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I am using Tbird 115.16.0esr (64 bit) on Linux Mint 20.2 desktop and until recently my outgoing Tbird emails displayed in a Folder called ‘Sent Mail’.

Currently my Tbird “start page” shows Folders for both ‘Sent’ and ‘Sent Mail’

But Tbird Account Settings > Copies & Folders> shows only “Sent folder on” – my email account name and does not offer a ‘Sent Mail folder on’.

However my Gmail account, when viewed via browser, shows only ‘Sent’.

Now my outgoing emails it show up in both ‘Sent’ and ‘Sent Mail’ folders.

I would like to retain the previous ‘Sent Mail’ as the operative folder on Tbird “start page”. How do I go about that since “Sent Mail” isn’t offered in Tbird account settings and “Sent Mail” doesn’t show in Gmail (although all outgoing emails seem to show in gmail’s ‘Sent’ folder) ?

Martin B.

I see this question was asked before (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1415951) but the thread is now archived and I don't think the concern of the poster was understood/answered.

Your Thunderbird profile contains all the credentials needed to "be you" by having full access to all linked email accounts. In order to protect these accounts a Private Password can be created. It prevents someone trying to use Thunderbird as you (using your profile) from seeing the passwords or establishing connections to the email servers.

The question I have (and I believe was being asked) is, does using a Private Password actually encrypt the account credentials, or does it just block someone when they're using the Thunderbird program? Asked another way, would a bad actor with access to the profile and access to appropriate sleuthing tools be able to recover the credentials--from the files alone--thus bypassing the private password of the Thunderbird program?

When a message appears the sender's name is present in my column of emails. Of course. Fine.

But now, all of a sudden, I'm getting the sender's email address, too, which I do not want in my columns. How do I turn that feature back off?

This is driving me crazy so I'm eager for your help.

Is there any way to open just one particular message that is in the Thunderbird inbox as plain text, without changing the setting for all messages?

I've read solutions that say to: Go to the "View" menu at the top of the Thunderbird window; Choose "Message Body As" > "Plain Text".

If I follow those instructions, then all subsequent messages that I open are also displayed as plain text, until I change that option back. That's not the solution I'm hoping for.

I've also read that I can right-click a message in the inbox ... Select "View" from the context menu; Choose "Message Body As" > "Plain Text".

but I have no "View" option in the context menu.

When I get a message from a sender which I suspect might be a scam, it would be very helpful from a security standpoint to be able to easily open just that one suspicious message as plain text.

Is there any way to do this? I've also looked for an add-on which might enable me to do this, but couldn't find one.

Any suggestions appreciated, thanks!

The increasing volume of spam is getting annoying. If I filter spam messages they get put aside, and that doesn't hurt the spammer. What I would like is a reject option so that the spammer gets a bounced email. that will really annoy him and perhaps 'encourage' him to not spam me.

I have two accounts. One was an old business account that has been cancelled by the server. But thunderbird keeps trying to Get Mail from it. I can't seem to delete it. I went to the Account settings like other users have noticed, and the Delete button is greyed out. What do I do?

I asked this question a year ago and never received the response. I just looked in my account and the correspondance was archived.

I still am having trouble with Firefox blocking Paypal and I dont' know what other settings I can change. I've added the company to the exceptions page.

And I see I asked about trying to donate before. I am not receiving emails from Thunderbird when I get a response. One of the messages from you said your couldnt find wwwoolf. I don't understand. I've logged in under wwwoolf and I see it right there in the upper left of this page. email is wwwoolf@alaska.net

Thunderbird, quite suddenly, stopped getting my email; Both on my account and my wife's account at the same ISP. I spent more than two hours on the phone with the ISPs help line trying to resolve this issue. They also use Thunderbird at their help desk, and the agent I talked to was familiar with your program. She (the agent) was not able to replicate the issue on their system. We then tried to set up a NEW email account. I carefully entered all the info needed for a new account, following instructions from the agent, then hit the 'Test' button. I got the following message onscreen: "THUNDERBIRD FAILED TO FIND SETTINGS FOR YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT" The answer to the original issue suddenly became very clear - Thunderbird cannot, or refuses to, connect with the email server, therefore NO EMAIL. We tried everything in her toolkit to resolve the problem to no avail. We finally tried UNINSTALLING Thunderbird (and the Maintaince program). Once Uninstalled, I used the Registry Tool on CCleaner to remove any entries in the registry referring to Thunderbird (there were several), then restarted my computer. I then downloaded and installed a totally NEW Thunderbird program. When I ran the Thunderbird again, I found all my account(s) info was still present, and Thunderbird was still unable to find the server. I'm at my wits end trying to resolve this issue, and REALLY HATE to go back to Microsoft OUTLOOK to get my email. Anybody got any ideas??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Signed) Proteus

This folder looks like a "duplicate" as I have read here, but when I delete emails from this folder, they get deleted from the inbox. So I'd just prefer for "All Mail" not to appear in Thunderbird. But I don't see how to make that happen.... Never had so much trouble trying to understand the bizarre behaviors of Thunderbird.

When I select a folder with the columns and column widths set the way I want, then do "Apply current view to > Folder and its children > Local > Local" Thunderbird applies the view to some, but not all, folders. Even if I target a problem folder and explicitly attempt to apply the desired current view to it, it doesn't work. If I create a new blank folder as a sub-folder of a folder that *does* accept current views, I can't apply the current view to the sub-folder. It retains what appears to be a default view.

I can't see any difference between folders that accept "current view" and those that do not. Any suggestions? Or is there a way to set the default view (i.e., columns and column widths, not just sort order) for new folders?

Just wondering if there was a way to change the behavior of Thunderbird. Currently, if I add a subfolder to an IMAP mail account, that folder will show up in the Unified Inbox. Yes, I know how to remove it from there but I'm getting tired of doing that each time I add a folder as I need to do it to multiple devices.

Thanks.

peculiar problem, my wife's installation of Thunderbird seems to be corrupt somehow. she cannot make a new folder or subfolder, when you right click the option to create a new folder is not even there, the only way is file/new/folder but nothing happens...now that was weird enough but since this started we have both got new machines with a new installation of windows 11 and a new installation of thunderbird and yet the wife still has the same problem, we did import the profile from the old hard drive so could the problem have been imported with the profile.

I have changed a thousand settings from various help pages, I can program, build and repair PCs, and I run my own dedicated server so I am not a noob.

it seems that something somewhere is restricting the right-click menus and the facility to create folders and subfolders. HHHHEEEEEEEELLLLPPPP

I need help resetting a password for my email that Thunderbird remembers. I've changed the password several times and a pop up window asking for a password pops up every time. Can this be addressed of do I need to find another alternative?

The Reply command no longer shows when I want to send an email back to the person that sent it. There is a note at the bottom of the email that says: A unique identity matching the From address was not found. The message will be sent using the current From field and setting from identity Vince Hunter < omni232@telus.net> Can you give me instructions in laymans terms to fix this bug and return it back to the way it was?

When I started Thunderbird mail this morning I seem to have lost all me emails other a new ones that have arrived today.

I have version 128.6.8esr 64 bit

Not sure what has caused this and I can get all my older email back? Paul

Hi, I am moving from Outlook and struggling with Thunderbird email accounts I wish to setup 5 mail accounts, four of which relate to different people or departments and on that collects incoming email from mailboxes that are re-directed. I find that I can set up the outgoing smtp and the incoming smtp but I am not give any choice for sending mail. Also whatever I do the first account I set up always appears as the only account visible in the folders pane. If there is a definitive explanation of what to do to configure email in Thunderbird it would be most helpful?

Regards Greg