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email sent to root with att.net email provider and thunderbird mua on fedora 40

I have fedora 40. I use thunderbird to receive email. I would like to receive email sent to root in thunderbird. The "account settings" section of thunderbird used to have "Add ...
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How to backup Thunderbird to mbox for use with the Pine or Alpine e-mail client?

How should the mbox backup from Thunderbird show? Perhaps there's a validation tool? First screen: ALPINE 2.25 FOLDER LIST ...
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How to configure Thunderbird for local offline usage?

How would Thunderbird send such a message? nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ swaks --to [email protected] --from [email protected] --server localhost === ...
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Thunderbird does not honor the configured archive location if it's an IMAP folder on another account

I have my mail archives on a local IMAP server (to easily backup them and to not be dependent on a certain mail client) If I configure another IMAP account to use a folder on this local IMAP account ...
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How to only download the most recent emails on Thunderbird

I just downloaded Thunderbird and signed into my email however it started downloading emails from 2005. I only want to download/sync the most recent emails. I can't seem to find a way to do this. I ...
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Whats the Interface between a Postfix server and a Mail Program?

I set up a postfix server and he works. I can send and get mails. As long as I send mails in bash over ssh on the server. But how do I send and get mails from a mail program e.g. Thunderbird. I know ...
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Could not connect to mail server in thunderbird in MX Linux 21

I have installed Thunderbird version 78.13.0 in my MX Linux 21. I am having issues with this app recently because its connection with the server always gets timed out. Whenever I refresh the mails, I ...
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How to allow Thunderbird to receive local mail (from apps to the user/root) while in offline mode?

I'd like to have Thunderbird running on Debian10/KDE in Offline mode (mostly for security and privacy purposes but also to not receive any other mails) but still be able to receive mails to the user ...
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How to configure claws mail to work with outlook?

I have the servers and ports of the smtp/imap/pop3, but claws cant connect to receive or send mail, it says there is a timeout error. I was working with thunderbird, but suddenly it stops to receive/...
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Email tag synchronization through Microsoft Exchange server

My email provider operates a Microsoft Exchange server through which I send and receive email, using Thunderbird (on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). I do this both on a desktop computer and on a separate laptop. ...
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Thunderbird spellcheck does not work sometimes when replying to message

I am using automatic spellcheck in Thunderbird v68.8 on Debian Buster (misspelled words are automatically underlined) it works reliably when I create a new empty message but when I am replying to a ...
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thunderbird: different color for new email, when I am only a "cc" recipient, instead of regular "to" recipient

Is there a way to use different color for new email in inbox, when I am only a "cc/bcc" recipient, instead of regular "to" recipient ? I am alredy using custom color for new emails in inbox. This is ...
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share - send via email in Dolphin does not work

I'm using KDE Plasma with Mozilla Thunderbird as my default email client and I realized that when I right click a file in Dolphin and select Share - Send via email, I get an error popup titled Error -...
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Install Thunderbird extension globally

In Thunderbird, I can go to Add-ons manager, search for extension, and click on Add to Thunderbird to install it. But I have multiple Thunderbird profiles, and installing every extension in every ...
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configuring thunderbird to run a given executable on each email recieved as an alias

On my Linux/Debian/Sid/x86-64 desktop ours.starynkevitch.net my favorite graphical MUA is thunderbird version 68.2 I don't want to install an MTA locally then use procmail. My thunderbird is ...
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