diff --git a/wiki/thunderbird.md b/wiki/thunderbird.md index 4c72182..c2ae29e 100644 --- a/wiki/thunderbird.md +++ b/wiki/thunderbird.md @@ -94,3 +94,29 @@ By default Thunderbird will show a preview for mails on the right hand side when This is called the message pane. It can be hidden by drag and drop or by pressing the F8-key. Using the same key it can also be shown again. + +### Downgrading Profile + +Sometimes - mostly for [troubleshooting reasons](#troubleshooting) - it can be useful to downgrade +Thunderbird (for example using +[downgrade](/wiki/linux/package_manager/pacman_and_aur.md#downgrading-packages) on +[Arch Linux](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md)). +If this is done the profile will not be downwards compatible by default. +On [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) systems the following command can be used to safely downgrade the +profile. + +```sh +thunderbird -profilemanager --allow-downgrade +``` + +## Troubleshooting + +This section will focus on errors and the fixing of errors of Thunderbird. + +### Not Displaying Profile Images Correctly + +On version 145 of Thunderbird the profile pictures of contacts from a CardDAV-synced addressbook +may not be correctly displayed. +This bug was reported by [Andrewhotlab](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2001944). +An easy fix for this and similar bugs is to [downgrade Thunderbird](#downgrading-profile) to the +last version which was not affected by the bug.