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how to set number of mail messages displayed per page

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i'm using windows 10. my email is on the aol server with verizon.net how can i limit the number of email messages loaded on my screen when i tell thunderbird to get my mail from aol?

i'm using windows 10. my email is on the aol server with verizon.net how can i limit the number of email messages loaded on my screen when i tell thunderbird to get my mail from aol?

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Err, I think you misunderstand the process. Thunderbird will load a list of all your mail. That is how it works. There is no setting to display 10 or 50 or 5000, just a scroll to scroll through the list of emails.

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Matt, I did not state my problem correctly. I cannot adjust the Font Size of the page of displayed messages. When I open each message, i can then zoom in or out as i want to. The Zoom feature on the message page only seems to be set and cannot be changed.

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What you want is to change the font in the Threads Pane. There is a long topic that presents two main options: change a preference in Config. editor that zooms the entire display, or create a userChrome.css file to set the font for the Threads and Folder Panes.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1269361

To set the display fonts for received and composed message content, so that zooming each message is not necessary, see this topic:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1239826