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Whenever I get an incoming email in Thunderbird, a box pops up at the corner of my screen saying "...new message from..."

The box sits over the icon to delete the message. I cannot close the box. So, if I want to delete the message, I have to wait until the box closes.

What can I do to stop the message from appearing or to close the box sooner?

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Reset to default
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On newer releases of macOS, the alert configuration is done via System Preferences > Notifications rather than within Thunderbird itself. See the screenshot below - disabling Banners and Alerts should stop the popups from appearing.

Thunderbird Notification preferences

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  • Changing from Banners to Alerts did it for me. With Alerts I can click on Close. So now I get the alert but do not have to wait for it to disappear on its own. Thanks.
    – Joel W.
    Dec 20, 2017 at 23:09
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I'm running Windows but most probably the settings is in the same place: go to Tools -> Options -> General and disable When new messages arrive... Show an alert. In Customize there's also an option for setting the display period.

Edit: On macOS, this seems to be in Thunderbird -> Preferences -> General -> When new messages arrive uncheck: Show an alert

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1164389

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  • I do not see an option like that on my mac mini. I looked here: Thunderbird Preferences.
    – Joel W.
    Dec 18, 2017 at 16:12
  • Is that Thunderbird 52.5?
    – Zac67
    Dec 18, 2017 at 16:26
  • Yes, version 52.5.0
    – Joel W.
    Dec 18, 2017 at 17:15

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