Questions tagged [thunderbird]
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Export Thunderbird filters to import them in gmail
is there a way to export message filters from Thunderbird and import them to gmail?
I tried the "message filter import/export" add-on but gmail is not able to understand them.
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Thunderbird: Automatically add calendar entry from incoming email?
In Outlook and Gmail it is customary that an incoming calendar invite will be put on the calendar automatically (in an unconfirmed state).
Is there any way to get Thunderbird to do this as well? ...
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Cannot edit calendar events for invitations received by mail (Nextcloud, via Thunderbird/CalDAV)
When I create events myself, everything works smoothly and I can easily edit them at any time.
However, I cannot edit events events if the event was placed into the calendar by accepting an email ...
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Thunderbird email: cloning an account
I'm running Thunderbird 78.14.0 under Linux.
In a given Thunderbird profile, I have several email accounts, all of which are using IMAP. I want to "clone" one of these accounts, as follows .....
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How does one properly backup/export Thunderbird/IMAP mails?
I use Thunderbird for my mail on a lot of IMAP servers.
Currently, I have set my offline settings to include every folder and go to offline mode every few days. That should mean I always have all ...
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Changing text and background colors only for plain text emails in Thunderbird
I managed to tune Thunderbird to darker scheme for everything except the messages, so it looks like this:
I tried changing colors for messages in Options - Display - Colour, but regardless of Allow ...
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Gmail's important message markings in Thunderbird
I know I can see my Gmail Priority Inbox in Thunderbird, but what I'd really like is to have those yellow markings beside messages that indicate whether a message is important or not. Is there a way (...
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Thunderbird - show starred messages above thread pane?
I'd like to show starred emails at the top of the thread pane, without having to click a filter or perform a search (even a saved one) - much like Gmail with priority/starred inbox.
I've searched the ...
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Where can I find a list of Thunderbird CSS classes/IDs to manipulate the folder pane
Where can I find a list of Thunderbird CSS classes/IDs to manipulate the folder pane
I would like to manipulate the colors (and maybe sizes) of some of the CSS in the folder pane. The the key item I ...
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In Thunderbird/Lightning, can I change the sending identity when inviting attendees to an event?
I use several sending identities in Thunderbird, e.g. [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. I have one calendar for each of these sending identities: A, B, and C. That is, ...
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Mixed-language dictionaries for Thunderbird?
I am frequently writing Emails, where German and English parts are mixed within a single email. Is it possible to get Spell-Checking that doesn't require manually switching languages all the time?
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Thunderbird keyboard shortcut to switch dictionary language
As a non-American I write emails in multiple languages. In the newest releases of Thunderbird the add-on Dictionary Switcher is no longer supported, so I would like to just add a shortcut for cycling ...
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Where does Thunderbird store the expand/collapse icons for threaded messages?
I recently resolved this issue but that left me with missing icons in threaded view in thunderbird.
My broken machine has a threaded view that looks like this:
But it should look like this:
So the ...
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How to get rid of the red outlines around signature in Thunderbird when sending message?
I've just added a new signature in Thunderbird and when I go to send a new message it has a bunch of red lines around the layout of the signature, probably because it's within a html table.
Now I ...
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Merge the contents of two folders in thunderbird
I have two archive folders (folder A, and folder B) in different accounts, both are: Archives > 2016. These folders have very similar content, i.e., around 90% of the emails are identical; however, ...
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