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I just got a new computer and I installed thunderbird so I can access my work email that I set up with thunderbird. I'm having trouble signing in to the business account I use for work.

Sync or import from 1 PC to another with different versions of Thunderbird. What version do I need? Does it work? Is there a way to backup the messages and addresses on an external disk to access later?

Running Thunderbird 128.1.1esr (64-bit) for Linux Mint (mint-001 - 1.0) on a Linux Mint 22 Wilma system. When I click Message Filters and then Filter Log, I do not actually see the filter log, only a check box to enable it, which is already checked" - same as https://support.mozilla.org/kn/questions/1438189 I noticed it today and, as I normally check the filterlog on my primary (POP3) account about once a week, it would appear to have only started happening recently. I checked the filterlog.html files for all of my accounts - they all looked OK. Went through TB Clear Log, Close for all of them, quit TB, reload TB, same as before. filterlogs not showing. Cleared 'Enable the Filter Log', quit TB, deleted filterlogs from profiles, reload TB, enabled filterlogs, quit TB, filterlogs had been recreated in profiles by TB. Reload TB, moved some filtered mails back to inbox, ran filters again, they had been moved from inbox to deleted, showed when filterlog.html viewed in Firefox but still not showing in TB via Message Filters and Filter Log. All help greatly appreciated.

Is it possible to query the commandline options (especially the version) of firefox and thunderbird?

the only way i found out is to query windows registry: reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox" /s | findstr /I main reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Thunderbird" /s | findstr /I main

The goal is: backup firefox and thunderbird profiles via script/batch and read the version for a later restore.

Best Regards

After every new update, existing mail account settings is lost, need to restore it from previous profile backup all the time. is there any permanent resolution of this issue? I am using multiple e-mail accounts.

Configuration:

OS - Windows 10 64 bit Thunderbird - Version 128.1.1esr

First, here's how I process incoming email, which first goes to my Gmail address. I delete about half of my messages unread, and about one-quarter more after reading/scanning them. The remainder are then downloaded after I open TB on my Windows PC and select Get Mail (F5).

'Until about Aug. 20, everything worked as planned, even though TB was also downloading some of my Sent messages.

But since then, with no setup changes made by me, TB also includes ALL the messages that I previously deleted at the Gmail site. So I must delete them again, a tedious, annoying process. Experimenting, I overcame the problem by permanently deleting the trashed messages at Gmail before launching TB. It also amount to double deleting, but it is much faster that way.

WHAT MUST I DO to restore the previous functionality of this process?

I'm not a techie, but began using Eudora over 25 years ago, so PLEASE don't replies with guesses.

I tried to do an import of a backup profile that was very large, greater than 3 GB. System says this file is too big to recover. Error console is as follows:

1725191863571 addons.xpi WARN Checking C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution\extensions for addons Found 0 public keys and 0 secret keys (0 protected, 0 unprotected) RNPLib.jsm:559:15 1725191864673 addons.xpi WARN Addon with ID thunderbird-compact-light@mozilla.org already installed, older version will be disabled 1725191864673 addons.xpi WARN Addon with ID thunderbird-compact-dark@mozilla.org already installed, older version will be disabled Layout was forced before the page was fully loaded. If stylesheets are not yet loaded this may cause a flash of unstyled content. 4 msgHdrView.js:4194:6 downloadable font: failed to start download (font-family: "YahooSans" style:normal weight:400 stretch:100 src index:0): content blocked source: https://s.yimg.com/os/fontserver/YahooSans/Regular.woff2 2 downloadable font: failed to start download (font-family: "YahooSans" style:normal weight:400 stretch:100 src index:1): content blocked source: https://s.yimg.com/os/fontserver/YahooSans/Regular.woff 2 downloadable font: failed to start download (font-family: "YahooSans" style:normal weight:600 stretch:100 src index:0): content blocked source: https://s.yimg.com/os/fontserver/YahooSans/Semibold.woff2 2 downloadable font: failed to start download (font-family: "YahooSans" style:normal weight:600 stretch:100 src index:1): content blocked source: https://s.yimg.com/os/fontserver/YahooSans/Semibold.woff 2 This page uses the non standard property “zoom”. Consider using calc() in the relevant property values, or using “transform” along with “transform-origin: 0 0”. importexport Some cookies are misusing the recommended “SameSite“ attribute 10 downloadable font: kern: Too large subtable (font-family: "Open Sans" style:normal weight:700 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf?5014568 downloadable font: Table discarded (font-family: "Open Sans" style:normal weight:700 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf?5014568 downloadable font: kern: Too large subtable (font-family: "Open Sans" style:italic weight:400 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf?c7dcce0 downloadable font: Table discarded (font-family: "Open Sans" style:italic weight:400 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf?c7dcce0 downloadable font: kern: Too large subtable (font-family: "Open Sans" style:normal weight:700 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf?5014568 downloadable font: Table discarded (font-family: "Open Sans" style:normal weight:700 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf?5014568 downloadable font: kern: Too large subtable (font-family: "Open Sans" style:italic weight:400 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf?c7dcce0 downloadable font: Table discarded (font-family: "Open Sans" style:italic weight:400 stretch:100 src index:2) source: https://addons.thunderbird.net/static/css/impala/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf?c7dcce0 InstallTrigger is deprecated and will be removed in the future. impala-min.js:1:31868 Uncaught TypeError: tab.browser.contentWindow.showTab is not a function

   toImport chrome://messenger/content/mailCore.js:587

mailCore.js:587:39 Uncaught (in promise) NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND: Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFile.copyTo]

