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For questions relating to the email client from Mozilla Messaging.

Thunderbird is the free email client provided by Mozilla Messaging (under the umbrage of Mozilla Foundation) and also includes a feed reader.

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Postfix Multi Domain Email Going to Spam

I have read over the other post from other users on this site about this topic. I think I see my problem but cannot figure out where to change it. My configuration: RDNS for 107.170.172.XXX: example.com Postfix Dovecot Server [root@skilleddomain ~]#…
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Recovering deleted emails on IMAP server with Thunderbird

I have an IMAP mail server and use Thunderbird as my client. I didn't understand the sychronization of client-server using IMAP vs POP. My IMAP server was filling up, so I logged onto the server and deleted the Inbox thinking that Thunderbird had…
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SSL_accept error when mail client connect to postfix

I've managed to set up postfix and dovecot with self-signed certificate on my server. I can send and receive email using telnet command there. Now I want to connect to my mail server from a Thunderbird client on my laptop but it fails and here's the…
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How to configure postfix and dovecot so that thunderbird can automatically find settings

Our mailserver is a Ubuntu Server box with a Postfix/Dovecot combination. We enabled starttls with a correct certificate and everything is working ok. A lot of our users are using Thunderbird for retrieving mail with IMAP. Thunderbird tries to guess…
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Getting contact list from IMAP server

I want to update my local Thunderbird address book with a list of valid email addresses on an IMAP server. I'm not that familiar with IMAP, does it allow this? If so, could someone point me to an existing code library (preferably python) that…
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Migrate IMAP account between providers - client access only

I have an IMAP E-Mail account with my old provider. I have a new, empty IMAP account with the new provider. Is there a tool or Thunderbird to migrate the E-Mail data from one account to another? I'm a bit wary about just doing a drag & drop in…
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IMAP TLS connection to Dovecot fails

Original title: IMAP connection to Dovecot fails only from Thunderbird I have set up Dovecot with SSL (TLS) on port 993. I can connect with Outlook, PHP SMTP and Android Mail, however Thunderbird doesn't connect. It says Configuration could not be…
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Dovecot SSL Certificate is not accepted

I have certificates issued from StartSSL, which is a trusted authority for certificates, and my websites work with its certificates with no problems and no complaints from all browsers about any trust issues. Now I wanted to have the same programmed…
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Thunderbird not trusting certificate signed with self-signed authority

I have generated a self-signed certificate authority using mydomain.org as the common name. I imported the public certificate using Thunderbird's certificate manager under the "Authorities" tab. So far so good. Next, using this CA, I have generated…
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Is there a way to make encryption default per contact in Thunderbird?

I administer several computers that have Thunderbird installed. I know Thunderbird has an option to require all email to be encrypted. However, I would like a way to allow unencrypted email normally, but require encrypted email to certain…
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Need help automating thunderbird deployment with our own root certificate

We are in the process of setting up a self-hosted mail solution in our lab and we're required to be our own CA. The problem we're having is that Thundebird is complaining that our root certificate is untrusted, even though we know it's valid. The…
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How to organise Maildir subdirectories

I have a mailserver: Postfix for transfer Dovecot/IMAP for reading Maildir for storage Thunderbird as main supported client (but of course, I want to be compatible with all) Roundcube for webmail access I can't seem to find a correct way to…
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Thunderbird - Login Script to create user and email account

Is there anything out there that will let me script via active directory and login scripts the creation of a thunderbird user profile and associated email account? I looked to do this in Outlook 2010, however due to outlooks current slow preformance…
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Thunderbird roaming profile best practice

I'm running a small windows network (AD) where we use Thunderbird to retrieve mails via IMAP. However, some users have also created local folders in order to archive messages. The goal is that users can access their emails and, ideally, also their…
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getting Thunderbird rescan imap folder

Since I got an external program (imapfilter) modifying my imap folder, thunderbird keeps loosing track of new messages. Messages are moved upon arrival in sub-folders, making Thunderbird unable keep tracking them - therefore I have no clue which…
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