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Move back from archive to inbox

How in Thunderbird 3 do you move back a mail from Archive to Inbox ? I've never used 'Bird before, so I'm not sure - does Archive in it works the same way as it does in GMail ? I presume it doesn't ...
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How do I configure Thunderbird to locally remap the label-folder in an G-Mail IMAP account?

I'm using G-Mail and Thunderbird together for an imap account. One of the limitations of G-Mail is that there's no concept of nested labels - which is fine when I'm using the account through the web ...
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Help w/ error "Account exceeded bandwidth limits" Thunderbird 3 + Gmail

Over the past two days I have been receiving the following message on a new computer running Windows 7: Account exceeded bandwidth limits. (Failure) Whenever I try to access my emails through ...
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How to configure an email client?

I want to setup my Thunderbird email client. But the problem is that I want to use SMTP server provided by my ISP and I want my POP3 as the server on which my company has hosted their mail server. I ...
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Setting up thunderbird with tiscalli (for newsgroup access)

I have just downloaded thunderbird 3.0.2 and want to set it up to read newsgroups. My ISP is tiscalli. I have entered the News server address, but I still cant download any newsgroups - has anyone ...
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Add new attachment actions in thunderbird

is it possible in thunderbird 3 to add new action for different types of attachments? For instance, I receive a file with extension .xyz and I want to specify which program I need to use to open this ...
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Home router blocking secure imap?

I'm using thunderbird on my laptop to access my work email over imap (we're an MS Exchange shop but the server is configured for imap as well). This works fine when I'm at work, but for some reason, ...
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Compose new mail with Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu 9.10 via a keyboard shortcut

Is there a way to set up a keyboard shortcut such that, after I hit it, a new mail window for Thunderbird opens up on the current viewport? Under XP I did this by using the OS's built-in mailto: URL ...
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How can I add a backup to an already existing installation of Thunderbird?

I recently installed Windows 7 on a new HD to use on my pc. I did not emediately installed the backup of my previous Thunderbird installation to the new HD, which I have been using for about a couple ...
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Hide email addresses from To field when sending to multiple recipients

I am using Thunderbird hooked up with a Gmail account and want to know how to send emails to a group of people but not have them all see each other's email addresses. I want to send people some ...
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It does not support authentication (SMTP-AUTH) error in Thunderbird 3

My OS in Windows 7. I'm using Thunderbird 3 from my home to access office mails. Though my office mail server doesn't support POP3, Thunderbird automagically configures itself when I provide it my ...
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Set up Gmail IMAP on Thunderbird 3

I can't seem to get Thunderbird 3 and Gmail to work together. I've been a Thunderbird user for years, and I have a different Google mail account set up and working already which successfully migrated ...
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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 search current folder only

In the new Mozilla Thunderbird email client, is it possible to search in the current folder only?
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How can I set Thunderbird's "Recipient" column to display my email address rather than a friendly name?

After configuring a single, unified Inbox within Outlook 2007 to unify multiple email accounts, I found Thunderbird 3's Smart Folder feature. It works great, providing individual inboxes for each of ...
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Thunderbird 3: see size of folder?

In Thunderbird 3, how do you see the size of a folder? I.e. the total size of all emails in a certain folder?
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Thunderbird 3.0 - how to use ESC key to close new mail window

When reading an email, the ESC key can be used to close the window. This doesn't work when you're composing an email. Is there any way to do this? This happened in T-Bird 2.x, as well, but I'm ...
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Thunderbird 3.0 - how to prevent thread from collapsing when I read first mail in the thread?

When I read the first email in a threaded group of emails, the thread collapses in the main window pane (not sure what the heck it's called). This occurred in T-Bird 2.x as well, but 3.0 now wants to ...
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Thunderbird 3.0 - how to prevent new message indicator from clearing?

I just installed Thunderbird 3.0 and there are a few things driving me batty. When new email is delivered it has a faint star to the left of the subject (this is different than the new star column ...
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How to disable thunderbird notification

I run Ubuntu Hardy and Thunderbird version 2.0.0.23 (not tagging for linux/ubuntu since I think is a Thunderbird thing, but you can re-tag if appropriate). I am really tired of the email ...
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How to stop receiving an error reading iCal invitations on Mac sent from Thunderbird?

When I open an iCal invitation (Mail Attachment.ics file) in Mac Mail.app sent to me from someone using Thunderbird, I receive the following error: The only solution that I've found to date is to ...
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How do I make Thunderbird behave like Gmail?

Specifically, things like the ability to give messages multiple tags and have them automatically show up in tag-folders. When you use Gmail IMAP, it gives each tag a folder, and messages can appear ...
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Thunderbird 3.0 - How do I recover some lost function?

I've just switched to Thunderbird 3.0. It's good, but please help me to fix some slight annoyances: How do I turn off the message preview pane as default? I can turn it off from the View menu, or (...
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1.4GB of E-Mail, Thunderbird all e-mails blank when opened

A friend of mine imported 1.4 GB of e-mail from Outlook 2003 into Thunderbird Portable about a year ago. He never actually verified the import was successful and no longer has access to the Outlook ...
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Thunderbird 3 via GMail IMAP to Google Groups: sent items do not show up

I use Thunderbird 3 with my GMail account using IMAP. When I send messages via Thunderbird to Google Groups I am subscribed to, my own messages do no appear in threads. Looking at the same threads in ...
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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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Show entire messages in Thunderbird 3's thread view?

