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[I'm not finding the exact answer to my question in the forum, so please forgive me if this question is asked/answered in some other manner.]

Whenever I forward or reply to-mail, the message looks like some kind of "raw HTML" format (with boxes and other formatting); and the fonts--including the message I'm trying to write--is always some kind of random foreground/background color combination. Many times that combination is a VERY VERY light gray foreground, on top of a white background, and I can't read what I'm typing unless I highlight it. Other times, it's in what I guess is "dark mode" (white font on dark background)--but then the attached e-mail below my response, which contains dark font, is illegible. I've attached samples of each.

Of particular note is that when I send these messages, the recipient sees a normal message and formatting. It's only when I'm composing them is it problematic.

Other than messing with the myriad mouse clicks on the "text color" and "background color" squares, how do I make my replies legible to my eyes, and consistent in formatting?

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I'm encountering an issue with Thunderbird (version 128.5.1.esr) on Windows 11 with the latests updates that I can't seem to figure out. Whenever I receive a digitally signed email, Thunderbird reports that the signature is "not valid" accoridng to the provided screenshot.

Here's the strange part:

The same email shows a valid signature in other mail clients, including Outlook (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS) and Apple Mail on macOS.

The email is sent using a golan application (GitHub Repo https://github.com/theexiile1305/go-mail) , so it should be consistent across the board.

I can't understand why Thunderbird alone is flagging this as invalid. Has anyone else faced this issue or knows what might be causing it? Could it be related to how Thunderbird verifies signatures or interacts with certain certificates? How can I access the logs to get a deeper insight into this issue?

Thanks in advance for any insights!

Bonjour, sur mon ordinateur de bureau, je n'arrive pas à créer un compte Gmail dans Thunderbird : impossibilité d'accéder à la fenêtre qui demande au compte gmail l'autorisation à accorder à Thunderbird d'accéder aux dossiers. j'ai pourtant vérifier adresse et mot de passe. J'arrive sur une fenêtre qui me demande de saisir le mot de passe pour accéder au compte gmail... mais ça tourne en rond... Merci pour votre aide.

Ho contattato il provider di posta “sicurezza postale.it il quale mi conferma che il mio certificato non è revocato. Non capisco pertanto perché la mia posta certificata non funzioni..

I've written a program that runs every 15 minutes to look for any new emails that have arrived. So... (1) Can all emails be received automatically as separate .eml files? (2) After my program reads the .eml file, is it ok for my program to delete the file? (or is that going to screw up an index somewhere?) (3) I will be using Thunderbird for one email address with POP3 and SMTP. I will be using MS Outlook for other email addresses, also with POP3 and SMTP. Will Thunderbird and Outlook live happily together?

     Thank you,     Art Lieberman

Hi All,

Recently there has been so much of space coming in after the email signature of every reply or forward I do (before the email separator line). Can you please advise how can I remove it. Happened with the latest thunderbird update.

Regards,

LS

Every start of Thunderbird 128.4.0esr (64bit) on Windows 11 (64bit) I get a dialog with the message: "Zum Ausführen der gewünschten Aktion ist kein E-Mail-Programm zugeordnet. Installieren Sie ein entsprechendes E-Mail-Programm, oder erstellen Sie in der Systemsteuerung unter "Standardprogramme" eine Zuordnung, wenn bereits ein Programm installiert ist."

Thunderbird is the standard E-Mail programm in "Standardprogramme". Reinstallation of Thunderbird did not change the behavior. User account is not administrator. For installing Thunderbird, the administrator password was requested. Windows 11 is freshly installed. Thunderbird has been installed as one of the first programms. Windows is: Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, installed 10.10.2024, build 26100.2033. Dialog appeared right from the beginning, even before a profile was imported, and at every program start.

I post-installed two extentions, but the dialog showed up before and after installation and also if I disable them. The dialog appears right after the Thunderbird window has been created (that is after the master password entry of the profile).

