from Comcast and trying to import them doesn't work. Please advise as I am stuck. I will check your answers on Comcast server as I can not read them directly.

Asked by d4867 3 weeks ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 5 days ago

imap-mail.outlook.com message asking for a password to connect to Thunderbird and get new messages is not working

Recently a pop-up asks me to enter a password to receive/send messages in my Thunderbird emails. Each time I enter the password, the pop-up message comes back w/in second… (read more)

Recently a pop-up asks me to enter a password to receive/send messages in my Thunderbird emails. Each time I enter the password, the pop-up message comes back w/in seconds asking me to retry or enter new password or cancel. It seems there is difficulty logging in as imap-mail.outlook.com has failed to connect. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can correct this issue? In simple terms please with step-by-step directions. Thank you kindly!!!

Asked by natpaul 5 days ago

Last reply by david 5 days ago

Thunderbird crashes when I want to save email attachments

Thunderbird 128.0.1esr (32-bit) on Windows 10 (German version) When I open an email with attachments and I select "save all", Thunderbird crashes. An apology dialogue box… (read more)

Thunderbird 128.0.1esr (32-bit) on Windows 10 (German version) When I open an email with attachments and I select "save all", Thunderbird crashes. An apology dialogue box opens and I can either close or restart Thunderbird. This started happening several weeks ago. Would be grateful for any help.

Asked by ub3 4 weeks ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 5 days ago

Delete collected E-Mail Adresses

I use Thunderbird on my iMac Sonoma 14.6 with the M1-Chip I mistyped an adress while writing an E-Mail and sent the Mail. Returned realized the Mistake and corrected the… (read more)

I use Thunderbird on my iMac Sonoma 14.6 with the M1-Chip I mistyped an adress while writing an E-Mail and sent the Mail. Returned realized the Mistake and corrected the adress. ›ow, every time I want to write a Mail to the recepient I am offered both adresses. I Allready deleted the wrong spelling from my Contacts-App, but still ... I tried "search adress", but there I do find only the correct one.

What can I do to delete the adress I don't want to confuse me any longer? Thank you for your help!

Asked by nc-odendach 1 week ago

Last reply by 7vcxr6fgtm 5 days ago

Email "move" between folders in latest Thunderbird (128) is unreliable, either failing or deleting messages

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 … (read more)

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

Asked by jollygreengiant 3 weeks ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 6 days ago

Problem with message quoted in replies

I've been looking for a solution to an annoying problem for a while now but I can't figure it out. When I reply to an email from Thunderbird the quoted text should be hid… (read more)

I've been looking for a solution to an annoying problem for a while now but I can't figure it out. When I reply to an email from Thunderbird the quoted text should be hidden in the recipient's client but instead it appears as a normal text making my emails too long and annoying for the recipient. Is there a way to get around this problem?

Asked by Peppe187 1 week ago

Last reply by Matt 6 days ago

How to completely reset Thunderbird preferences except for configured accounts?

How to completely reset Thunderbird preferences except for configured accounts? I mean all visualization preferences, menus, themes, buttons, whatever. But don't touch e-… (read more)

How to completely reset Thunderbird preferences except for configured accounts? I mean all visualization preferences, menus, themes, buttons, whatever. But don't touch e-mail accounts.

Asked by João M. S. Silva 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Matt 6 days ago

Folder Compacting renders emails unreadable

In attempting to address inbox message duplication in Thunderbird (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1453812#answer-1666737), I've been systematically deleting … (read more)

In attempting to address inbox message duplication in Thunderbird (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1453812#answer-1666737), I've been systematically deleting thousands of old emails from my inbox, followed by a folder compacting.

Now, many of the remaining messages are unreadable. Most appear to be blank /empty, while some appear as gibberish text. I've tried repairing the folder using the tool in Folder Properties. That may have made the problem worse.

Asked by atscomms 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 6 days ago

Composition and placement of signature

I have been unable to get the signatures composed and placed as I desire. I see reference to click 'account settings' and then 'composition & addressing' but I have… (read more)

I have been unable to get the signatures composed and placed as I desire. I see reference to click 'account settings' and then 'composition & addressing' but I have been unable to find composition and addressing in the account settings. My signature comes out at the bottom of the email and I would like it under the new text. It is all in one line although it shows in several lines in the account settings.

Asked by jjanderson403 6 days ago

Last reply by Matt 6 days ago

Scamming by someone

Hello I m writting behalf on my colleague. His name is <redacted>. His email address is <redacted> He got mail regarding someone has access his email and kn… (read more)

Hello I m writting behalf on my colleague. His name is <redacted>.

His email address is <redacted>

He got mail regarding someone has access his email and knows about every secret detail.

When he tries to change his password, the backup email address shows wrong. Setted by the hacker.

Can you get in contact with <redacted> to save his account in above.

