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Questions re Email Inbox and Reply window:

1) I can't find a list here showing the Inbox icons and what they mean, specifically this one. I can't delete it, nor do I see anything in the inbox list of column indicators that it might be. I'd like to know what it's for and if/how it can be removed.

2) I want to have more space for the message pane; the only way to do this is to have a smaller font size for the email List pane. I don't see where I can change this. Is it possible to decrease this font size? I've tried but haven't t been able to locate info on this website.)

3) Reply font: I keep changing it to my Preference, but it keeps going back to a default.

Also, find it annoying that I can't select a specific font SIZE. I've never seen a Windows desktop software of ANY kind, not just email, which doesn't give have choice of font size as well as the font itself. Is there a suggestion area on this website?

Thanks.

Thunderbird V115.5.0 (on Debian Linux) - Can't Find the "Font Toolbar" in email "Write" window ... Where is it?

I've been using Thunderbird as my email client for decades. After a recent upgrade to software on my Debian Linux PC, I cannot find nor enable the "Font Toolbar" that was once available within the Write Window. I'd like to continue to employ Thunderbird as my email client, but this feature/capability is a necessity.

The "Font Toolbar" enables one to modify the size, color, and spacing(s) of characters, letters, words, and/or paragraphs, and one may also adjust the super- or sub-script, underlining, over-lining, etc., of the same.

I've just spent several hours attempting to enable this, searching and trying lots of bad ideas on the local Thunderbird GUI's settings. Still.... NO TOOLBAR! This is very disturbing for me. Given the plethora of search results returned during searches, this has been recurring for a good long time. There are lots of folks with this or very similar problems.

I'd like to continue using and enjoying what I have thought was a very good contribution to the globe for use on all sorts of operating systems. For decades, I've solely used Linux. I've liked Mozilla software from the get-go, and this has happened just once before several years ago. Luckily, there was a way to enable it in the "about:config" settings. Today, I couldn't even find a way to enter those settings in this newest version of Thunderbird - V115.5.0.

If the toolbar is still a feature, how do I enable it?

Though the previous version of Thunderbird worked fine on this machine i have been obliged to install a new version : 128.1Oesr.exe All that happens now in that the instalation goes on repreating only to stop when at times reaching a page stating that to open my existing Thunderbird account i need to complete the form asking for : my name, email, password

I check my Mozilla account and found i have a User name and a Display name. Which do i use to complete the form to open my existing Thunderbird account. Where would i find a password for my Thunderbird account? Nothing appears for Mozilla in my list off saved passwords and tbh i didn't know there was a password for the Thunderbird account.

I really need help quickly because having been obliged to instal the update i am now without my email account. thank you

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