Mozilla Messaging has release the first update for Thunderbird 3.0. The new Thunderbird 3.0.1 update includes these changes: Several fixes to improve stability and security Several fixes to the user interface and attachment handling. For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the Rumbling Edge. Thunderbird 2.0 and older users should upgrade by downloading Thunderbird 3.0.1 directly via https://getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 3.0 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… Source: Mozilla Developers News
Thunderbird 2
The Thunderbird 3.0 (Release Candidate 2) is now available for download, containing fixes based on the feedback obtained from the previous release candidate. New features in Thunderbird 3 that require feedback include: New Search Tools Tabbed Email Message Archiving New Mail Account Setup Wizard Improvements for Developers Source: Mozilla Developers News
Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 on August 20th. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Release Notes.
On April 18, 2007 Mozilla Thunderbird 2 was released. Two years later Thunderbird 3 is still in development with an unknown projected release date (and certainly not the End of 2008 as had been planed in January 2008). Beta 3 is currently scheduled for May 5, 2009.
Note: Republishing from The FF Extension Guru’s Blog One of the neat features of Thunderbird is the ability to customize the client with Extensions, Themes and Plug-Ins. But sometimes there are problems a theme does something funky to your browser. Or may be an extension goes haywire and gets corrupted. There are so many possibilities of what could be the problem. If you have a lot of extensions installed, it is hassle to list them all. Whenever anyone posts on Go Firefox! a more advanced problem they are having the first thing I recommend they do is install the InfoLister…
Thunderbird related news from the April 6th Mozilla Project Weekly Status meeting: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 NO REPORT TBird 3.0b3 (Shredder) - Status: In Progress 3.0b3 work continues
Back in the beginning of March, I wrote about the Signature Switch add-on in the TBird Signatures|Signature Switch post. It wasn’t until I went to post about this wonderful extension in Thunderbird Help, that I realized I didn’t include any screen-shots. So, here are some screen shots (click images for full-size view): Switch between your list of signatures via the Signature button on the compose window Signature Switch Options Set/Edit Signature
Thunderbird related news from the March 30th Mozilla Project Weekly Status meeting: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 NO REPORT TBird 3.0b3 (Shredder) - Status: In Progress 3.0b3 schedule updated slightly; work continues
Thunderbird related news from the March 23rd Mozilla Project Weekly Status meeting: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 Shipped last week Pages on mozillamessaging.com TBird 3.0b3 (Shredder) - Status: In Progress Tb 3.0b3 schedule is up; minor modifications in the next day or two are expected. As an experimental attempt to reduce crash landings/feature misses at the end of the cycle, we’ve broken the remaining time up into 5 weekly milestones.
Just Released Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 - March 18th, 2009 Schedule this Coming Week NONE Future Release Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 - May 2009