Questions tagged [thunderbird]
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Can I configure Thunderbird 3 to refresh the folder list for an Exchange IMAP account?
Background: When used as an IMAP client against Gmail, Thunderbird 3 (may be the case in v2 also, not sure) will refresh it's list of folders (the folders correspond to Gmail labels) when you do "...
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Thunderbird: Two email accounts using the same SMTP server
This is a recent problem, which I did not have until the past month.
I have two different emails from the same Spectrum account, one for personal and one for business. They both use the same SMTP ...
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Moving message from trash to inbox causes message to get lost in Thunderbird
Thunderbird 38.1.0
When I delete an email message from my inbox it goes to trash folder. If I try to move it back to the inbox it just disappears. I can not find it anywhere. I can move messages ...
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How can I get Thunderbird to check subfolders on IMAP?
I have Thunderbird set up to use my Gmail account through IMAP. All works well and good, except for one problem:
I have a group of gmail mail filters set up to redirect mail into different labels ...
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Make Mozilla Thunderbird synchronize all folders
I just installed Thunderbird.
However I only see three folders: Inbox, Sent and Trash.
I do have other folders in Office 365 and I would like to access them from Thunderbird. How to do it?
PS I did ...
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Thunderbird cannot connect to gmail
I am using TB 60.0 from PortableApps under Win 10.
I have configured a gmail account 4 months ago, and it worked fine.
Now after 4 months I open TB, and I have a connection failure, as a notification ...
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How to remove individual header buttons in Thunderbird?
In Thunderbird there are solutions to hide all header buttons (from the message header pane): here and here.
But how can I just hide individual header buttons?
I would like to hide the "junk"...
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How do I get thunderbird to use my gpg keyring?
Since the latest "improve"ments to Thunderbird, I now have two different gpg keyrings instead of just one. How can I get Thunderbird to use the gpg keyring in ~/.gnupg, instead of its own ...
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Why does using Thunderbird’s message filter mark some mails automatically as read?
I implemented message filters on a few of my inboxes. Mostly where I move mails from a specific sender to a subfolder of the same inbox. This works mostly fine but for one of my mail adresses when ...
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Thunderbird calendar doesn't save events
I have a hosted email service that I access via Thunderbird.
Currently, new events that I create in Thunderbird do not show in my calendar in Win11.
I create an event:"New event">enter ...
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Why does Google's app-passwords always say the password is wrong?
After I have enabled the two-step-authorization, I cannot login my Gmail via Thunderbird anymore!
I then noticed there is a way to do so with app passwords.
So, I tried it, but it didn't work.
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How to customise the reply header of quoted emails in Thunderbird?
I used to rely on the Change quote and reply format to customise the header in the replied emails. So it would turn this:
On 01/01/2005 at 10:00, [email protected] wrote:
Some email
Into ...
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Can't set up Gmail account in Thunderbird
This was working fine until I had to reinstall Windows. If it makes any difference, I chose this time to install Thunderbird portable, and it's currently at v115.8.0
I go "add existing account&...
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Websites with file-upload scripts (and other capabilities) in Firefox - can they get Thunderbird email identities? (Fedora linux)
I'd like to set up an instance of Thunderbird on a Fedora VM (with a VPN). I want it to use ONLY an alias I have set up with the email providers. I think I can do that with TB settings.
But I will ...
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How can I force Thunderbird to download all emails by IMAP?
I just created a new Thunderbird profile. Unfortunately Thunderbird only downloads recent messages. I need to get all my messages and subfolders. Any idea?
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How to get the subject dynamically in HTML signature in Thunderbird?
I need to add a WeTransfer link in Thunderbird HTML signature to allow clients upload files directly in my account.
I want to give them the WeTransfer link with pre-filled title based on subject of ...
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Change the default sorting order in Thunderbird
Thunderbird (2.something here as 3 is still not stable and had some nasty bugs last I tried) sorts mails by date by default. This is fine, however, it sorts them so that the newest ones are at the ...
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Connecting Thunderbird to a shared agenda
I'm trying to have my agendas from gmail show up in Thunderbird.
When I login to calandar.google.com, I have a number of calendars:
My agendas
my gmail-account
contacts
Other agendas
an agenda ...
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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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Thunderbird - Filter by folder
I want to filter messages from a specific IMAP folder to be moved to Local Folders.
Message Filters seems only able to filter by headers/size/attachments/status, not folder.
Is there a way to ...
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How can I view the HTML of a Thunderbird e-mail?
I am writing an e-mail in Thunderbird, formatting it with bold, italic, bullets, etc. When I am finished, I would like to copy the HTML to my blog.
I tried the Edit HTML Source Add-On but it "is not ...
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Method for Browsing 1000s of .eml Files in Thunderbird?
I recently exported my entire e-mail collection. My e-mail service only exports to .eml format.
I now have a folder containing thousands of .eml files. I would like to be able to browse these e-mails ...
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Thunderbird losing window focus during email composition
I've been using Thunderbird as my email client for a couple of years. Recently (in the last month or so), when I compose a new message, I have an issue. I start typing my message as normal. Then, at ...
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How do I pin Thunderbird / Thunderbird Portable (and other stubbornly unpinnable programs) to my Windows 10 taskbar?
For most apps this is straightforward, as long as the app is running and showing on the taskbar, you simply right-click on the icon in the taskbar and a pin/unpin menu entry shows up.
However, lately, ...
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Thunderbird 115.8.1 (64-bit) using CC as identity
When I choose 'reply all', instead of using one of my identities, Thunderbird moves the first address in the CC field to the 'from' field. Has anybody encountered this bug as well?
