Tools - Options. Where are they in V 128

I haven't used Thunderbird in a long time but am coming back to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Much mention is made in the Thunderbird of the Tools - Options… (read more)

I haven't used Thunderbird in a long time but am coming back to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Much mention is made in the Thunderbird of the Tools - Options page. I'm running Linux Tbird V128. Options I'm looking for are things like: Making default the 'open a existing email in a new tab'. How is this done? Another example: How do I make the default, for all folders in an email account, show email in descending order as opposed to the apparent default of Ascending order.

Hope someone can help. Regards Marc

Asked by mjsps 14 minutes ago

Thread view

When replying to a message the reply is not attached as a new in a thread. It only show up in Sent folder.This is happening in mobile app despite appropriately working in… (read more)

When replying to a message the reply is not attached as a new in a thread. It only show up in Sent folder.This is happening in mobile app despite appropriately working in a desktop version. I don't see any way to change this in folder settings?

Asked by andrzej.chamienia 2 hours ago

adding lines to bookmarks toolbar

Instructions for adding lines to the bookmarks toolbar are too complex. We need to be able to grab the bottom of the toolbar and drag it down to add lines. How about it, … (read more)

Instructions for adding lines to the bookmarks toolbar are too complex. We need to be able to grab the bottom of the toolbar and drag it down to add lines. How about it, Mozilla?

Asked by pbrown4348 1 day ago

Last reply by pbrown4348 3 hours ago

default language

Suddenly my Firefox has started coming up in Portuguese. I have reset the default language to English several times with no results. It has to be associated with the r… (read more)

Suddenly my Firefox has started coming up in Portuguese. I have reset the default language to English several times with no results. It has to be associated with the recent upgrade. How do I get the default language back to English?

Asked by connie.kummer 6 hours ago

Outlook configuration fails when setting up SMTP/Outgoing Server

Attempts at configuring Outlook account via Thunderbird for Android always result in an "Authentication Error" when setting up the outgoing server. Using default settin… (read more)

Attempts at configuring Outlook account via Thunderbird for Android always result in an "Authentication Error" when setting up the outgoing server.

Using default settings:

Server: smtp.office365.com Security: StartTLS Port: 587 Authentication: OAuth 2.0 Username: xxxx@outlook.com Client Cert: None

Detailed message says authentication unsuccessful, but I don't get any errors when I login for the Incoming/IMAP server connection.

Asked by Nix 7 hours ago

Migrating from Chrome to Firefox and cannot set Home Page different from New Window

Rather than have dedicated computers for Work and Personal use I have dedicated accounts on multiple computers. Up until now I have been using Chrome for Work and Safari … (read more)

Rather than have dedicated computers for Work and Personal use I have dedicated accounts on multiple computers. Up until now I have been using Chrome for Work and Safari for Personal. I have been having more and more issues with Chrome, so I am moving my Work configuration to Firefox. Unfortunately, I have found a MAJOR difference in behavior. In Chrome I have 9 tabs setup to open when I start Chrome (my Home Page), these are the tools I use in my job; Jira, M365, Zabbix, GitLab, Digital Ocean, and a bunch of in-house tools. I set these up in Firefox, so far, so good. Unfortunately when I open a New Window, as I often do when working a specific problem, I get all of my Home tabs and I need to go through and close them all.

So my question is WHY there is not a setting to enable Home Page separate from New Window? I did find this https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1281079 but it does not really answer the question as to why we cannot have the same behavior as Chrome. I understand that the current design just calls the same New Window code whether it is the first Window or the 100th Window, but setting a flag in memory once the first Window has been opened and checking that flag to determine if the New Window needs to open all the Tabs should not be that large a code change. Note I said a flag in memory and not on disk, as that would be a performance hit.

My second question is whether the powers that control Firefox would be open to such a code change if submitted? I understand how Open Source works and features that the volunteers working on code want to see are the ones that get developed.

Thank you.

Asked by PK1048 7 hours ago

Bookmark sort option

Hello. I have looked in as many places as I can and am unable to find any setting the both allows me to sort bookmarks by name, date, etc. Am I missing something simple… (read more)

Hello. I have looked in as many places as I can and am unable to find any setting the both allows me to sort bookmarks by name, date, etc.

Am I missing something simple or otherwise? I appreciate any reply.

Note also that I have (last time I checked) the same problem with my MacBook pro.

Asked by Clint 8 hours ago

Multiple Tabs at Launch

When I launch Firefox, I'm showing 2 tabs for my my homepage and sometime multiple tabs I've already unchecked load previous tabs.

