Mozilla Messaging team has released the 1st alpha version of Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 code named Lanikai. I’m using Thunderbird 3.0 since it was released and I like it. I like the tabbed interface. The only irritating problem I have is with the folders that Thunderbird created under Archives for my GMail accounts. Even if I read the emails under my inbox, the archive folder doesn’t get refreshed and when a new email comes, I get new email notification with multiple email subjects. This is pretty irritating and I have no idea how to stop it unless I go and click each individual mails under Archives. I also would like to see the compose window open in a new tab instead of a new window.
Lanikai Alpha 1 is built on top of the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. Here are some important changes in Thunderbird 3.1 alpha 1.
- Several improvements to IMAP.
- Several fixes for Smart Folders, message filters, and attachment handling.
- Several design improvements and corrections to the interface.
- Download Manager is now accessible as a menu item (Tools > Saved Files).
- Stability and memory improvements.
If you want to give it a try, read the known issues in this release, below.
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- If you are using the Kaspersky Anti-Spam Extension, it is disabled in Lanikai Alpha 1. The Kaspersky Anti-Spam Extension will support Thunderbird 3 in their next version.
- If you use or had previously used the master password feature, you may be prompted to enter your master password when you first start up Lanikai.
- Your passwords are stored in a new location. If you go back to using a Thunderbird 2, or switch back and forth between Lanikai and Thunderbird 2, your password lists do not get updated.
- Searching your emails is case sensitive for languages other than English.
- If using SSL or TLS, and the certificate that comes from the server is self-signed, expired, or has a domain that does not match the server domain, a dialog will be shown asking if Thunderbird should permanently make an exception for the cert. This should only be done if the error is understood.
- The extended columns in the folder pane were removed in Thunderbird 3 Beta 1. There is an add-on that restores this functionality.
- The compact header view was removed in Thundebird 3 Beta 3. There is an extension that offers similar functionality.
- Some Thunderbird 2 users upgrading to Lanikai may not be able to login to their smtp server because the secure authentication setting maybe turned on but not supported by the smtp server. Check your smtp server settings in Tools -> Account Settings -> Outgoing Server, and edit the smtp server with the issue. If use ’secure authentication’ is checked, uncheck it and try again.
- Lanikai requires that extensions either come from a secure server using the HTTPS protocol or are digitally signed, or they will fail to install.
- If you are unable to view content for your RSS feeds in the Wide View Layout, you may need to disable the Lightning Calendar add-on if you have it installed or switch to Classic View and restart Thunderbird.
- Some emails sent in Plain Text may move the message and some of the buttons out of the message pane. Open the message in a New Tab, resize the window, or change your layout to Classic View or Wide View to view the message.
- When working Offline, if you compose an email and select ‘Send Later’, your message may not be sent if you reconnect automatically to the Internet. You will need need to manually resend the email from your Drafts folder.
- In some cases, using ‘Save As Template’ from the File menu may not work. You can still Save As Template from the email Compose window or drag the message into the Template folder.
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- Microsoft Windows
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- The keyboard shortcut for ‘Mark All Read’ has changed from Ctrl+Shift+C to Shift+C.
- You can download alpha1 from here.
Technorati Tags: Gecko, Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird 3.1, Lanikai, IMPA, Google, GMail
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Mozilla Calendar team has released the 1st beta version of Thunderbird calendar extension, Lightning 1.0. This version supports Thunderbird 3.0, the latest email client from Mozilla Messaging. You can download the lightning extension and provider for Google calendar extension from here. Click on the respective OS links and the click on en-US and then download. For eg, you can download the Linux build from here.
I downloaded installed both the extension and restarted Thunderbird 3.0. Calendar started working fine now. You will find a small calendar icon at the right corner inline with the folder headers. You will also see an Events and Tasks menu at the top.
Technorati Tags: Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird 3.0, Lightning 1.0, Provider for Google Calendar
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Mozilla Messaging team has released Thunderbird 3.0 after several months in development. Here are some new features in Thunderbird 3.0.
Tabs and Search
Thunderbird 3.0 introduces tabs that lets you load emails in separate tabs so you can quickly jump between them.
Search results open in a new tab too. You can search based on timelines, whether it’s the one from yesterday, last month, or several years ago.
Add-on Management
Thunderbird brings the Firefox add-on management to Thunderbird which lets you search and install add-on directly from add-on manager.