Playing around with settings, I experienced, that switching the Thunderbird language from German to English (US), the dialog and message disappear. Could you please fix it with the German language pack?

Following on from the archived question "How do I reinstate notification of number of new emails in my taskbar icon" at https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/1395000 . This question is solved and archived, but I had trouble understanding the solution and I think others may also, so I have found another solution to add the new emails (red numbers) to the Thunderbird tray icon on Windows.

Tools>Options>Add-ons Manager> (search) Windows Taskbar Unread Badge (--Put an unread mail count badge on the Thunderbird icon in the Windows taskbar--) > Add to Thunderbird.

Until two days ago TB downloaded and sent emails quickly. Now downloading is delayed. The subject shows up but when you click it shows nothing until it finishes downloading. Similar delay with sending. When I send it takes about 30-45 seconds to complete the sending of an email. I have not made any adjustments to the settings.

How can I resolve this? Thank you

I've been using POP email with Comcast for years, and haven't changed anything. But I noticed a new version of Thunderbird was loaded two days ago - might be the problem?

Can someone connect to my Win 11 PC to figure out why incoming mail is so constipated, please?

I'm using Thunderbird version: 128.5.1esr, Build ID: 20241202160748, under Linux Mint 22. My mail host is Pair Networks, and I collect my e-mail via POP3.

The problem I'm seeing is that most of the attempts which Thunderbird should be making to collect mail are apparently not happening. I'm using the activity manager in Thunderbird to tell me when connection attempts occur.

Firstly, the 'get messages' option, whether via the speed button OR the menus OR the hotkey combination, has no apparent effect.

Secondly, the setting to check for new messages at startup was apparently disregarded.

Thirdly, I decreased the interval for checking for new e-mails down to one minute. Again, the activity manager page remained blank. The check was either not happening, or wasn't being recorded.

What DID happen is Thunderbird appeared to be doing a timed check for new e-mails every 4-5 minutes. So, I called the tech support at my mailhost and asked them to check their logs. They confirmed that they were only seeing attempts to connect every four or five minutes. I called the tech support at my ISP. I'm a lot less confident in them than I am in the tech support at my mailhost, but they insisted that they didn't do anything with my connection which could interfere with attempts to collect mail.

Now, I don't really care about getting my e-mail every minute, BUT that 'get messages' option taking up to five minutes to take effect is a real nuisance in these days of two-factor authentication. I'm at a loss to think of anything else - I really can't believe that a version of Thunderbird has got out where all the above flaws are present.

MY first question is whether anybody else is seeing anything like this? Of course, if anybody has any suggestions for a fix to the problem, I'd be grateful to hear that as well. I would have posted the troubleshooting information generated by Thunderbird, but there's 84KB of the stuff, so I'm hesitant to do so.

Thanks for any info.

The column width and spacings in my Thunderbird keep changing. When I restore them they seem to affect other folders. I need to be able to preserve different column spacings in different folders. Also when I try to move columns they drag other columns along, so realigning is a tedious process, not simple.

Bonjour, depuis la MAJ du 3/12/2024, je ne reçois plus les mails de mon compte orange, sans être intervenue. Il était indiqué que les paramètres Orange étaient obsolètes et accepter la synchronisation ? et également qu'il fallait changer le mot de passe, je l'ai modifié mais sans résultat. J'ai un message indiquant que la connexion serveur Orange a été réinitialisée (pj). J'ai contacté le Service Clients Orange qui m'indique qu'il n'y a aucune anomalie et que rien n'empêche de recevoir sur Thunderbird des mails de mon compte Orange. (dominiques.gernez@orange.fr) J'en perds mon latin .... Si vous pouvez m'aider, merci.

This all started when I purchased an Acer 4K monitor. Incoming mail started to look like the attached email. Also I can not increase by default the message text size and Contacts List.

I've been using TB for over 30 years. Tried all the text settings in Tools. Also tweaked "layout.css.dev PixelsPerPx" in Config Editor and got minimal improvement.