Asked by Kutluhan Hakan 6 days ago

Last reply by Selim 6 days ago

Installing Thunderbird errors, ""Sorry Thunderbird cant be installed. This version of Thunderbird requires Microsoft Windows 10 x 64 or higher.."

When I download Thunderbird I get "Thunderbird Setup 128.1.1esr." If I click on that it says extracting but doesnt show where its extracting to. If I right click and extr… (read more)

When I download Thunderbird I get "Thunderbird Setup 128.1.1esr." If I click on that it says extracting but doesnt show where its extracting to. If I right click and extract from there I get a setup file but when I click on that to setup I get a message "Sorry Thunderbird cant be installed. This version of Thunderbird requires Microsoft Windows 10 x 64 or higher.." I have Windows 10 x 64. This whole problem started when I couldnt save attachments and I read online a solution which was reinstalling Thunderbird. Any advice?

Asked by davidprisk 6 days ago

Last reply by david 6 days ago

difficulty in setting up Thunderbird on a new PC

Why did I have to use Google to be able to access my Thunderbird account? I don't see that as protecting my privacy. Admittedly I haven't previously updated my Thunderbir… (read more)

Why did I have to use Google to be able to access my Thunderbird account? I don't see that as protecting my privacy. Admittedly I haven't previously updated my Thunderbird password as often as I should but I don't see why it couldn't be used to enable Thunderbird on my new computer.

Asked by Keep It Simple 6 days ago

Last reply by david 6 days ago

Sync yahoo calendar in Thunderbird

Hello Team, Hope you are doing well. I just installed Thunderbird email client and have imported my Yahoo Mail account into thunderbird. Further, add-ons TbSync and Prov… (read more)

Hello Team,

Hope you are doing well. I just installed Thunderbird email client and have imported my Yahoo Mail account into thunderbird. Further, add-ons TbSync and Provider for Exchange ActiveSync have been installed too.

However, I cannot add yahoo calendar. I have tried creating New Calendar and proceeded up to the steps - "On the Network ; paste yahoo calendar URL etc and the bottleneck seems to be yahoo credentials are not accepted. Please help.

Also is there a way to combine my hotmail, yahoo and gmail calendars into "one" Thunderbird calendar? I am not sure if calendar events from the 3 email providers are comprehensively included in my view today. Appreciate your guidance on this too!

Many Thanks, Amlesh

Asked by amaskikar 6 days ago

Last reply by sfhowes 6 days ago

Can't see contents of email on Thunderbird since newest update

Hello, we are running Thunderbird 128.1.0osr (32-bit) released on 8/6/24. Ever since the upgrade my husband's email has not worked correctly. Around that same time, he … (read more)

Hello, we are running Thunderbird 128.1.0osr (32-bit) released on 8/6/24. Ever since the upgrade my husband's email has not worked correctly.

Around that same time, he received a pop up within the Thunderbird app asking for donations from Thunderbird. The popup would not go away and my husband lost a ton of his email.

Ever since these two events his Thunderbird email won't work correctly.

Messages since 8/4/24 at 6:32 am DO work correctly. Emails prior to 5/6/23 also work correctly. Any message in the time period from 5/6/23 at 11:26 am to 8/4/24 does NOT work correctly.

We are having the same trouble with the sent items folder.

We use a third party email that we import into Thunderbird and have used the third party email and Thunderbird since at least 2020 and never had this problem.

We can see all the message headers in our email list, but when we click on the email, nothing shows up. It will briefly say "message loading" at the bottom corner, but the email is totally blank. Furthermore, the message that peeks out at the bottom is the last email that we clicked on from the section of emails that does work. It is not changing to the email we are actually clicking on.

For example: lets say we have an email with message header "thank you for your order" received on 8/15. We click into that and it pulls up fine.

Then we go into older email from 7/31. The message header is "hurry sale ends today". If we click on that, it will say "message loading" at the bottom corner. However, the message preview at the bottom of the screen still displays the from/to/subject from the previous email we viewed from 8/15 "thank you for your order" (the message from 8/15 shows as blank though).

Even if we double click the message from 7/31 that we are trying to view, it just pulls up a blank screen. The bar at the top will briefly display the correct message title that we are trying to open, then it just blanks out.

Steps we have taken:

1. In Account Settings/Privacy I clicked to "allow remote content". This made an improvement as prior to this we were having the same problem even with recent messages. We could see one or two messages that had just arrived, then the third message we couldn't see. We have messages set to delete on the server after so many days. So I think it was able to recover the message that were still on the remove 3rd party server.

2. We moved a lot of the emails into archive folders as I thought the inbox may be too large. That didn't make any improvement.

Thanks for any help you can provide. My husband has a lot of really important information in his emails that he needs.

Asked by lexi 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 6 days ago