User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0 Build ID: 20110615151330 Steps to reproduce: Clicked the Get Mail button Actual results: My mail was downloaded but there was no visual or audible indication of the download process Expected results: There should be a progress bar indicating the progress of the download process

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of Bug 61139. In fact, it is not. Bug 61139 is about the lack of proportionality between the message-download-progress bar and the proportion of the message that has been downloaded. This bug is about the complete absence of the message-download-progress bar in Thunderbird 5.

When bug 61139 was filed, there used to be a progress bar. Now there is none. Other bugs have been duped against that bug too.

This is precisely the problem. Why has the message-download-progress bar been removed from TB5? Why has this bug report been deleted?

It's in the statusbar at the bottom - you probably switched off the statusbar in the view menu. (and please stop adding my name to other bugs)

It's not in the status bar and I did not switch it off. It's a real bug in TB5 which has been reported by many other users. (and please stop deleting valid bug reports and marking them as duplicates of other bugs which they are not).

(In reply to comment #6) > (and please stop deleting valid bug reports and marking them as duplicates > of other bugs which they are not). Having a precise status bar and a staus bar is the same thing you want to be able to track progress. so marking as a duplicate was the right thing to do. Having 15 bugs asking for the same thing won't make the thing appear faster into Thunderbird. And for what it's worth if you have view -> Status bar selected , I still see a progress bar. If you don't it's probably a theme or an extension issue. Now that I've checked that i still have a progress bar I agree with the WFM resolution. Avner sending emails to so many people is bad and breaks the etiquette <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html> 1.4. We are not denying the fact that you are seeing an issue. We are just telling you that the issue is in your configuration and not in the product. This is a support issue more than a bug and the conversation should be up at <https://support.mozillamessaging.com>. I'll be nice and point that besides checking the above mentioned option you should also try in Thunderbird's -safe-mode ...

Hi Ludovic, thanks for being nice. The problem is not the absence of the status bar but that of the message-download-progress bar within the status bar. There are no 15 bugs, there is only one. I have no control over the list of people at the top of this page. One user claims this issue has to do with the BiDi Mail UI extension. He says he has installed Version 0.9.6 and it has solved the problem but adds that "it is not easy to find 0.9.6." However, the Thunderbird add-on site does not have this version. For those of us who badly need this extension this means not having the message-download-progress bar. Thanks again.

P.S. I am happy to report that updating BiDi Mail UI to Version 0.9.6 resolves this bug. Ludovic was right: it is an extension issue. This bug can be marked as fixed. My apologies to all of you.

I have a plain vanilla version of Thunderbird 24.2.0 I too have noticed that I have recently lost the progress text in the status bar. I used to see text state that Thunderbird was contacting the various mail servers, and they were responding. Today, when I click the Get Mail button, I get nothing. Has Thunderbird locked up? Is it busy with some background task? Did it see my click? Is it ignoring me? There is no way to know unless some mail suddenly appears. To me, the loss of this text in the status bar is not acceptable.

Yeah, what Glenn said. I have 24.2.0 as well, and this isn't working for me, either. Something is amiss.

I figured out how to fix it on mine. I turned off the status bar, exited Thunderbird, got back in, and re-enabled the status bar. It works now.

I, too, have 24.2.0 and mine is not working. I tried turning off the status bar, exiting, re-starting T'bird and re-enabling the status bar - it still does not work.

I do not know what the issue is, but there is something quirky about it. I just added and extension (TB Progress History) and then removed it. Now the status bar progress text is back to normal. Odd to me.

Yeah, it's jacked up. I was incorrect earlier. I have an appearance add-on installed, and when I first pull it up the status bar is funky-looking, and not like it's supposed to be. When I disable it, and then re-enable it it works correctly.

Has anyone solved this problem yet, I have also lost the downloading part on the status bar. I have tried everything to get it back. Getting very tired of Thunderbird problems now, so I guess it is time to ditch it and find a better program.

Just applied new update 24.4 and problem is resolved for me.