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Common Thunderbird 3.0 Upgrade Issues

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John T. Haller
AdministratorDeveloperModerator
(Homepage) - December 10, 2009 - 1:43am

Here are some common issues people experience when upgrading to 3.0:

  1. Asking For Master Password - This appears to be an issue with manually imported certificates. A possible solution has been posted.
  2. Blank or Error-Filled Screen Thunderbird Screen - This can be due to the Kaspersky antispam extension which can be manually removed to fix it.

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Thunderbird Portable does not conect with mailbox

Dell_1971 - May 17, 2012 - 2:39am

Hi!
I faced a problem: established on US flash drive Thunderbird Portable doesn't connect to the mail address (writes, incorrect login or the password). The computer in a network. The main mail agent on the computer - Outlook(Thunderbird on PC doesn't install). Help me!!!


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Thunderbird Update failed

braeuer - May 16, 2012 - 6:47am

Hi, I have the Thunderbird App running on an network drive. Everytime when there is a new version and I try to make the update I get an message
"Software-Update fehlgeschlagen - Das Update ...". But there is no other process of thunderbird activ.
my work arround:
I copy thunderbird to an USB stick an start the update again - this works fine. After the update I copy thunderbird back to the network drive and it works fine.
Have anyone an idea, why the update on the network drive fails?


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TB stops downloading messages during session; requires pc reboot

seaotter99 - May 14, 2012 - 9:49pm

I apologize if this topic has been covered, but I couldn't find it. When I cold boot the pc, I have TB set to autostart. It is also set to download messages automatically when started. The initial download works fine. For a while after that (an hour?)it continues to download automatically and manually on demand. Then it no longer will download messages queued on the gmail server. Curiously, it will send newly created outgoing messages through gmail smtp, even after it stops downloading messages from the gmail POP server.


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Thunderbird Portable on Ubuntu Linux (through wine) - Open link.

michele.bartole... - May 14, 2012 - 9:46am

Dear users,

I'd like to refer to the possibility to open the URLs contained in the text of e-mails, making a clic on these to directly open the browser.

A lot has been already discussed in this Forum, and I understood that it isn't possible to do this, due to the property of PortableApps to preserve the privacy and not to leave traces on the pc.

Anyway, I found a comfortable way to quickly open the links, in Windows: I simply drag the link from the window of the e-mail (in Thunderbird) to the window of Firefox, and the link opens. So I did all these months, with satisfaction. Smiling


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Vanished e-mails and then deleted data

darkercoffee - May 13, 2012 - 5:51pm

Hello everyone,

After the last update (12.0.1) I opened TB Portable and all my e-mails were vanished. I didn't really worry because this wasn't the first time and last times always managed to fix it. I have found a backup of prefs.js file and replaced with the one in the profile folder, assuming I'll see my e-mails when I restart TB Portable. It didn't work. The most annoying part is after replacing prefs.js, my 15.6 GB large TB Portable folder is now only 2.1 GB.

Any suggestions?


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12.0.1 freezes

0p3nsrc - May 7, 2012 - 11:26am

Whenever I open TB, it goes unresponsive and says "not responding" in the title bar. I've done multiple installs. It works fine until I add my GMail address, and then after I complete the steps to check my GMail, it won't open properly..


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Thunderbird Portable on Cloud.

michele.bartole... - May 2, 2012 - 5:34am

Dear users,

I currently use Thunderbord Portable on my USB drive with satisfaction. But for some weeks I have been wondering if it could be possible to use it from a cloud storage. I know this is a popular discussion already discussed, but I couldn't find a post expressly dedicated, at least about Thunderbird.

I mean:

Imagine that I move my Thunderbird Portable directory (i.e. my whole application) from USB drive to a Cloude storage (Ubuntu One, for example, to which I am registered).


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Thunderbird 10.0.x ESR Future

dallas7 - April 30, 2012 - 2:56am

Thank you for this!

To paraphrase Mozilla: It's for individuals that do NOT always want the latest features, performance enhancements and technologies in their email client. Smiling

Do you plan on Portable Apps releases for 10.0.5 thru 10.0.8?

Cheers.


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GPG for TB portable 1.4.12 breaks TB portable v12.0

khaoohs - April 26, 2012 - 12:48pm

The GPG extension for Thunderbird portable is not compatible with TB portable v12. I get an error when I try to open TB. If i remove the GPG folder in the App folder, TB will open correctly.


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