Account setup
It’s easier to set email accounts in Thunderbird 3.0. All you have to provide is your name, email address and password. Thunderbird will add the server information. This will work for most emails. I have tried with my GMail and Google Apps accounts and it worked fine.
If you are using Thunderbird 2.x, you can easily upgrade by going to Help – Check for updates. I upgraded mine and it’s working without any problem so far.
Technorati Tags: Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird 3.0, Add-ons
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Mozilla Messaging team has released the 3rd beta of Thunderbird 3.0. According to Mozilla, Thunderbird 3 Beta 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1.1 platform including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, web compatibility, and code simplification and sustainability. There are over 500 changes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes.
Listed below are the new feature/changes in Thunderbird 3.0 beta 3:
- Thread Pane and Tab Refactoring
- Fixes For Extension Developers
- Tabbed Email Messages- Double-clicking or hitting enter on a mail message will now open that message in a New Tab window. Middle-clicking on messages or folders will open them in a Tab in the background. When quitting Thunderbird, visible tabs will be saved and will be restored when you open Thunderbird the next time. There is also a new Tab menu on the Tab toolbar to help you switch between Tabs.
- New Message Summary View – Selecting multiple messages will give you a summary view of the emails you have selected.
- Column Headings- The column headings that are displayed and the order in which they are displayed can now be set on a per-folder basis.
- Smart Folders – The folder pane offers a Smart Folders mode which combines special mailboxes (e.g. Inbox) from multiple accounts together.
- Improved Gmail Integration – Better recognition and integration of Gmail’s special folders such as Sent and Trash including non-English versions of Gmail. Thunderbird also uses All Mail as the Archives folder.
Thunderbird team is testing a new version of account setup wizard to make configuring email accounts in Thunderbird easier. Before you download and install Thunderbird 3.0, read the list of known issues below:
- If you use or had previously used the master password feature, you may be prompted to enter your master password when you first start up Thunderbird.
- Your passwords are stored in a new location. If you go back to using a previous version of Thunderbird, or switch back and forth between Beta 3 and an older version, your password lists do not get updated.
- If using SSL or TLS, and the certificate that comes from the server is self-signed, expired, or has a domain that does not match the server domain, a dialog will be shown asking if Thunderbird should permanently make an exception for the cert. This should only be done if the error is understood.
- The toolbar drop down folder picker does not work in Beta 3.
- If a person has two email addresses in your address book, only one email address will be displayed during autocompletion when composing an email message
- The new autoconfig dialog is displayed in English in localized versions of Thunderbird.
- The extended columns in the folder pane was removed in Beta 1.
- The compact header view was removed in Beta 3
- Ensure extensions either come from a secure server using the HTTPS protocol or are digitally signed, or they will fail to install.
- Windows – The keyboard shortcut for ‘Mark All Read’ has changed from Ctrl+Shift+C to Shift+C.
- Windows – For Windows XP users, setting Thunderbird as the default email client does not work during the installation process.
If you are still interested in testing beta 3 of Thunderbird 3.0, Click here to download.
Source: Mozilla Messaging.
Technorati Tags: Thunderbird 3.0, Gecko 1.9.1.1, Mozilla Messaging, Windows XP
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Mozilla Messaging has released the 3rd alpha version of Thunderbird 3.0 code named Shredder. Alhpa 3 includes the following changes:
Please note that installing Shredder Alpha 3 may overwrite your existing installation of Thunderbird on Linux.
Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird 3.0, IMAP, Linux, Vista, Windows
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Mozilla Messaging team has released the first alpha of Thunderbird 3.0 codenamed Shredder. It’s built on Gecko 1.9 platform. Here are some of the new features in Thunderbird 3.0, according to Mozilla Messaging.
- The new Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used to download and install a Thunderbird customization from the hundreds of Add-ons available from community add-ons website. This feature is similar to the feature in Firefox 3.0. Note that only few add-ons are compatible with this early alpha at the time of release, as add-on developers need to upgrade them.
- The address book can now read data from Mac OS X’s system Address Book, but that feature is currently disabled by default. To enable it, see this blog entry New Crash Reporter (Breakpad) to report crashes in Thunderbird.
- Searching bodies of messages no longer produces as many false positives and has become more accurate in some multilingual situations.
- Improvements to JavaScript engine have resulted in continued improvements in performance.
- On the Mac, Thunderbird is now a native Cocoa application.
Installing Shredder Alpha 1 will overwrite your existing installation of Thunderbird on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. For all systems, you won’t lose any of your messages or address books, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available. You can download the alpha 1 from here.
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