Thunderbird ...
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Global Search does not find emails marked as spam
My problem:
I searched for an (important) email with Ctrl+k in Thunderbird. It didn't find the email. After some time I found out that Gloabl search omits emails which are marked as spam like this:
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Thunderbird login to Gmail with OAuth2 fails with "secure connection failed" - how to complete the login?
From 30 May 2022 we will be required to use OAuth2, not normal passwords, to log in to Gmail accounts. How will this Google announcement affect Thunderbird? So, I've tried several times to change the ...
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Close all tabs on Thunderbird's exit
I use the actual Thunderbird 45.7.1 on Windows 7 (prof., 64-Bit).
When I open some tabs by opening new mails (I have the setting to open in new tab in my settings), all these tabs are restored when I ...
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Thunderbird Rendering UTF-8 Emails Incorrectly
I imported all of my Outlook emails into Thunderbird. Since then, I've noticed that many of the emails render incorrectly - for example - reason appears as reason�.
Inspecting the source, these issues ...
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Where is the Thunderbird Adaptive Junk Mail Log located?
I have located how to display the Thunderbird Adaptive Junk Mail Log but there is NO Search option available to look through the hundreds of filtered messages for the ones I am concerned about.
I ...
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Open links from Thunderbird with non-default browser
I would like to open links from Thunderbird in non-default browser.
I came across this old post here, but even after setting network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http AND network.protocol-handler....
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Thunderbird: How to empty the from field by default when writing mail?
I use some different accounts in Thunderbird and switch a lot between them.
Sometimes I find myself reading mail from one account and suddenly thinking of sending an email not related to what I am ...
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How to sort Thunderbird by message count?
I am trying to sort the messages in my inbox by the number of messages from / to email address.
After having sorted by Sort by -> From and Grouped By Sort and then displaying the Total column, I ...
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Hide tasks for some (subscribed) calendars in Thunderbird/Lightning
At work I subscribed all my colleagues' calendars to be able to see their appointments and free times for scheduling purposes. But every time I show one of these calendars, Lightning will also show ...
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How to fix archiving folders by year?
Thunderbird stopped archiving by the year regardless the setting. It simply moves all mails to the archive root folder regardless of settings.
It last archived emails from 2022 correctly. 2023's ...
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Thunderbird: how to get back compact message list
The lest large Thunderbird update (supernova) brought more spacious design with it. Sadly, now my 2K screen doesn't fit sufficiently many messages anymore, and I'm scrolling the message list all the ...
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Merge the contents of two folders in thunderbird
I have two archive folders (folder A, and folder B) in different accounts, both are: Archives > 2016. These folders have very similar content, i.e., around 90% of the emails are identical; however, ...
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Thunderbird 3.0 error while trying to get mail: "The folder is being processed. Please wait until processing is complete to get messages."
Just upgraded to TB3. On opening TB i get a message 'determining which messages to index'. After several minutes, the message disappears. If i then try to get mail, the message quoted in the title ...
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What specifically is being searched in Thunderbird Quick Search?
Thunderbird offers a "quick search" bar across the top of the screen, and when used, the results appear as below.
What, explicitly, is being searched in this quick search?
Body of message?
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How do I migrate my autocomplete list from Windows Mail to Thunderbird?
I am in a difficult position. I am trying to switch to using Thunderbird, but my major problem is that I don't have a real address book because I relied heavily on the address autocomplete. I don't ...
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View and print unthreaded email message bodies consecutively without email trailers?
I am using Windows 10. In Outlook desktop app, Thunderbird, or Gmail web app, is there a way to view and print a continuous stream of email messages, including body but excluding the historical email ...
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How to increase and decrease quote levels in Thunderbird?
Is there a way to change the quote level in Thunderbird without any special add-ons?
Ideally, I'd like a shortcut to change quote leves from
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How to change Thunderbird icon theme?
I got Thunderbird 24.1.0 from Portableapps.com. Same folder unpacked into Win7 and XP.
When run on WIn7 I see all icons (get mail, write, chat...) are gray themed.
When run under WinXP all icons are ...
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Using HTML from webserver in Thunderbird email signature
I want to insert html from a webserver as an email signature, but the UI doesn't allow it directly. I tried creating a local HTML with an iframe that sources the remote content, but thunderbird isn't ...
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How to render Google meet invites in Thunderbird
I use Thunderbird as my main e-mail client and it works great, but google calendar invitations look terrible in it. Is there a plug-in, or settings I could use to make them look the same as in gmail ...
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How to import/export filters between accounts in Thunderbird
I have many fiters and a new mail account. Now I need to transfer them. I already tried the outdated plugin mentioned in Export Thunderbird filters to import them in gmail - but it doesn't work with ...
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Displaying Outlook Formatted Emails on other email clients
Our company sends emails out to clients from Outlook, which have inline images, tables, and other formatting. They display perfectly on Microsoft email clients, but when displaying in other clients ...
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Change temp directory where Thunderbird stores attachments when opening them
Using Thunderbird 38.5.1 on Windows, I sometimes double-click on an attachment in a received message to open it.
The file is saved to my temp directory (%TEMP%), but I don't want it to be saved to ...
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Why is thunderbird 115.4 signature is editable? [closed]
I linked an image for a signature in my thunderbird. It works. However, whenever you go to write a new email, my signature image is displayed at the bottom of the email but the image is editable. For ...
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How to access Exchange shared mailbox from Thunderbird, different domains
I have an email address like [email protected] and I want to access a shared mailbox [email protected], where company1 and company2 are just different names at the same server.
I use ...
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