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I NEVER use threads but somehow recent folders I create in my local folder for archiving off the imap cloud now automatically are threaded even though in my selected columns to display the thread option is not activated. It seems that a recent updated added this function to new folders I create. How do I turn it off? Thank you.

Have other computer running W10 Tbird using POP3. New laptop W11, I had mistakenly set up Tbird as IMAP. Didn't notice it for months until I needed to clean trash on email provider server. Then noticed all my trash on the W11 Tbird disappeared. I'm messy & like trash so want to keep it on my computers. How can I change the W11 machine from IMAP to POP3 without losing anything? Another question, is there any way to combine the sent emails from the different computers?

My Thunderbird had an automatic upgrade this week to 128.5.1esr 32Bit. Since then, I have not been able to pull down email for any of my accounts. When attempting to pull email from remote servers, the Thunderbird status message is "Checking server capabilities ....". This has gone for hours with no change, or the attempt just stops with no status update and no emails. This occurs regardless of VPN usage. What happened and how do I fix this ?!?!?

My inbox is showing as 96% full but there are only a couple of emails in it. It's acting like I have never deleted them even though I have & do. Yesterday it said 92% full. Sometimes the folders below it, sent, junk, deleted etc show as 96% full also, other times they don't. I have compacted the folders but each day it just gets more full. Please, how can I fix this issue? And please be specific, I'm not overly computer literate. Thank you. Jo

all of a sudden Thunderbird is just giving a message that says the server is reset and it won't connect. Nothing has been changed. This situation just started. I have made no changes.

When a reminder comes up on mine. There is a blank spot where I would think it would give what the reminder was.. So this box comes up with the reminder, the heading is there but underneath where i would think exactly what the reminder was about, is a blank area. Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere or something? thanks I can't do a screen shot that would help if the reminder hasn't come up

In the process of migrating away from Outlook to Thunderbird. Installed Thunderbird and connected to gmail using IMAP easy enough. Used ReliefJet Essentials to convert a PST file to MBOX. That process appeared to go well. Folders were created during the process and folder structures corresponded to the folder structures in the original PST. Each folder also contained corresponding *.mbox files. .mbox file contents looked appropriate when opening with notepad. Problem begins here. My intention was to access the those messages under "Local Folders." Under local folders account settings, I pointed Message Storage 'local directly' to the folder where the directories and .mbox files are stored. After a restart, Thunderbird sees the folders BUT NOT the individuals messages in the folders. What have a done wrong...?

When I transferred Thunderbird from my old computer to my new computer, my messages transferred but my email addresses did not. What do I need to do to transfer my email addresses.

I have used thunderbird for many years and have installed various versions on many different windows machines. I just got a new PC running windows 11 and installed the current version of thunderbird. The local folders show up but with no content (no subfolders and no messages found). My local folder (about 45 Gb) is located on a dropbox drive so that I can read and save emails on different machines.

I wonder whether it is related to this version? I have installed thunderbird on a different machine about one year ago and it worked fine (thunderbird is currently running this way on 2 other window machines and they are all OK). If this is the case, is there a way I can find and install an earlier version of thunderbird?

Thanks for your help.

Microsoft has been narrowing it's sharing of provider access, for customers of Thunderbird e-mail, same as with other software packages, that were using authentication and other services to allow use of MS software and be up to date on usage. We need qualitative matched data to produce results in transaction goals. Please e-mail and call me, [edited phone# from community support forum] to solve data usage.

My password automatically enters my account in my computer. It also works on my laptop. No problem. I have not needed to know the password since it goes automatically to my site. I have used the email site for many, many years & it continues to work well. However I want to put the site also on my phone. Going to settings on my computer, the password that is shown does not work when I enter it on my phone? I am not computer savvy but would like to have the site on my phone. I don't know why the settings password doesn't work? Please help. Thanks so much.