The Rumbling Edge

Functionality:

• Fixed: 345501 - enable auto-save by default

Networking:

• Fixed: 79767 - IMAP SEARCH commands include HEADER unnecessarily
• Fixed: 348762 - uploading message with mixed line endings in headers can corrupt headers

RSS:

• Fixed: 348662 - incoming filters for rss feeds broken

Spelling checker:

• Fixed: 348171 - Delete (backspace) is extremely slow in textareas in recent nightlies

UI improvements:

• Fixed: 345887 - Thunderbird Theme Update for Qute
• Fixed: 348387 - Group-By-Sort: First message not shown in group after selecting group header.
• Fixed: 348717 - header overflow twisty lost when needed in consecutively viewed messages
• Fixed: 348860 - Display name used for addresses not in address book
• Fixed: 348897 - replace "Extensions and Themes" with add-ons in update prefs

XPToolkit:

• Fixed: 342642 - Under specific conditions an exception is generated in the Error Console when "Clear Private Data" is used
• Fixed: 347954 - Running the NSIS installer as normal user (restricted group) or without enough free space available makes it silently fail
• Fixed: 348781 - Add 7-Zip SFX source to the tree

Miscellaneous fixes:

• Fixed: 333877 - TB 1.5.0.2 - 100% processor utilization processing IMAP IDLE

Mac-specific:

• Fixed: 335823 - Universal binaries not yet out for 1.8.x branch
• Fixed: 348804 - in-param for nsMsgKeyArray.h breaks obj-c build for embedded applications.

Outstanding bugs:

• Since 16 Dec 03: 228675 - Limit growth of junk token store
• Since 12 May 04: 243430 - Improving the chi-square spam detection method
• Since 17 Mar 05: 286655 - deleting or detaching attachment from IMAP message duplicates the message temporarily
• Since 29 Oct 05: 314297 - deleting one attachment from a locally stored message deletes multiple attachments
• Since 24 Jan 06: 324606 - Thunderbird hangs on Return Receipt Notification on some SPAM-Mails on IMAP-Accounts
• Since 14 Mar 06: 330507 - Crash when clearing a quick search during a LDAP search.
• Since 24 May 06: 339115 - save as file stopped working on IMAP
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343901 - cannot install dictionaries in thunderbird since bug 216382 landed
• Since 12 Jul 06: 344433 - Thunderbird needs to use a new set of APIs to claim defaults in windows Vista
• Since 17 Aug 06: 349073 - address book comes up empty

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (no discussion available @ mozillazine forums)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)