That's odd, I just tried this on thunderbird-9.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 stock oneiric-updates and it had a scroll bar.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805136 Title: accounts window doesn't fit on screen and no scrollbar to show hidden fields Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Fix Released Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “thunderbird” source package in Oneiric: Triaged Bug description: The account settings window is very long when launched. It doesn't fit on my laptop's screen (1366x768). The "OK" and "Cancel" buttons are off-screen. Ubuntu is supposed to support even smaller screens. When resized to fit in this screen-size, nothing gets cut off on any of the pages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: thunderbird 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jul 3 15:47:14 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/805136/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp