Questions tagged [thunderbird]
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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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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 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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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 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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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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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?
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Thunderbird Search Folder broken "The mail server account [email protected] responded [NONEXISTANT] Unknown Mailbox: [Google Mail]/All Mail/folder"
One of my search folders has broken. I now get a "The mail server account [email protected] responded [NONEXISTANT] Unknown Mailbox: [Google Mail]/All Mail/mysearchfolder" error on application start ...
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Thunderbird keeps asking for Gmail login
I use Thunderbird to grab emails from various accounts as POP to keep them on my desktop. Other gmail accounts work fine, but one of them, pops up this form in a new browser window, every few weeks. ...
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Thunderbird lost password help please [closed]
I recently had a malware attack, and my computer was wiped, losing all information including my Thunderbird account.
I have installed a fresh copy of Windows 10, and a new download of Thunderbird, but ...
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How to find which senders use the most space in my Gmail account?
How could I sort email senders (distinct "from" addresses) by the total amount of space each sender's cumulative messages (including bodies and attachments) are occupying in my Gmail account?...
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Thunderbird: How to customize task list?
How can the visual appearance of the task list be customized in Thunderbird ?
I need to change the colors, backgroundcolors and font styles of current/overdue/completed tasks when selected/unselected.
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Is it possible to have mulitple inboxes in Thunderbird as in GMail?
I would like to have a feature similar to what I currently use in GMail:
one inbox with all unread email;
one inbox with all starred email;
one inbox with everything else.
Note that all these ...
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How to run Thunderbird filters after getting all messages
I want to be able to run a specific filter after Thunderbird is done getting messages. All I'm able to do with vanilla TB is to pick the filter runtime before or after Junk classification, but nothing ...
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Stop occasional Thunderbird sound notifications for junk emails
Sometimes, but not always, a new email notification sound plays when junk mail is received.
So far it is only for a Hotmail account. It is possible that some junk emails first go to the inbox and are ...
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Configuring content process sandbox level in Thunderbird
I am using Thunderbird 115.6.0 on Linux (Debian 12). In the menubar, clicking on "Help" > "Troubleshooting Information" shows Thunderbird's sandbox settings:
Notice that the ...
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Threaded/Unthreaded option in Thunderbird not working as expected
Thunderbird has had the concept of threads for the longest time, but I have always turned them off, and the feature has not bothered me until recently.
Whenever several messages+replies show up ...
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Thunderbird notifications are not coming
I have successfully downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, but I do not receive notification of new mails. I see notification only when I open Thunderbird, which is a little useless.
PS. If the site for this ...
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Request all folders with imap with thunderbird
I configured in the browser application of MS Outlook 365 a bunch of rules to filter emails before receiving them.
As Example:
If sender == Hans.Jochen move mail to folder "Hans.Jochen"
If ...
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ThunderBird blocks images from templates located in subdir (nested template dir)
In ThunderBird I create some templates for email.
When I take a look on this template it looks fine.
When I try to use them then I see a warning that my images was blocked.
How to fix this issue and ...
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How does Mozilla Thunderbird set IMAP flags?
The IMAP specification supports by default certain flags:
\Seen (Seen)
\Flagged (Flagged)
\Answered (Answered)
\Deleted (Deleted)
\Draft (Draft)
\Recent (Recent)
I assume that Thunderbird uses the \...
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Thunderbird shows passwords in cleartext by default
By default Thunderbird 115.6.0 shows the password in settings (Settings > Privacy & Security > Saved Passwords > Show Passwords).
I enabled the following config to ask for Windows ...
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Privacy concerns related to OpenPGP (Email Encryption) key being searchable on key servers
I am considering configuring PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) in my Thunderbird email client to enhance the security and privacy of my email communication.
However, I am concerned about potential privacy ...
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Thunderbird calendar is only showing a plain one month calendar page. I can't get it to go to the page that shows schedules
I'm running Windows 11 Pro, 23H2 and am using Thunderbird for email and calendars. I can sync with Google Calendar OK since the add-in is installed, but the only panel I can get it to show is a ...
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Thunderbird Message List Pane Size
Is there a way to reduce the number of messages listed in the Message List pane? I can drag the bottom of it down and increase the number shown, but if I drag it up, the least number I can display is ...
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Thunderbird saves drafts in my inbox
Without me changing anything, Thunderbird has recently switched to saving my email drafts in my inbox folder instead of the configured "Entwürfe" (German for Drafts) folder. This is ...
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ThunderBird Calendar New Event Defaults
When I create a New Event in ThunderBird on my calendar (which I have on MultiWeek view) I get this dialog:
Because I don't set times for any of the events I put on the calendar, I would like for the ...
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Can I create a folder as a filter action in Thunderbird? [closed]
Is there a built-in way or an addon that will allow the ability to create folders as a filter action?
I can move or copy to an existing folder but is there a way to make a folder in a specific ...
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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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Get email address of selected emails sent to me
How can I see and also copy all email addresses for selected messages? Thunderbird doesn't even has column for that... Why? I can only select myself (recipient)
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Can I get the equivilent of Focused mail from windows mail in Mozilla Thunderbird
I have moved from Mail (Windows) to Thunderbird recently. However, Mail has a neat feature that I could not find on Thunderbird. There are 2 mains folders in Mail. One is for Focused mail (important ...
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WebDAV plugin for Mozilla Thunderbird stopped providing filelinks for large files
I need help to let my Mozilla Thunderbird (email client) co-operate again with the "Filelink provider for WebDAV" plugin. The purpose of this plugin is to help sending messages with large ...
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Thunderbird cannot decrypt messages even though it has the private key and *could* decrypt the same messages just a few days ago
I can't understand this. Using Thunderbird 102.15.1 on Windows 10, and the private key was added to its native OpenPGP key manager more than 1 year ago. I have old emails that were encrypted, and ...
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Have Thunderbird prompt for password at startup for office 365 outlook accounts?
I have unfortunately been forced by work to use an Microsoft Outlook / Office 365 e-mail address.
Usually, in Thunderbird on Windows, I used to have normal IMAP e-mail, and I had Thunderbird setup to ...
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Can I edit sender names for email messages I've received in Thunderbird?
I use Thunderbird as my email client.
There's an email address in an organization I volunteer in which is used by multiple people; but they don't bother to set their names before the address when they ...
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Thunderbird default layout
I have used Thunderbird for a number of years. I have found it useful lately using tags to categorise emails, which I am working on.
As a Result, I have started using the Group By Sort option, so all ...
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Thunderbird change default font and size
I love using Thunderbird for checking all my mail accounts, including Gmail and Outlook. However, I'm having a difficult time trying to locate a setting to change the default font and size. It seems ...
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ThunderBird 115 - How to Hide the Unified Toolbar with CSS?
The Unified Toolbar is of no use to me and I would life to turn it off.
I have tried messing the with Dev Tools and the userChrome file, just to confirm my userChrome file works, the following ...
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