   _recursivelyCopyMsgFolder resource:///modules/ThunderbirdProfileImporter.jsm:659
   _importMailMessages resource:///modules/ThunderbirdProfileImporter.jsm:588
   _importServersAndAccounts resource:///modules/ThunderbirdProfileImporter.jsm:248

2 ThunderbirdProfileImporter.jsm:659 NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE WebGL context was lost. 2 Troubleshoot.sys.mjs:710:17

In Thunderbird, which I have used for years, there were some 95 messages in a folder. For some unknown reason (did my mouse finger slip perhaps?) they disappeared. I can see them by using "Search", but would very much like to restore them to their folder -or any folder. Can someone advise?

I have (I hope) attached a screenshot of what ""search" produces - any idea as to how I can get these messages back into a folder? I've tried making a new one, but that didn't work.

Roy

Ubuntu 24.04, Thunderbird 128.1.0esr (64-bit)

I have a mix of POP and IMAP accounts. All are read when starting Thunderbird, I receive the messages. But then, only the IMAP accounts get the messages, whatever the configuration of the Server Settings. I.e. no messages for the POP accounts from "Check for new messages every X minutes", nor from "Get Messages". I have to restart Thunderbird to get the new messages for the POP accounts.

Everything worked well before, this problem happens since I have upgraded Xubuntu from 22.04 to 24.04, where the Thunderbird package switched to a mandatory Snap, where it upgraded to 128.1.0.

I have my email account set up on my phone (Android) and on Thunderbird. Both are set up the same way receiving emails via POP Mail server. Messages are left on the server until I delete them. Certain messages appear on my phone but never appear in Thunderbird. I do not have any spam filters set up on Thunderbird. Junk settings are set such that messages from people in my personal address book are not treated as junk, and yet they are also amongst those that do not appear. Junk messages, in any case, are not moved from my mail folder.

Furthermore if I try to forward the missing messages from my phone (where they appear) to myself again, they will still not appear in Thunderbird.

Why cannot I not see those (missing) messages?

I am a 20-year (give or take) user of Thunderbird, and it is getting almost unusable.

I am hopeful someone can help.

A lot of context....

My principal account is at Comcast (POP3; normal password), but a consulting gig has caused me to add a Outlook account (POP3; OAuth2). And I think that (along with Thunderbird updates within the past year) are the cause of my issues. And the only circumvention I have found is restarting. And yes, I have a large, multi-decade collection of e-mails in about 100 local folders.

Issues that appear intermittently:

1) Pauses (for instance, while composing e-mails) lasting up to 15 seconds where Thunderbird is unresponsive to keystrokes or other UI gestures. 2) Sometimes there are permanent "(Not responding)" lockups. Also there are times where the address book is inaccessible until Thunderbird is closed and restarted. Restarting is also the frequent cure for the persistent authentication issues. 3) Inability to access address book implicitly or via menu item 4) On start-up, generally both accounts get authenticated, but I keep getting nags to enter the Outlook password - If I ignore the nag, it pops up every couple of minutes. If I enter the password incorrectly, it tells me, but if I enter it correctly the login screen goes away, but login screen reappears within a few minutes. 5) Likely in conjunction with (4) above, I intermittently cannot send e-mails outbound to the Comcast account, with Tbird complaining about authentication; reentering the Comcast password does not help until I restart. 6) If (5) above happens, when I restart Tbird, I have to reenter Comcast passwords, even though I always select "remember password" 7) nstmp folders keep getting created.

Thank you for any assistance you can offer.

Jonathan

All of a sudden my main inbox is not showing all my mail. The other mailboxes work fine. I don't know if I accidentally changed a setting. Can someone help, please? It's my main email.

Even if a new one comes in, it disappears. Some are in my all mail, but not all.

Please help. I am waiting for mail that is very important.

Thanks in advance, Leslie

I have installed Thunderbird version 128.1.1 esr (64 bit). The download button as not appearing. I removed the application & reinstalled. Still the download button is not appearing. Kindly help . I wish to have the button which I am used to. The screen shot is attached.

Hi. My windows 10 PC failed to boot a few days ago and after a long period of trying to salvage it, I wound up having to reset the Windows OS on it (Go figure) and that of course resulted in the loss of all of my 3rd party software and applications.

I have since restored the PC and and the My Thunderbird email software. I did have a backup of my profile of sorts from a few months ago when I was forced to migrate email ISP companies from Cox Communications to Yahoo when Cox left the email industry last spring. I say 'of sorts' because I only kept the file structure from the actual profile down vice from Thunderbird down. And even if I had done that, it wouldn't work well since I copied out the profile before the switch to Yahoo, so the email accounts have the old Cox server info not the current Yahoo ones.

I have come to terms with the email loss and I did take the opportunity to switch from POP3 to IMAP something I have been meaning to do for a while now. And I was able to copy over the Local Folders , so it's not all gloom and doom. But what I really need to get is the address book. I have tired to import it using the "import from another Thunderbird Installation" but that ended with an error condition. Is it possible to copy the address book from one profile to another?

Oh and one last thing, Thank you for the ISP configuration data base that T'bird used to auto-configure the IMAP server setups. It made life much easier.

Thanks for any help. Respectfully Mark B.