
Mat
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It just decided to stop syncing both ways after an update one day. If I delete an email on my desktop client then it deletes it here, but if I delete it here then it does nothing on the desktop client. Even though I haven't changed any settings I went through everything again and all syncing controls are turned on. Oh, also whoever messed with the slide left or right function messed it app up. It's super temperamental now and it used to be perfect.
7 people found this review helpful
Mozilla Thunderbird
October 16, 2025
We're so sorry and this may be related to an IMAP issue in the recent release. Please go to Settings > [account] > Fetching mail > incoming server and uncheck "Auto-detect IMAP namespace" and leave the IMAP path prefix empty to see if this fixes it. We are working right now on a more permanent fix, along with for the swipe gestures!

Frostwind
I am incredibly upset that I keep getting a permanent notification about missing permissions to schedule alarms. If I don't want the app to do that, then I don't want to give it permission. Given the open-source nature of the program, it is very frustrating that this happens. The desktop version is wonderful on Linux, but fairly limited on mobile for some reason. At least don't bug users for permissions they do not want to give the app. It isn't a feature I use.
28 people found this review helpful
Mozilla Thunderbird
September 3, 2025
We're sorry for any frustration with the permissions, and our system works this way as an additional layer of privacy protection on Android, bypassing many Google services. To avoid this, using polling which pulls email at a regular interval would probably the best option. We hope this helps explain our development choices!

Jess
Used to love this app but it now loads my old emails first. I have thousands of emails going back to 2012 that I leave in the inbox (don't ask!). Now there's literally no way for me to see new ones because I'm only loading 100 emails at a time so I can't see anything but 2012 emails, tried changing sort order, clearing cache, reinstalling & went through all settings. Help pages are mostly questions with no answers. I can't use it like this so I guess I very sadly have to find a new email client.
12 people found this review helpful
Mozilla Thunderbird
October 7, 2025
One of our community members with a very large inbox tried to recreate your issue this week and wasn't able to. We think it may be an IMAP issue, and it would help to know your provider to see if there are any known issues! We still encourage you to open a question at Settings > Get Help, but you can also share that info here and we'll try our best