Questions tagged [thunderbird]
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Thunderbird: Auto reply email (out of office) only to one of, email address, or a list, but not all?
Is there any way to configure Thunderbird, whether by filter, plug-in, other means to automatically send a prepared reply email, like out of office, but not to to everyone - just to a single specified ...
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How to use MFA for Outlook365 from Thunderbird
I use Thunderbird as an email client. I also have an outlook account that must have MFA enabled. I can log into my outlook account via the browser using the microsoft authenticator mobile app. However ...
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Change default encoding in Thunderbird compose email using Config Editor
It defaults to Western-1252, I prefer ASCII. Any way to get it to use that using user.js/about:config?
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Thunderbird: Automatically add calendar entry from incoming email?
In Outlook and Gmail it is customary that an incoming calendar invite will be put on the calendar automatically (in an unconfirmed state).
Is there any way to get Thunderbird to do this as well? ...
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Downloading via POP while keeping messages marked unread on server in Thunderbird
We have a problem with emails being marked as "read" on the server (cPanel -> WebMail) when Thunderbird downloads them via POP. Is there any way to prevent this?
Use case and Scenario: ...
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How to adjust the font size of the message list and of the folder list in Thunderbird?
In Windows 10, I use Thunderbird 78.11.0 (32-Bit) as an e-mail client.
Today, suddenly the font size of the message list and of the folder list has become very small. (No changes in other applications)...
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How to enable the search box in Mozilla Thunderbird
Having installed Thunderbird on my new machine, the quick filter box was available, but the search box that normally lives above it has disappeared. How do I get it back?
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Shortcut for Thunderbird's unread mails
Thunderbird has in "Quick filter" the option to show Unread mails only (or all). Is there any keyboard shortcut for that?
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Thunderbird 78.0: possible to change selected email highlight color (when no focus)?
recently thunderbird 78.0 change a big way its UI.
Although the changes are mostly good ones, I find that it is much less easy to see what element is selected (for example is the focus on the folders ...
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The Remove Duplicate Messages add on to Mozilla Thunderbird does not find all duplicates
I have upgraded my email hosting and copied bulk messages from folders in the old server to the same folder in the new server. However in some cases I have copied many messages multiple times so have ...
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Why can't Thunderbird decrypt messages made with Kleopatra?
So if I import a public key made by thunderbird into Kleopatra and use it to encrypt a message, then send an email containing that message, thunderbird gives an error and doesn't decrypt the message.
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Thunderbird template
I have just started to use TB.
When I create a template within an email account, every reply or new message uses that template.
I don't want that.
Edit: it appears that even with the templates removed,...
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Thunderbird over VPN is asking to authenticate every time
I just tried to run a VPN connection and then read my email via Thunderbird. For every account, it asked me to reauthenticate.
I guess the servers are recognizing a different login location and are ...
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How to stop Thunderbird from checking for new email (is it possible to archive an account?)
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I have an old email account that doesn't exist anymore. Its messages are saved in Thunderbird.
I want to keep that account in Thunderbird. However, because it doesn't exist anymore, I don't ...
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All Office365 folders have disappeared from Thunderbird
My company email is Office365 and I've been using it through Thunderbird for years with no (serious) problems.
I haven't changed any settings or anything, but yesterday I opened Thunderbird on my work ...
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Thunderbird do not show events any more
I have recently installed ubuntu 20.04 and started using thunderbird. At first when an invitation appeared I was prompted to add a calendar (do not remember exactly which one) and it seems that ...
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Can't download emails from hotmail to Mozilla Thunderbird since a week ago
Since a week ago I can't download my emails from Hotmail to Thunderbird but I can send new ones.
When I try to download Thunderbird says "Downloading 1 of 5...." and then a msgbox appears ...
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How can I best restore ancient text-file email backups into a more modern email format?
Like many of us, I have decades of email now that's sprinkled through my backups, often from when I would move to a new computer or migrate from one OS to another. I now have a bunch of ancient email ...
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How to find Thunderbird's server certificate for a domain name, to correct the configuration?
Suddenly today (Linux, PopOS 20.10, TB 78.7.1(64-bit)), I can't send mail via my ISP using Thunderbird.
At first an email was rejected, saying the certificate was invalid.
Viewing the certificate ...
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Thunderbird, view Microsoft Teams invitation as HTML and not as URL
I am using Thunderbird client and when I receive a Microsoft Teams invitation, I see it as an URL, and not as the typical Gmail view, with date, hour and meeting users embedded in mail content.
How ...
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Thunderbird/Outlook if mail not received last 24 hours
I have some routine emails that are sent every day, they are automatically going in some folders.
However, if I don't receive the mail in the last 24 hours I want to have an alert, in thunderbird or ...
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Disable confirmation emails in Thunderbird Lightning Calendar
How do I make Thunderbird Lightning Calendar stop sending confirmation emails?
There is a closed bug report on Bugzilla, but I cannot find an option to disable confirmation emails.
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How to quickly answer email with an audio note
Sometimes I need to give very long answers to some emails and I am very bad at typing, so if I know that person and I have her/his phone number, I send her an audio note via Whatsapp. But there are ...
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Would like to see the email address from sender in the column
I would like to include the email address from the sender of the email to appear when I am looking through my inbox. Currently it only shows the from name, not the actual from email.
I have checked ...
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Using Thunderbird 78.9.1, what must I do to display "Important" message in red backcolor?
In Thunderbird 78.9.1, I search to display some tagged messages with some specific backcolors.
Using Options in Thunderbird application, it is only possible to set forecolors !
I have found some pages ...
