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Saved passwords can be recovered from settings window Open Thunderbird Settings, select Private & Security tab then click on Saved Passwords thunderbird-settings-passwords.png Click on Show Passwords to see the passwords in plain text. Make sure nobody is looking at your monitor! thunderbird-password-dialog.png

Open Thunderbird Settings > search for 'addr' > Edit Directories > Add tb-setting-addr.png Accept the certificate. At the first search you need login with your UZH-Password. Hostname: iduzhz2dc03.d.uzh.ch Base DN: OU=Users,OU=Users UZH,DC=d,DC=uzh,DC=ch Port number: 636 Bind DN: uzh\<your shortname> tb-ad.png

Only one Adressebook can be searched at a time. Typically the UZH one is more practical. Use the I-MATh Zimbra Addressbook only if the UZH one is not suitable. Configuration like the UZH one. Settings:

By default, the dates are shown with US locale It's possible to change the Thunderbird UI to f.e. German: Edit > Preferences > Language > English|French|German|Italian If the English is used and german date formating is wished, check: In config editor (Edit > Preferences > Search: config > Config Editor) set: intl.date_time.pattern_override.date_short - dd.MM.yyyy intl.date_time.pattern_override.time_short - HH:mm tb-date.png

To automatically show all folder: In Thunderbird move the mouse over the account do a right mouse click and select 'Settings > Server Settings > Advanced > Show only subscribed folders=off tb-account-settings.png tb-subscribe-showonly.png

If a new folder has been created (maybe via Zimbra, or on a shared mailbox via another user), and Thunderbird does not show the new folder automatically: Please update the 'folder subscription': on the account do a right mouse click and select 'Subscribe'. tb-subscribe.png Subscribe all folder: tb-subscribe-select.png

If you click on a mailto link in webbrowser, thunderbird will be opened and you can start to write a mail. If you have multiple accounts, it might be useful to define the default account which acts as sender than. Open: Settings > Account Settings tb-acc-1.png Select the new default account, define as 'default' tb-acc-2.png

Shared mailboxes sometimes show 'The folder ... cannot be compacted ...' tb-config0.png Further information: 2021, 2011 Option 1: a) Disable compacting at all or b) increase the threshold when to ask and activate to ask for compacting: tb-compact.png Option 2: Disable to ask for compacting (maybe this setting is outdated) tb-config1.png tb-config2.png

Installation: Tools > Add on and themes Tools > Add-on and Themes tb-add-on-01.png tb-add-on-02.png tb-add-on-03.png

Install this Add-On: 872y4872.png Open Settings > Add-ons and Themes > Extensions > click the Settings Gear (Icon) > Install Add-on from File. 2.png Select the Downloaded Add-on in your Downloads Folder. 9.png Select "Add" to confirm. 10.png The Extension should now be enabled. 11.png Now head to the Calendar Tab and press "+". 3.png Select "Google Calendar". 4.png Enter the Email-Address which your desired Google Calendar is assigned to and press "Find Calendars". 5.png Continue to sign in. 20.png Now Allow the requested Permissions and select your desired Calendar > press Subscribe. 7.png Your Calendar should now be intact. You can test if the synchronization worked by adding an event in your Google calendar and checking if it was also added in your Thunderbird. This is how to properly accept Event-invites so that they appear in your synchronized calendar: Open the .ics attachment of the invitation mail with Thunderbird 12.png 13.png Select your newly added mail and press "Import Event" 14.png The event should now be listed in your Thunderbird Calendar, as well as in your Google Calendar if everything worked out.

Github Also: Copy mail to clipboard

Restart Thunderbird via File > Quit (closing the window might not be enough). Thinlinc: start clean-thunderbird (Repair & Clean Thunderbird) - see above. Check the error console: Tools > Developer Tools > Error Console or press ctrl+shift+j Let Thunderbird create a Logfile:

Thunderbird sometimes crashes shortly after start. Typically it's sufficient to call 'clean-thunderbird.sh' Do this, via menu: clean-thunderbird.png If this does not help, open a terminal and restore an older version, e.g. from 30 days ago:

Repair the folder with the missing mails. tb-repair1.png tb-repair2.png

After a NFS server problem (on TL), several user complain about broken Thunderbird configuration. Some user reports that the collected addresses not available anymore, other user reports that they have to supply their password frequently, even if they activate 'save password'. Solution: start clean-thunderbird.sh - this will restore the latest settings from the last snapshot.

Sometimes mails seems to dissapear. Maybe accidently move to trash or junk. Or pressed key 'a' - this triggers 'Archive'-function. If not exist, a folder Archive/<current year> is created and the current selected mail(s) are moved (without any notification) to the yearly archive folder. If you do not use the 'Archive'-functionality, your can disable it completely. Unter 'Settings > Account settings > [account] > Copies & Folders > Keep message archives = OFF' tb-archive.png