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Hi,

I've been using Thunderbird for a few days now. I'm slowly learning the ropes. Between my wife and I we use 2 computers and two phones. I have set up the computers to use POP3. My logic being that I want a copy of all email activities on at least one of my computers at home. (I noticed that only my inbox is has been imported to my Thunderbird files on my computers, no other folders have been imported.) However, I've just discovered that when I create and send an email from Thunderbird on my home computer, a copy is not saved on my service provider's sent folder (@bell.net). I'm assuming that is because I'm using POP3. If I understand correctly, if I use IMAP all my folders will be synched (including my sent etc) between my service provider and my computers. Is that correct? If so, then I guess I should be using IMAP instead of POP3. If that's true then is my only option to occasionally archive my Thunderbird files before cleaning up my service provider folders? Thanks for your insights.

Greetings, i have been using thunderbird for years and registered and donated some time back. I recently spoke with my hosting company about updating my billing and while on the line with them the rep said that i wasnt behind a firewall on both my website and email. I said go ahead and do what was necessary. Anyhow, after that point i am unable to receive emails on my main account, butttt, i can compose and send emails 🤷🏻‍♂️. I experienced a similar issue about a year ago and for the life of me, cannot remember exactly what i did to correct it 😳. There was an update somewhere along the lines and resulted in the problem. I did at one time deleted the account and reinstalled and didnt lose anything but cant remember that procedure either. I have all of the correct settings for both incoming and outgoing servers and all sign ons and passwords pass the verification process. Hosting company doesn’t know why it is not working so I thought this would be the next step in troubleshooting. Thanks for any help my thunderbirders can provide. Bob

Recently, IDK exactly what happened, but the search bar in my Firefox homepage shrunk down to a size so small I can't see what I am typing in to search for. I would like to expand the search bar back to it's original size but I can't figure out a way to do that. Can you advise? Thank you.

I bought a new computer and had to download Thunderbird again. I tried the most recent one, didn't like it, so randomly picked a previous release from 2023 (don't remember when I installed the previous one) and hoped for the best. In the past, I would keep some emails in my inbox and tend to them as needed and then keep or delete when I had done what was required. I would also need to go to my ISP email's page, to get spam email, because Thunderbird didn't provide me with those. When there, I would delete what was in the inbox, so I could easily keep letters there to a minimum. Now, however, when I delete something in my ISP's inbox, it deletes in my Thunderbird portal too. I can't find settings in my ISP's page to stop it from downloading automatically (so it won't duplicate what I've already received via Thunderbird), and I can't find any settings in Thunderbird, to ask it to keep what I have in my inbox, instead of deleting everything I delete with my ISP. Do I need to go further back and find an earlier release in order to be able to use Thunderbird as I used to do? Or can I tweak the one I have?

I have T-bird version 128.7.0esr (64-bit) on both my desktop Dell and my laptop Dell. On the Desktop I have a message filter for removing common sources of spam/junkmail to the Trash. I tried to make that filter available by copying the msgFilterRules.dat file in the Imapmail folder of my desktop's T-bird profile under AppData/Thunderbird (I have a Windows 11 Enterprise OS...the laptop is Windows 10 Enterprise OS) to the Imapmail folder on my laptop's T-bird profile. After this copying process was done (with T-bird not running on the laptop) I loaded T-bird on the laptop, but the filter on the desktop did not appear under filters on the laptop. Note: while the email account for both T-bird installations is the same, the *profile name* is different. Perhaps that is the source of my problem. I *could* backup the T-bird installation on my desktop and then use that backup to install T-bird again on my laptop. But I wonder if there is a simpler solution that preserves the bulk of what is on each of these two T-bird installations?

I had difficulty setting up an account 5 times for Access & ebtEdge, therefore I now show all of these & I want to delete unused and only keep one successful & working account. How do I do that?

Firefox had been repeatedly prompting 'Open in another APP' , but then I found there was a setting in the latest version , Sooooo I have set the 'Open links in apps' to Never , and I lasted a day before it prompted again for the to take me to the PlayStore to install the Freeview APP having left the Freeview TV guide web page.

Is there no way to stop it ?

for one thing i can hardly see what i am typing because, although i have Dark Reader turned on, it isn't functioning for this process, ie asking a question?

How can i make dark reader work everywhere, on all sites?

ALSO it does seem highly ironic that it doesn't work here!

appreciate any help on this, thanks!

My firefox on this PC is acting odd. It does not open all my links that I expect to open. Some YouTube videos won't start, just go to black. And often sign-in links on approved pages do not work. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing changes.

Dear Support I have opted to use the Firefox browser mainly due to the provision of fixed “Bookmarks” on the left-hand side of the screen, not provided by others. However, I am experiencing lot of problems with Firefox , including: - Freezing pages - Images are not fully displayed - No internet connection at pick times - Hanging on certain pages - Delay opening various web pages - etc The above issues have become more prevalent recently forcing me to use Google Chrome. I have now learnt that when FireFox goes down due to one of the above issues, I have to switch to Google Chrome for access to the relevant pages and generally the WWW. I have no option but to abandon the failing FireFox, if the failures continue. Thanks Harry Elm London

I have been using Mozilla for many years but now all of a sudden I cant sign into my Delta Extranet account. This is very strange .. I did nothing to make this happen..

https://screenrec.com/share/CE3hjGg6bc I tried the suggestions clearing cache, history, Privacy settings and it still does not work properly

I've had thunderbird for years, for the task component. It's wonderful. I got a new computer, but now have lost all my recurring tasks. I saved the profile on our network but cannot locate where to put in the path so import the task file into thunderbird. I did not find it in the community forums; so I must not be asking the question right. Any assistance is helpful.

Thank you

Dear filter specialists,

On a Windows 10 computer with TB Portable 128.6 and .7, folders can no longer be selected in the filters as ‘Run filter on’ or ‘perform these Actions’: the menu is greyed out. The phenomenon occurs with all accounts: POP and local. Various email providers, ESET virus scanner, Windows firewall, FritzBox cable router. The local account contains almost 30 GB of emails. The existing filters work as long as they do not affect the accounts or folders: for example, tagging e-mails works. Existing filters with folder-actions cannot be re-configured and no folder actions are possible when creating a new filter.

I have performed an update check and restarted Windows, changed the compression limit from 500 to 5 MB and changed a few minor settings so that the config is rewritten.

What could this be? How do I solve the problem? A workaround if necessary.

Thank you very much for your help.