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How to turn of message threading permanently?
I don't know whether I clicked some button or what, but Thunderbird suddenly decided to activate message threading a week or two back. I've tried clicking the threading icon, which turns it off temprorarily, but it always comes back on. Same with View->Sort By->Unthreaded. It always comes back on, I suspect the next time I run the app.
I'm running Thunderbird 115.5.1 (64 bit) under Windows 11.
How can I turn it off permanently?
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It's not simple, but worth doing. This is the official (to my knowledge) documentation. Well worth the read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/message-threading-thunderbird
Here is my own documentation on threading, duplicating the above, but it may help: You need to highlight each folder and click View>sort by>unthreaded. If this applies to just a few folders, just repeat the process as necessary. If you have many folders or plan to add many new folders, you may wish a different approach, below:
More info: To change default for *new* folders, In config editor, you can change default that applies to NEW folders you set up: mailnews.default_view_flags 0=unthreaded
Config editor is available at Tools>settings>general and scroll to bottom right.
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To set many *existing* folders, follow these steps: (I creates a crude video that walks through the steps at
https://davidkirk.org/SettingDefaultFolderView.mp4 that demonstrates the following steps:
First, highlight a folder that you have set to unthreaded In the Message List view, in the column header, on the far right, open the options button that shows context menu. : At the very bottom is the option: -> "Apply current view to..." -> "Folder and its children..." -> Hover over an account -> In the next menu don't select a folder. Instead select the account name itself. ALSO, for future installations of Thunderbird, - install Thunderbird and exit prior to setting up accounts - create a simple text file with name of user.js with these lines: // Set default threading to UNthreaded ### <== this line is optional, just for documentation user_pref("mailnews.default_view_flags", 0); - copy the user.js file into the profile - now, when you start Thunderbird, unthreading will be the default. Problem solved.
Terrific, thank you, David! It's early evening here in the UK and I've just poured my first glass of wine, so I'll take a look at this tomorrow!
Aha. The operative word is "first"... pour one for me, too. :)
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