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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.

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 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

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.

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?

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

Konto einrichten, Ich versuche, das Konto admin@meine-schatz-kiste.de auf meinem neuen Laptop einzurichten, erhalte jedoch die Fehlermeldung: "Konfiguration nicht möglich, da Benutzername, Mailadresse oder Passwort nicht übereinstimmen." Auf meinem älteren Laptop habe ich alle Angaben überprüft, die korrekt sind, einschließlich des Passworts, welches in meiner Passwortliste erfasst ist. Nachdem ich das bestehende Konto auf dem älteren Laptop gelöscht habe, versuchte ich, das Konto mit einem neuen Passwort neu einzurichten, erhielt jedoch dieselbe Fehlermeldung. Warum passiert das? Es gibt auch keine Option, das Passwort zu ändern. Viele Grüße Brigitte Schinko

This all started when I cancelled Xfinity Internet and went to Frontier Internet. I had previously used Thunderbird for 8 years through Xfinity with no problems. I have contacted Xfinity and Frontier and both have told me it is a problem with a Thunderbird setting.

This is the error message I receive..........

Sending of the message failed. An error occured while sending mail: Outgoing mail server (smtp) error. The server responded: resomta-c2p-555920.sys.comcast.net resonta-c2p-555920 sys.comcast.net. Excessive failed authentication. ESMTP server temporarily not available.

I have since cancelled Thunderbird and removed the program from my laptop but still have it on my Desktop computer. I am still receiving the same error message on my desktop. Everything is the same setting it has been for eight years. The only change I made was cancelling my Xfinity TV, Internet and mobile phone service. I still have Xfinity email.

Thunderbird just automatically updated (after initially being blocked by ThreatLocker, I don't think that had any consequence but I include it just in case). I went to forward a message and while the subject content was preserved, none of the message body or attachments were included - it was a blank email. I tried explicitly forwarding several messages, and it turned out one that had been previously forwarded did populate correctly. However any message that had not previously been forwarded came up blank except for subject. Forwarding using As Attachment did attach an email and populate the Subject. Not sure if something got broken in the new update...

Thought I'd bring this up here first just in case - but pretty sure this is a bug.

With the “Store draft messages in encrypted format” setting enabled, whether I double click the DRAFT message or click the Edit button on the draft, when it opens, the body of the email is empty. The From, To and subject are all there - just no message body. If I close the write window and discard changes, the message is still there.

I performed a clean install of 128.6.0esr and the same thing occurs. When I rolled back this morning to 128.5.2esr, I performed multiple tests on new drafts, old drafts, exiting, restarting, all with the encrypted format setting enabled and there is no issue with attempting to edit the draft on the previous version.

Can someone else confirm this? It seems like a bug to me. Thanks!