The bug 563893 fix worked for me:
Remove the .thunderbird (not .mozilla-thunderbird) symlink in your home
directory and move .thunderbird.upstream to .thunderbird
Thanks
** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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Thunderbird exits immediately without error message
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561323
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