Posted by: Dennis L | January 12, 2006 12:46 AM
I have RC1 and I have not received any auto updates (gecko 20051201). I will install 1.5 now over RC1
Marco
Posted by: marco | January 12, 2006 1:18 AM
Dennis: I have been using TB 1.5 since it hit release candidates and also missed the calendar extension. A January 7 post on the Calendar Weblog indicates they're working on it (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2006/01/calendar_extension_for_firefox.html). My solution was to install Sunbird 0.2 (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird_download_old.html) and point it to my Thunderbird profile's calendar file. If you can afford to wait, the updated extension would be easier. If you've already upgraded Thunderbird and need to use your calendar, the Sunbird approach might be worth your while.
Posted by: Paul Helgerman | January 12, 2006 5:00 AM
Usually mozila.org releases are pgp signed, but there was
no .asc for the .tar.gz in the Linux folder on the server I
tried.
I've emailed Scott about this.
Posted by: anonymous | January 12, 2006 5:45 AM
this looks like a very nice release.. half the things are things i appreciate.. thanks very much, everyone who helped out.
i have one q: my thunderbird profile folder has got to 30MB+ which is ruining windows roaming profiles (max for entire profile is 30MB!). what's the easiest way of making Tbird archive e.g. all msgs older than x days to a different drive please? and is there a way to do this but keep them assessible to the search in Tbird? hmm thanks.
Posted by: Smiff | January 12, 2006 5:47 AM
(Paul Helgerman - reply from Dennis L)
Thanks for the suggestions Paul. After I installed TB 1.5 and then tried Nightly Experimental for FF 1.5 as a rescue .. but it is just not functional. I considered
Sunbird, but at a .02 version (or .03 alpha1) was concerned. Using GoBack, I reverted my computer back in time prior to TB 1.5 install. I will keep a eye on Sunbird development, but prefer integration with email client, assuming this would best achieved with app (Calendar) residing within Thunderbird.
Posted by: Dennis L | January 12, 2006 7:56 AM
Hey Asa,
There was originally discussion of .msi builds for the 1.5 series of FF and TB but they seem to have disappeared (they were being generated for FF 1.1+ at some stage). Is there a chance it can be re-added for 2.x as they're great for corporate deployment. At the moment only a small number of people in our org get FF as its hard to update using a corp server, where as with an msi its easier because it can be deployed with group policy.
Posted by: Peter Robinson | January 12, 2006 8:47 AM
It even loads up faster for me!
Posted by: mf | January 12, 2006 11:42 AM
one "issue" (with the installer really):
the en-GB version installs the American dictionary. i think (obviously) that should come with the UK dictionary (and so on for the other localisations, though haven't tried them?).
so point (2), i found that if the Admin installs another dictionary it is available to all users (good), however, i can't see a way to set the default to be something other than US (not good, each user has to correct their setting).
just some install/minor "polish" issues there with the localisation. otherwise seems good so far..
Posted by: Smiff | January 12, 2006 2:12 PM
I can't find how to specify which smtp server each account is to use. Has this changed?
Posted by: James | January 12, 2006 2:17 PM
sounds good! update went good. think im updated version 1.5 (20051201)
Posted by: Ray ray | January 12, 2006 4:19 PM
I second the MSI comment but wanted to congratulate the Tb team for their great work. I just converted my 10 machine office over from Mail.app.
Posted by: KevinFreitas | January 12, 2006 4:57 PM
why does this blog say released but rumbling edge says not released whats the deaL?
Posted by: ss | January 12, 2006 6:01 PM
Hi,
Has the memory leak problem fixed for Thunderbird 1.5?
Posted by: Raju Bathija | January 12, 2006 8:08 PM
You know, it seems that since RC1, thunderbird has only flagged non-scam emails as possible scams, while not marking actual scam emails as scams.
Does it use some kind of basiean (sp) filter that you have to train or what?
Posted by: Kyhwana | January 13, 2006 1:48 AM
Another "Catch" is that Webmail which is use for checking web-base email account such as yahoo is not supporting TB 1.5 yet.
Webmail URL : http://webmail.mozdev.org/
:)
Posted by: Rico | January 13, 2006 10:03 PM
I bet this guy will find some "fault" in it in short order: poptech.blogspot.com
Posted by: A Person | January 14, 2006 1:45 PM
There's a nasty timeout bug with dual core processors. Any word on when that's going to be fixed?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Timeout_on_dual_core has more info about it ...
Posted by: Ben | January 14, 2006 2:29 PM
Thanks for all the work that went into this release !
I have checked the T-Bird release notes and the knowledge base articles and other than the General/Default Settings option to "make Thunderbird the default for RSS feeds" (which I do not wish to do - that's what SAGE and FireFox are for :) ) I can not find the PODCASTING feature and how to set it up.
A search through MozillaZine Forums yielded similar questions but no answers, other than installing a third party extension. Before I do that, I would like to know how to make podcasting work from withing T-Bird, as advertised :)
If you please, is there a pointer somewhere that can help me implement this feature?
Feel free to contact me directly using Lawrence 111 at hot mail dot calm.
Thanks again !
Lawrence
Ithaca, NY
Posted by: Lawrence | January 18, 2006 6:56 AM
I'm sure Thunderbird 1.5 final is a wonderful program ... but if
you are running / have a need for Mozilla Calendar, beware of a "Catch 22".
Their is NO Calendar version for TB 1.5 and if your running FF 1.5 your only choice is an "Experimental Nightly" ... which is NOT ready for prime time. If you require Mozilla Calendar, you will need to keep FF or TB at the 1.0.7 version... until stable versions (Calendar) become available for the 1.5 series.