The topic that best describes my question is not in the list :-(

I got the dreaded email saying outlook 2007 will stop working in september 2024 but am very confused.

Bit of background, we run a small family partnership and have 20 years of archive .pst files. We use outlook 2007 to store our customers details in the address book along with their order details, customer number etc. Plus we use the calendar for important dates like tax and when to pay suppliers.

We have our own domains (9 in total with several email address for each - about 30 email addresses) which we download the emails from into outlook 2007 so we can store those emails and orders in the .pst file and easily find them again plus archive them each year. Outlook gives us the choice of if the emails should be removed from the server or not - some we do and some we don't for various reasons.

I have downloaded thunderbird as that is what was suggested as a replacement. Tried importing, some things came across and some didn't. Some emails, except those in the sent folder, came across. None of the accounts came across nor the address book. The folder tree was very odd too as all folders were under a folder called "outlook import". I had added my hotmail address when i first opened thunderbird and then added one of our domains emails manually, it showed all the folders in that domain email, that is not really want i wanted, i just want to download the emails in the inbox of our email address. Then i would move it to where it needed to be - orders, customer questions, suppliers emails etc.

I then saw in the help files that i should use the 31 version then upgrade after importing, so i started again.

I started with the address book as that is very important as i have 31k in there. Very little info came across, some were missing names, some missing customer numbers, and it is very difficult to get to the "other" field which contains all their order numbers. With outlook all of that is there when you open a contact AND when you view as a list.

So my questions to start with are .....

1. Which version of thunderbird should i be using to import outlook 2007?

2. How do i get all the contact info over?

3. How can i make the address book interface more user friendly?

4. Is outlook 2007 actually going to stop working for how we work or have i been misled?

Hope someone can help or point me in the direct of other help available. I have already read a lot of the help files, questions and answers and felt so confused i thought i would just ask :-)

In the Thunderbird calendar, I'm trying to create a repeating event that occurs on the fourth Wednesday from Sep 25, 2024 through Jan 22, 2025.

But each time I try to set it up, using Jan 22 as the end date, Thunderbird changes the end date to Jan 21 and so the last event does not get created. I've tried several times and this keeps happening.

What's going on?

Hi there

My accent colour for my PC is a kind of lime green which I like. The blue of Mozilla Thunderbird worked really well with that green. The recent update has changed the colour of Thunderbird to a bright lime green which I really don't like. Is there anyway of keeping my PC accent colour whilst reverting Thunderbird to it's traditional blue colour please?

Kind regards Paul

First I'm living in Munich (Germany) and my English - how to say it - could be better. Therefore forgive my mistakes.

I installed Thunderbird 128.2.0esr (64 bit, German language) on Windows 10 to check it out as an alternative to MS Outlook. So far I like what I see and I will probably switch.

One small thing is the column picker button on the right side of the message list pane. I assume - after setting up Thunderbird - it will be rarely used - there is also the alternative by using the right mouse button on any of the columns - but it takes column space. Is it possible to hide/remove the column picker?

In my humble opinion above - next to "display options for message list pane" - would be a better place.

Thank you very much, Reinhard

(Just upgraded to 128.2 64 bit - but I can't find the selection screen shown on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/unified-toolbar.

I want to have a clickable shortcut to Next Message. Why? Because as I'm reading and reply to some of the messages, I have the mouse in my hand. It's a pain to switch to the keyboard to hit N or F. And I always forget the letter to go to the previous message.

Also -- after I delete a message that I just read from the trashcan icon, despite having more messages to read, even in a thread, the view goes back to the Inbox. I'd want to see the next email, not the list. For all its advanced features, this seems to be basic email reading. Maybe I missed an option?

Hi - How can I turn on light mode manually in Thunderbird without changing theme, or within a dark theme? Also, how to turn the them back to default if I want. Thankx!

OK. When on TB 115.x I could search my calendar with a keyword and the Events "description" would be included in that search. With 128 it would appear that only the event title is searched and I can find no setting that allows me to include the 'description' in the search.

Have I missed something obvious or has the 'search' changed in some way (i.e. become inferior!).

Any information appreciated. Oh, I 'upgraded' from 115 to 128 rather than a fresh install, if that matters ....

Ta.

It used to be when I moved from just my laptop to my much larger monitor the layout pane sizes adjusted proportionately. Now for some reason the message pane remains at whatever it was on the last device. Is there a way to change that?