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How set Default vs. specific outgoing server
I am using Thunderbird 78.9.1 and Win7.
I have a few email accounts that are associated with my own web site.
In TB: Tools | Account Settings | Outgoing Server (SMTP)
I have 3 entries:
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How to localize the reply header in Thunderbird
When replying in German I want to have the standard opening line
Am XX.XX.XXX um 21:22 schrieb Nobody's Perfect:
But if I reply in English the German opening is awkward and I want to see:
On XX.XX....
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Thunderbird hangs on pop3
On one of my machines, for the last 2 days, thunderbird hangs when connecting to a pop3 server. I previously had this problem because the TLS on the server was outdated and I had to change security....
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In Thunderbird, while composing an email, how to convert it from plain text to HTML?
In Thunderbird, while composing an email, how to convert it from plain text to HTML? In general, I'd like to compose plain text emails by default. But sometimes, when I realized I need to insert HTML-...
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How do I apply my customized mails table to all folders in Thunderbird 78?
I customized my mails table by reordering the columns, removing columns (Read status, Junk status, Thread) and changing the order to date (newest at top instead of oldest at top).
Then I switched to ...
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How to immediately delete email from server after archiving it in thunderbird?
In my current setup, when thunderbird archives an e-mail it is only marked for deletion, not delete immediately from the server. How do I set it up to actually delete the mail from the server ?
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Searching Thunderbird emails
I use Thunderbird to handle 5 email accounts.
When I use Global Search, I do not find a certain string. However, when I search through the Thuderbird data directory on on hard-drive, I do find the ...
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TB 78 genreated key cannot be import into gpg
I generated a ECC key then save the private key to file. Then I can import the key to tb78. However, when I try to import it to gpg2, it failed:
gpg: key E66BE8B832B7CE7A: "[email protected]" ...
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Why does Thundebird use ≈ 100 % CPU when transferring mails between different IMAP accounts (as well as other tasks)?
Thunderbird frequently uses 90-100 % CPU on my modern machines when doing I/O-tasks, like checking mail or, what I have done a lot recently: transferring mail from IMAP account A to IMAP account B.
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Stable way to transfer mails between GMail account? Thunderbird fails
I want to transfer ≈ 500 mails between two GMail accounts, from A to B. The mails are quite big, on average 5 MB or so. They span 10 years and I have split them into separate mailboxes (labels) by ...
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Select/deselect ALL folders for offline use in Thunderbird?
I have an e-mail account in Thunderbird with more than 100 IMAP-folders.
Is there an easy way to select or deselect all these folders for offline use?
Currently I have to manually click the checkbox ...
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how do I make thunderbird send outgoing mails with utf8 charset?
as I've seen with google this question was asked quite a few times in the past but since then the GUI of thunderbird changed so much, that those instructions can't be followed any more.
So my queston ...
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How to restore local login on windows 10?
I recently upgraded to windows 10 home from 8.1 I had a local login and added added a microsoft account and a pin. I tried to remove the pin and ended up not being able to reset my password.
I have ...
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thunderbird 78 do not allow me attach my public key even when the key is imported
I have different gpg key for each of my email account. After migrating from enigmail to TB78 key manager, I cannot send email as certain identities. I can only send as one of my ids.
looking at the ...
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Thunderbird doesn't see the profile after an update
After updating Thunderbird to the latest version (78.7.1 32-bit), I was welcomed by the "Set Up Your Existing Email Address" dialog. I can see that my profile folder is still there and the ...
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Message tag in Thunderbird disappears when message moved from inbox to trash
I am using Thunderbird 68.8 on Debian Buster and I have created tags with different colors.
I have created filters, so that messages are taged upon receiving, with appropriate tag.
All works well when ...
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Customise thunderbird 78 looks
Gday gents.
I've got a thunderbird 78.7.1 (64bit) install here on win10.
Trying to change the looks a bit, because even though I like the light interface, the header row in the list is indiscernible ...
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How to encrypt a mail in Thunderbird?
I have been using PGP for a long time now but recently Thunderbird replaced the Enigmail encryption-plugin with a native PGP solution.
That's maybe good news, however, I cannot figure out how to ...
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Thunderbird Signature Switch - Sync signatures between different devices
When composing a message in Thunderbird I would like to easily turn on/off and choose between signatures but also sync my signatures between different devices.
So far the Signature Switch add-on in ...
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Get thunderbird to set from equal to "recipient to" when replying to email
Is there a way to get thunderbird to set the "from" email address to the email address the email was sent to, when replying to the email.
Example: I am using a google account, and if an ...
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How can I make thunderbird send only?
I don't want to see new emails in thunderbird, I just want to be able to use thunderbird for sending out emails. How can I do that? I could put in garbage imap server but then sent emails don't seem ...
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How can I connect a PGP certificate to an email address in Thunderbird?
Is it possible to assign a public key from your key manager to a particular email address so that Thunderbird 78.6.0 automatically uses that key to encrypt when that email address is in the "To&...
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Restore Thunderbird CC field as baseline
Thunderbird used to have a CC field but in version 78.6.0 it is hidden by default and can only be restored by clicking on the "Cc" button for every mail I write. How can I restore the CC ...
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Thunderbird: accept event as USER into caldav calendar
I have a work email, let's call it [email protected], to which I get invites for meetings. I use Thunderbird (currently v78.4.0) as my email client.
I have also set up Lightning in TB to sync with my ...
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Mail disappeared from Thunderbird while moving thousands of mails
I recently changed hosting provider (small company to AWS) with my domain + e-mail. In the old situation, my sent mail was stored in a folder 'Sent Items'. In the new situation, my sent mail is stored ...
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