On 12/25/25 9:39 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
On 12/25/25 6:24 AM, Dale wrote:
On 12/25/25 3:33 AM, Michael wrote:
On Thursday, 25 December 2025 08:32:15 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
Update. I found a add-on that imports old emails. It's named
"ImportExportTools NG" and it's available by searching for it in the
add-ons Tool menu. You just find the directory for your old email and
let it do its thing. It took a few minutes so I was pretty sure it was
working this time. Do expect read messages to appear as unread after it
is done. I'm going through and marking some older threads as read.
This is a LOT like Seamonkey but it is different enough that it's going
to take some getting used to. Still, at this point, I'm switched and I
think Thunderbird is going to be around a while.
I do have one thing that is annoying and I can't figure out how to get
rid of it. I don't know what it is for one. In the message pane, right
below From, To, Subject and such is a section that starts with
"autocrypt" with a lot of stuff that looks like a encryption key or
something. Since I have no idea what it is, no need in me seeing it and
it taking up so much space on my screen. Anyone have a clue what it is
so maybe I can figure out how to make it go away? I've tried making
things visible and invisible but that part stays there. It seems to
only show on my own messages tho, my replies to this list for example.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
I'm not sure what you're describing - it doesn't show up here, but I
have not
enabled message encryption.
T'bird is using a different encryption tool to Enigmail, which was
abandoned
some years ago. You can set it up under Settings > Privacy & Security
Email
End-To-End Encryption. You can read about it here:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Migration-From-Enigmail
You can export/import your GnuPG keys to Thunderbird's RNP tool, or
set up new
keys using RNP.
I think that article is about a much older version of Thunderbird.
Nothing it says to go to seems to exist.
I did find the import tool. Thing is, every time I point it to my keys,
I get a error. I've tried secret and public keys. Neither work.
I'm not sure what it is looking for because I have OpenPGP keys. It just
refuses to use them. I need them because I have old email that I might
need to access some day. I really need all the keys. If possible.
Account Settings -> End-To-End Encryption
Select "Add Key" and import existing key (from file). What's the error
you get?
I get: ERROR! Failed to import file. That's it. I've tried different
things, including the steps Michael mentioned. Same error. I'm sure
I'm missing something. I'll keep beating at it.
I'm a bit under the weather at the moment. I'm picking times where I'm
pretty sure I can do things without making a mess of it. I'm not alone
tho. I've got texts from others who are also having a bad few days. We
all slightly different but mostly just feel like crap, warmed over
crap. :-(
I'm also looking into converting the email format. Convert from mbox to
maildir. I've read some possibly old articles that maildir isn't stable
or has some other issues. I wish people would date what they write so
we know when something is outdated. Anyway, is there any problems with
switching to maildir? I found a tool to do it. A little harder for
pop3 but doable. Plus, it copies to a new directory so no loss if it
fails.
Oh, one added improvement. It auto fetches emails now. Seamonkey
stopped doing that ages ago. Now, it fetches new emails without me
having to hit the button manually. See, it's different, gonna take some
time to get used to but there is positive points to this switch.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
Oh, when I hit return for a new line, it does a double. I found the
setting tho. I think. It was under HTML style in case someone runs up
on this. Use paragraph format . . . . I think that fixed it.