I recently upgraded to Thunderbird 3 on the Windows box which I am compelled to use for my email reading. I am loving the new feature which shows the body, title, and sender of all the messages in the ...
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Thunderbird 3 doesn't download mails that are downloaded by Microsoft Outlook

For office emails, I use Microsoft Outlook 2007 in office PC and Thunderbird 3 for home PC. Our email server is Microsoft Exchange Server I think. I've found that, Thunderbird 3 doesn't download ...
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How do i make Mozilla Thunderbird opening attachments in appropriate application?

I'm using Kubuntu 9.10 and Mozilla Thunderbird as email program. If email has an attachment, MT rarely finds required application to open it in. If I save an attachment and then open it from Dolphin, ...
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Sanitizing Thunderbird 3.0

The new Mozilla Thunderbird has a new folder layout for multiple accounts. The common folders such as Inbox, Trash and Draft are placed in the root, while custom folders are placed under the ...
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Thunderbird 3 - leave messages on server option

I just installed a new Thunderbird 3 on a few computers and immediately saw that I could not find the "Leave messages on server" option... can anyone point that out to me? On my personal PC I ...
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Setting up Hotmail IMAP in Mozilla Thunderbird

So I've been trying to get hotmail setup in Thunderbird but I cannot get it to work. I know hotmail IMAP works fine in Windows Live Mail. How can I get it to work in Thunderbird?
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Looking for a email program, where the emails can be stored on a network drive

I have several computers in my home, and a I have currently Thunderbird installed on all the computers, so that the mails are stored on a NAS (network attached storage) device. That has worked mostly ...
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How can I configure thunderbird 3 to show each folder in its own tab?

In thunderbird 3, I can open new tabs if I middle-click, but the behaviour I want is for left-click to open a new tab if there is not already a folder open for a given tab; or to switch to the tab ...
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Make Thunderbird3 not switch to firefox after clicking a link

Using ThunderBird 3 on Windows 7. When I get a mail with a link, I usually click it, if I know what it's about. Sadly, Thunderbird switches to Firefox which is opening the new tab. I'm active on ...
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How to have Windows 7 index Thunderbird 3 messages?

How can I have Windows 7 index my Thunderbird 3 email messages? According to this article (Dec. 2009), this should be possible. "Integration With Windows Search (Windows 7/Vista) On first ...
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Is there an Addon for Thunderbird 3 which will show me a fixed website in a tab?

I'm looking for a Thunderbird 3 addon which will show me a fixed website in a tab. I don't need navigational components, just the one website. (Explanation: Due to the lack of a compatible version of ...
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Thunderbird 3.0 refuses to start on Mac OS X?

I just downloaded Thunderbird 3.0 on my Macbook Pro running Leopard, and installed it in /Applications. When I attempt to start it, the icon opens on the Dock as normal, but I get the following dialog....
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How to display the size of single emails?

I would like to be able to see the size of every email in my Thunderbird. I know how to check the size of a mail folder but not for a single mail. How can I accomplish this?
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How can I train Thunderbird's spam filter?

Thunderbird spam filter works pretty well but for some reason, mails from "Approved VIAGRA Store" continually get through and are not marked as spam even when I continually mark them as junk. Is ...
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Import folders from Thunderbird to gmail?

I've been using Thunderbird for a while to manage my email, with a POP server, where all the messages are downloaded to my local machine, and then I sort them into folders. Now I want to migrate to ...
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Can thunderbird with -no-remote launch firefox without it?

We have two thunderbird profiles, and we launch thunderbird using -no-remote as follows: thunderbird -no-remote -P Profile1 and thunderbird -no-remote -P Profile2 unfortunately, this means that if ...
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connecting thunderbird with exchange native protocol

Is there a way to make Thunderbird connect to an exchange server using their native protocol. I've seen posts about using IMAP, POP3, OWA (DavMail), but all these options are not available to me. Only ...
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Thunderbird security/access

I want to completely restrict access to TBird. I know about the master Password but this does not go far enough. Unauthorised people can still read my old mail. What are the options to have stronger ...
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Batch script halts after Thunderbird is opened

I want to be able to open Thunderbird from a batch script in Windows. I can do it just fine from command line: C:\>"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" If I create a batch ...
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Thunderbird/Lightning - How to "accept" an outlook invite and have it added to my google calendar?

Thunderbird/Lightning - How to "accept" an outlook invite and have it added to my google calendar? Currently, when I "accept" outlook originated events they are added to my "work" cal by default and ...
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Assign threads to folders in Thunderbird

Is it possible in Thunderbird to move a thread from the Inbox to another folder - say folder ToDo - and then have replies for that thread be moved automatically in the ToDo folder? I'm interested in ...
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MS Word mailmerge using Thunderbird

Can this be done?
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Importing Gmail labels in Mozilla Thunderbird

I have recently setup Thunderbird to download all mails from my Gmail account. There are lot of emails in Gmail having labels. Is there a way to map Gmail labels to Thunderbird so that I can sort/...
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How to customize incoming HTML emails from specific contacts?

Is there a way to customize incoming HTML emails from specific contacts using userContent.css? I want to change the way messages from specific contacts in my address book are displayed. The users ...
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