Asked by Don 9 hours ago

Edvin-89 Start page

How do I get edvi-89 to work as the Thunderbird start page? It is the startup I have been looking for. I just can't get it to work. Is there a similar one available th… (read more)

How do I get edvi-89 to work as the Thunderbird start page? It is the startup I have been looking for. I just can't get it to work. Is there a similar one available that works? I suggest Edvin-89 be made an add-on.

Asked by markgoff 9 hours ago

print setting

When I download an attachment, my version wants to print it every time. I suspect it's set to default as a hangover from my previous email program. This means if the pho… (read more)

When I download an attachment, my version wants to print it every time. I suspect it's set to default as a hangover from my previous email program. This means if the phone can't find a printer, it won't download, not much use if it's a pdf ticket. How do I change the settings please?

Asked by andrew8 15 hours ago

Last reply by andrew8 10 hours ago

SPAM filtering?

I just installed the Android mobile version of Thunderbird. I was wondering if it supports any form/method of SPAM filtering? If so, how do I access/use it? TIA! … (read more)

I just installed the Android mobile version of Thunderbird. I was wondering if it supports any form/method of SPAM filtering? If so, how do I access/use it?

TIA!

Asked by Cumulus 4 days ago

Last reply by Cumulus 10 hours ago

Urgent - Right-Click Menu Gone?

Hello, In summary, I am a total beginner and just need help making the right-click menu appear properly on sites and such like it used to before I screwed up some rando… (read more)

Hello,

In summary, I am a total beginner and just need help making the right-click menu appear properly on sites and such like it used to before I screwed up some random setting.

If that's not doable, then could I get some help to try and see if I can restore a backup of older FireFox settings that predate my messing up the settings or something?

Basically, I was exploring various settings in-browser in FireFox and at some point somehow changed something that suddenly prevented the right-click menu from appearing when I right-click on anything.

I also was changing things in the settings of an extension called "Sideberry" that I use to organize tabs, so whatever I changed that is stopping me from right-clicking properly might be in that extension's settings rather than in the normal browser settings; I am not sure.

I tried changing "Use native context menu" (in Sideberry settings) from off to on and vice-versa, but turning it to be on just prevents me from seeing the extension-specific right-click menu when I right-click in Sideberry. It doesn't make the normal browser right-click menu that you get when right-clicking websites themselves come back.

Thank you very very much in advance! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Asked by John Smith 11 hours ago

Changing search engine in mobile app to engine that has authentication

Hello I have a small niche non critical issue with setting my own search engine in the FF mobile app. Looks like it's doing a test to see if the URL is reachable, but ge… (read more)

Hello

I have a small niche non critical issue with setting my own search engine in the FF mobile app. Looks like it's doing a test to see if the URL is reachable, but gets rejected because of authentication.

It did not prompt for credentials, just immediately fails which prevented me from setting it.. Now I am self hosting a SearXNG search engine behind a reverse proxy (Nginx) with basic HTTP authentication, so I do have the power to disable it for a minute just to set the engine correctly and re-enabling it again.. After that, when trying to search for something after a session ends, it did prompt me for credentials and worked pretty well after that!

So see, this is very niche, but do prevented me from setting my own engine. It will be a show stopper for those who want to use such engine (with any authentication) but do not self host it...

Thanks a bunch Roy

Asked by Roy 12 hours ago

Import bookmarks with a policies.json script

I'm setting up a cloud-init to make it easier to deploy Linux workstations. I want to display the various links to my sites on my Firefox browser. Bookmark my services. D… (read more)

I'm setting up a cloud-init to make it easier to deploy Linux workstations. I want to display the various links to my sites on my Firefox browser. Bookmark my services. Do you think this is possible? I've already applied a rule to retrieve certificates, but it seems complicated for bookmarks.

Here's an extract  :

{

 "policies": {
   "Bookmarks": [
     {
       "Title": "Main",
       "URL": "https://service.net",
       "Folder": "Bookmarks Toolbar"
     },
     {
       "Title": "Service 1",
       "URL": "https://service1.net",
       "Folder": "Bookmarks Toolbar"
     },
     {
       "Title": "Service 2",
       "URL": "https://service2.net",
       "Folder": "Bookmarks Toolbar"
     },
     {
       "Title": "Documentation",
       "URL": "https://docs.net",
       "Folder": "Bookmarks Toolbar"
     }
   ]
 }

}

Best Regards,

Dylan

Asked by dylan.pereira 3 days ago

Last reply by dylan.pereira 14 hours ago