Hello everyone,

I tried to import an ical file and the process failed with the following error message:

Uncaught (in promise) NS_ERROR_XPC_JAVASCRIPT_ERROR_WITH_DETAILS: [JavaScript Error: "Could not extract integer from "--T:"" {file: "resource:///modules/calendar/Ical.jsm" line: 156}]'[JavaScript Error: "Could not extract integer from "--T:"" {file: "resource:///modules/calendar/Ical.jsm" line: 156}]' when calling method: [calIDateTime::nativeTime]
   #setDateParamHelper resource:///modules/calendar/CalStorageItemModel.jsm:1043
   #prepareEvent resource:///modules/calendar/CalStorageItemModel.jsm:1107
   #prepareItem resource:///modules/calendar/CalStorageItemModel.jsm:1093
   addItem resource:///modules/calendar/CalStorageItemModel.jsm:1070
   addItem resource:///modules/calendar/CalStorageCachedItemModel.jsm:180
   adoptItem resource:///modules/CalStorageCalendar.jsm:235

2 CalStorageItemModel.jsm:1043

I'm not familiar with javascript, but it seems to me, that the code is trying to import a date timestamp. I noticed, that the ical file uses a format like this: DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241118T180000

I'm not sure, this is the real cause, but I didn't found the string "--T:" in the whole ical file.

Since upgrading to this version the Sender's Email address shows up in a Bold Font in Card View. How do I change it to a normal font unbolded? I've not been able to find the setting? Thank you,

R

P.S. I'm running Thunderbird also on a Windows computer and this isn't happening.

Since I've upgrade Thunderbird to 128.1.1esr (Debian GNU/Linux trixie/testing) Thunderbird keeps asking to authenticate to a Google Account.

I've search on Google how to stop it, but every results was about Gmail account.

I don't use Gmail on Thunderbird, my only mail account that is configured on Thunderbird is a Microsoft account using Owl Extension, and everything is OK with my mail account, it is working properly, this is not my problem.

The issue is that every time I open Thunderbird it asks for a Google Account, and when I close the window (because I don't see why should I enter a Google Account), after some few minutes it asks for it again.

Hi, I've tried searching for this but there seems to be alot of misunderstanding as to what is being asked, so please forgive the length of this post. Running Windows 7, Thunderbird 115.15.0 (64-bit). On opening Thunderbird or when a reminder point for a calendar or event is due a Reminders Window Pops Up showing all reminders/events. I can dismiss individulally or All or snooze indivulally or All. There is also an option [X] to close the window. Q, As to my actual question, if that window is closed, for what ever reason, I can not find away of re-opening the window, any help on how to do this? Please note I am not referring to the "Today Pain" which I can show or hide as needed. As an example I may have an appointment due on the 12th of the month, but need to prepare for it so I set a reminder for 3 days before, ie 9th. So on the 9th a reminder for the appointment appears allowing me to dismiss or snooze. I would commonly start to prepare and as such leave the reminder as is, not clicking dismiss or snooze but closing the window. Later on in the day I wish to open the window so I can clear the reminder. That's the window I wish to open and do not know how. Snoozing will not help as I may not be able to predict how long it takes me to prepare and therefore can snoze for too long or too short. I've included a screen shot of the actual window in question with a dummy reminder. Hope this was too long and thanks for any help offered.

Used to have tasks until today, now I cant enter a task (+ New Task is greyed out).

Tried suggestion from post by Chris Ilias Moderator 11/7/18, 7:53 AM "more options Hi John, It sounds like the Lightning add-on is disabled. If you cannot enable it in the Add-ons Manager, could you try the solutions in the following article, and see if any of them help: Calendar updates issues with Thunderbird."

I tried disabling and re-enabling lightning, no difference. Any suggested fixes?

Thx,

Hi all,

I'm on TB 128.1.1esr on Windows 10. I recently ported my profile from Debian and everything seems to be working fine except I can't change the route or path to the sound file I was using on linux for new emails, which reads:

file:///home/myusername/Documents/r2d2/r2d2.wav

I want to use that same wav file, but when I click on the "browse" button to set the new route in Windows 10, nothing happens. Other than that, sound is working fine on windows and the rest of the Thunderbird functions seem to be working fine too. Any ideas appreciated, have a good one!