Bug 701875 was created a few days ago to address a major issue with Windows and Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4.0+/Thunderbird 5.0+). omni.jar is a core file for Gecko 2.0 versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. From MDN: Firefox 4 and Thunderbird 3.3 achieve performance improvements by moving many of their internal parts from being standalone files or sets of JAR files into just one JAR file called omni.jar; this reduces the amount of I/O needed to load the application. This issue is no fault of Mozilla’s rather Microsoft Windows. It seems the Window’s System Restore does not backup .jar files. Trying…
Thunderbird 3.1 (Lanikai)
Just Released Thunderbird 3.6.24 - November 8th Thunderbird 8 - November 8th Thunderbird 10 Earlybird (10.0a2) - November 11th Coming Soon To Be Announced Thunderbird 9 Beta (9.0b1) December 20th Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1)* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (10.0a2)* Future Releases January 31st, 2012 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more…
On November 11, 2011, Mozilla has pushed Thunderbird 10 on to the Earlybird Developmental channel. Please be aware there are two issues concerning this release that may affect users: The Add-on Comparability Reporter is not working correctly (also applies to Firefox 10 Aurora). Users will need to go into Thunderbird’s about:config (Tools > Options… > Advanced - Config Editor…) and add the following Boolean preference: extensions.checkCompatibility.10.0a and set it to FALSE. Restart Earlybird and your extensions should be enabled again Lightning users need to manually update to Lightning 1.2a2. Thunderbird 10.0 is scheduled for release on January 31st, 2012.
Thunderbird 3.1.16 has been released. Users on 3.1.15 or older may update via Help > Check for Updates. This release included several fixes to improve stability and security, see the Security Advisory. For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the complete list of changes in this version. Unless there is a firedrill release prior, the next version (3.1.17) will be released on December 20th, 2011.
Just Released None Coming Soon November 8th Thunderbird 3.6.24 Thunderbird 8 Thunderbird 9 Beta (9.0b1)* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird (10.0a2) - November 8th* Future Releases December 20th Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1)* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (10.0a2)* January 31st Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
Just Released Thunderbird 8 Beta 1 - October 5, 2011 Thunderbird 8 Beta 2 - October 12, 2011 Thunderbird 8 Beta 3 - October 20, 2011 Coming Soon November 8th Thunderbird 3.1.16 Thunderbird 8 Final Release Thunderbird 9 Beta * Thunderbird 10 Earlybird* Future Releases December 20th Thunderbird 3.1.17 Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1) * Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (11.0a2) * January 31st Thunderbird 3.1.18 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge…
Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.15 - September 27th Thunderbird 7.0 - September 27th Thunderbird 7.0.1 -September 30th Thunderbird 9 Earlybird - September 30th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.16 - TBA Thunderbird 8 Beta - Early October 2011 Thunderbird 9 Beta - November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird - November 8th* Future Releases Thunderbird 9 Final Release - December 20th Thunderbird 10 Beta - December 20th* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird - December 20th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may…
Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 3.1.15 to all users on September 27th, 2011. This was a maintenance release and included several fixes to improve performance, stability and security, see the Security Advisory. For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the complete list of changes in this version. Thunderbird 3.1.x users can update via Help > Check for Updates or can download Thunderbird 7.0 here.
Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.14 - September 6th Thunderbird 6.0.2 - September 6th Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 - September 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 - TBA Thunderbird 3.1.15 - September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release - September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta - September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird - September 27th* Future Releases Thunderbird 8 Final Release - November 8th Thunderbird 9 Beta - November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird - November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to…
Mozilla has pushed out another emergency update for Thunderbird 3.1, 6.0 and 7.0 Beta due to more fall out from the DigiNotar hack back in July. This time around the focus is on revoking Staat der Nederlanden Certificates. More information here. Users can update to the newest versions via: Thunderbird 3.1 users go to Help > Check for Updates or download directly Thunderbird 6.0 and 7.0 Beta users Help > About Thunderbird or download directly [6.0.2 | 7.0 Beta 2] Note: Since Thunderbird 3.1 uses the old release process, all features, bug fixes, improvements, etc.planned for the upcoming Thunderbird 3.1.13…