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I would like to resume using Thunderbird email but I'm having a problem. I forgot my old (2-3 years ago) password so the "Set Up Your Existing Email Address" page doesn't work. Is there a way to find that password?

Hi,

I run my own mail server using Dovecot with the Virtual Mailbox feature to run some server side searches.

The folders contain the email that matches the criteria as expected but the message list (e.g. flagged email) does refresh (either waiting or clicking the Get Messages button) when a message is unflagged in this example until I restart the client. I am using the option "INDEX=MEMORY" which is meant to allow for this.

The issue does not occur with Thunderbird on Android, only my Desktop client on Linux.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Adam

I just updated to the latest Thunderbird for Mac as of today (128.6.1esr) and unfortunately still have the same problem that first started with the last update: whenever I get a new email, I click on it, and it takes a full 6 or 7 seconds to display the email in the bottom preview pane. This used to be INSTANT and now it takes an extremely long period of time when you consider how many new emails a person gets overnight. The cursor actually beachballs literally every time.

Thunderbird does not do this on version 128.5.2esr - that version is quick and snappy no matter what I do.

I could really benefit from some advice on the best way to proceed. Should I extend the date? And what are the ramifications of doing so? Should I add a new key? Should be publish the public key on a keyserver?

I am unable to send email from only one account in my T-Bird. I consistently receive the attached rejection. I have worked with provider and using alternative email I can send fine. Thus it appears the issue is with T-bird.. and only associated with one address... Help??

message filters only work sometimes. when i click on run now nothing happens. sometimes this works, sometimes i have to walk away and come back, but right now nothing works. i compacted folders, updated firefox, waited, and waited, nothing.

If I create an address list in Address Book, I'm unable to send email to its members by the methods described in the documentation:

• Bulleted list itemIf I highlight the list and click Write, I get a new message with nothing in the To box.
• Bulleted list item If I click Write and look in the contacts sidebar, the address list isn't in the list - it just has individual addresses, and some very old address lists
• Bulleted list itemIf I right-click the address list, I don't get any options like "Add to To" - just Edit list, Print, Export and Delete.

Has the functionality changed? Is my list not being saved for some reason? (The list name is just letters, no spaces etc.)

Here is my problem still. I have to close and reopen Thunderbird at times to get my emails. Sometimes the emails can be 2 hours old. I have checked with Xfinity/Comcast and they said it is a Thunderbird problem. I have asked this question before and got no help. What can be done so I get my emails everytime Thunderbird is supposedly checking for emails? I am using Port 993 and IMAP. Should things change at all? Thank you.

I started getting this message with installation of the latest version - 128.6 on 1-6-2025. The program then hangs forever. I know I have a lot (too much, 1.3GB+) email in my inbox. Where can I find an earlier version to load? Or how can I get this version to startup? I can use a web based program at my internet service provider to read current new messages and delete spam.

Thanks, Ray.

trying to transfer my Thunderbird accounts to my cell.. get to settings, got to transfer but I cannot get the link to what accounts to transfer to work.. it's dimmed and will not respond to a click..

ideas??

I am experiencing an issue with my email inbox in outlook account. Incoming emails are not appearing in the inbox as expected. However, when I use the "*" search function, I can find and access the emails. Could you please assist me in resolving this issue? Thank you for your support!

Hello, My system is ubuntu 24.04.1 Suddenly my Thunderbird no longer show inline and not even HTML code for incomming mails, just straight text. Some weeks ago everything worked fine. Of cause I have tried to tune in TB settings and the konto-specific part in TB, but nothing seems to help... I have tried a antivirus scan of the whole system with clamscan but no virus was found. Can someone out there give me a clue what to do..? Probably there is a very straight way, but I can't see it. Regards/LÖ

Hi I am using the latest version of Thunderbird.

I have an extensive archive of historic emails organised by past year which have been exported to local folders on my PC. In the past a search for old email content, for example from a specific individual, has brought up a list of all the emails in the Thunderbird account both stored in the Thunderbird folder hierarchy and also in the offline files and short extracts of these have been shown. Clicking on one of these has always recovered the full email body content for that specific email from wherever it was stored.

More recently I am now finding that the body of the emails in the offline folders are no longer shown and the only way I have been able to view that email is to note the date and then physically scroll through the offline folder for that date.

Please advise.

When retrieving/syncing mail from my imap account, the counter for incoming mail is always wrong, it says it is retrieving 4 out of 2 or 8 out of 1. Already tried the repair function, but that didn't help. Any ideas?

Thunderbird v. 115.14.0.

Graag Dutch. Om toegang te krijgen tot Thunderbird vul ik altijd een specifiek gegenerated wachtwoord invan apple support en dat werkt ipv. De andere mogelijkheid via Imap.mijn vraag is hoe lang blijft dit wachtwoord geldig.ook heb ik al eens gedoneerd, maar niet steeds opnieuw.met vriendelijke groet jan van Dijk

Something changed a few weeks ago (about November 30) and since then Thunderbird will not allow me access to any new emails, nor to be able to send new emails.

Instead, I get a large pop-up window which basically says "Enter credentials: Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account <my email typed here> This will allow Mozilla Thunderbird Email to: Read, compose, send, and permanently delete all your email from Gmail".

I don't want anyone to permamently delete any of my emails, nor do I want anyone sending emails from my email account (etc, etc).

SO I click deny, and the pop-up goes away - that is until I try to use Thunderbird and it pops up again.

I've been using Thunderbird for many years and never had this problem before. Do the Thunderbird or Mozilla techs know anything about this and how do I fix it, or is it a new policy (which means I will no longer be using Thunderbird)?

I have searched here some time in December but nothing suggested by other users worked for me.

I was using Thunderbird and changed to Outlook. Big mistake. I have now switched back to Thunderbird. I have Outlook emails in the .msg format. Is there any way to import these files into Thunderbird?

I see a number of mail and archived files in my Profile on C drive but they do not come up when I open the program using that profile. How do I get them to be included in the program on startup?