This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

How do I make the content of my emails to be searchable? - I'm got them downloaded via Proton Bridge, but the Thunderbird search only pulls up a single email!

  • 3 antwoorde
  • 1 het hierdie probleem
  • 1 view
  • Laaste antwoord deur christ1

TravisH
TravisH
more options

Okay, here's the story: I only downloaded Thunderbird so that I'd have a way, via ProtonMail Bridge, to search through the content of my protonmail emails. (Protonmail only is able to search the subject line.)

So, I followed the instructions for configuring Thunderbird and ProtonMail Bridge. And Thunderbird did access and download a bunch of my Protonmail emails. Great.

But...when I try to the use the Search bar in Thunderbird, it doesn't bring up hardly anything. Even if enter a common word such as "the", only one email came up!

How do I configure Thunderbird so that I can search the content of all of my ProtoMail emails?

Okay, here's the story: I only downloaded Thunderbird so that I'd have a way, via ProtonMail Bridge, to search through the content of my protonmail emails. (Protonmail only is able to search the subject line.) So, I followed the instructions for configuring Thunderbird and ProtonMail Bridge. And Thunderbird did access and download a bunch of my Protonmail emails. Great. But...when I try to the use the Search bar in Thunderbird, it doesn't bring up hardly anything. Even if enter a common word such as "the", only one email came up! How do I configure Thunderbird so that I can search the content of all of my ProtoMail emails?

All Replies (3)

christ1
christ1
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

There are multiple ways to search in Thunderbird. You haven't explained what you did. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/quick-filter-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/kb/global-search

TravisH
TravisH Vraag-eienaar
more options

I typed the words into Global Search (not Quick Filter). That's the box labeled "Search".

See the screenshots below: I type in the word "the".

And only one email comes up.

christ1
christ1
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

If this is an IMAP account you'll need to turn on synchronization. That basically means to download an offline copy of your messages on the server to your local disk. That's needed to create the local index. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/imap-synchronization

You may want to exclude or unsubscribe from the 'All Mail' folder though.

Gewysig op deur christ1