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I just did the newest update on Thunderbird. After I did so my selected message highlight color changed to lime green. I looked all through my setting etc. and I can't figure out how to change it. How do I change my selected message highlight color?

Thanks for the help!

Since the most recent upgrade automatically pushed to my Ubuntu-like release of Linux, the menu bar of message composition is effectively invisible. If I hover over the bar I can faintly see the selections as white-on-pale-grey. I have not found where in settings to revert whatever was changed. It makes it hard to Send my messages!

After years of using Thunderbird, today I received the attached error message. I am sending an email to another address within our company? eg, @doulton.ca

dave@doulton.ca sending to H2O@doulton.ca

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave

Since updated to version 128, Thunderbird is displaying email addresses in the form 'user name <user.name@domain>' where previously it only showed 'user name'. How can I revert to the previous behaviour? Thanks, Lucia

Hi,

I installed thunderbird in a new computer via flatpak. The computer is running PopOS 22.04 and the current Thunderbird version is 128.0esr.

I don't know if this happened after the last update from 127 to 128 or was like this before, but on the compose window all the menus and buttons on the top row are completeley invisible, white on white (if I hover over them, then they are slightly visible). See the first 2 images.

The main window is OK and everything is readable (see 3rd image).

I don't know how to change these colors.

Any help will be appreciated.

I often face the problem that, while dragging/rearranging folders, I accidentally move a folder into another one. There is no confirm dialog, but the filter warning dialog opens and notifies me that filters are being updated.

Is there a way to abort the moving process at this stage? There is no cancel/abort button in the filter notification.

duplicate of /questions/1456770 thread since it has a reply

Please don't advise me to go to Tools - Options - Composition - General. When I go to Tools, I see none of those choices. Thank you!!!

I need to replace the 64-bit Thunderbird with a 32-bit version to sync with a 32-bit application. I have not been able to find a download site which does not require also downloading unknown add-ons. Is there one, or do I just trust my luck?

OK, this is really complicated, and involves trying to rescue an old Eudora account to Thunderbird. If anyone wants the whole gory story, please ask and I'll tell all. ( I used Eudora Mailbox Cleaner and Eudora Rescue.) But the simple question is: is it possible to import a Thunderbird profile created on a Mac into a Thunderbird program on a PC? Thanks for any help.

Hello,

I need to transfer all e-mail accounts of a domain to a new E-mail host. My idea is to configure a thunderbird client in a server with all domain e-mail accounts in order to back up then. When I switch the domain to the new E-mail host, the idea is to use this backup to populate the new accounts on this host.

In order to test my idea, I did the follow steps:

1) Create a new e-mail account 2) Configured Thunderbird with this account (IMAP) and populate it with some messages and folders. 3) Did the Backup of thunderbird account profile. 4) Closed the Thunderbird 5) I’ve deleted the account a created it again with the same credentials, in order to simulate the account on a new host. 6) Then I Opened Thunderbird and, after synchronize the account, restore the profile.

The problem: As the message sync is done from the host to the client (Thunderbird), All messages restored are deleted. This because the new account have no messages in the host.

Question: Is there a way to use thunderbird to restore all messages of the profile to a new account?

I will need to do this for the almost 90 e-mails accounts of the domain. Anyone know a (free) tool that can do this?

Best Regards,

Marcelo

When using TB today I got messages that there wasn't enough disk space. So I compacted all folders (I may have tried a repair too, I can't remember now). Next thing I find my inbox is empty, all messages gone. In Local Folders the Inbox file is 0 bytes and Inbox.msf is 2kB.

I have a backup of the entire disk but what files should I pull over from the backup to restore my inbox? I tried bringing those 2 files, an Inbox file of 1.9MB and Inbox.msf of 5kB but when I start TB again there are still no messages in inbox. A compact returns Inbox to 0 bytes.

Since trying this new messages have appeared in inbox so I've moved them to another folder.

Maybe I need to restore other files too but what? I don't want to restore the entire profile as I made changes and moved messages around before the errors popped up. So what files comprise Inbox. There are other Inbox files in various folders relating to my various mail accounts but the only ones dated today are in a folder called Mail\smart mailboxes - I tried restoring those too but still no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Dave

Correspondents and From column is showing the sender name and email address. This has only just appeared this morning. How do I remove showing the email address please?

I have used Thunderbird for years, so updated to/ installed the latest version 128. This updated a few days ago and since then with almost every action there is a 20 to 30 second 'not responding' delay. Windows has not updated in that time, though it might be a windows issue.

duplicate of /questions/1456585 thread.

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I have 2 email addresses in use [edited] Noel Godson Sydney Australia

One of my three email accounts shows all top level folders at the same level as Inbox. (This account is hosted on Google.)

The other two accounts show all top level folders as subfolders of Inbox, although the servers show them correctly at top level. (Hosts are Inmotionhosting and Dreamhost.)

Is there a way to get these folders correctly shown at the top level?

The Manually Sort Folders add-on no longer sorts subfolders, so can't be used on these two accounts without this fix.

Hello,

After upgrading the Thunderbird to the latest version (128.0.1esr (32-bit)), and trying to switch View->Layout->Classic View to Vertical View, and back to the Classic View, messages from last almost 15 months are not visible. Messages prior to 15 months ago are visible, and from that point, just couple of them showing totally unrelated content than nothing; looks like something is corrupted.

After the latest Thunderbird upgrade, one new message arrived and everything looks OK.

Any hint please?

Thanks. Branko

Hi there, I use iPrimus. I can Receive emails. I am currently based in Thailand (previously Australia - no issues)

Whenever I attempt to send an email from Thailand, I get the message: "Send Message Error Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail: Outgoing server (SMTP) error. The server responded: smtp692.syd.oss-core.net."

Outgoing Server Settings: smtp.iprimus.com.au Port 587 (default) - (NB I tried 465 without success) Connection: STARTTLS Authentication: Normal Password