The Rumbling Edge

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Released on 06 Apr 07, and this changelog was last updated on 07 Apr 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the new features and improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1 over Beta 2. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

The Gecko 1.8.x branch (Thunderbird 2.x series) will incorporate improvements based on Gecko 1.8 foundations. No major Gecko 1.9 features will be in these builds.

Please note: Anyone other than developers and testers should not download the Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1 release. It is intended for testing purposes only.

New features & significant changes in Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1:

• Tools for organizing and managing e-mail
  • 74959: implement mail "back" and "forward"
  • 114656: Message Tags
    • 359338: Ability to search tags
    • 362557: Support for editing tags
    • 371337: Improve Usability Of Tag Menus
  • 251296: Folder Views
  • 301084: Option to file replies in folder of original message
  • 328795: Find As You Type in the message pane
  • 345501: enable auto-save by default
  • 350661: Recent folder menus for Copying and Moving messages
• Be Informative
  • 278096: Main mail window now shows IMAP quota usage
  • 312940: New Mail Alert Improvements [Windows and Linux only]
    • 360030: Ability to customize new mail alert information
  • 314124: Folder Summary Tooltips
  • 350864: Add ability to check news servers for new messages at startup
• Support for new platforms
  • 327124: Windows x64 platform support
  • 335823: Universal binaries for Intel Macs
  • 351359, 354895, 354896, 354897: Windows Vista support
• Automatic detection of online state
• Preference dialog redesign
• Remote image policy changes
• Two pane view using a folder location picker toolbar widget
• 3459: Spell check now also checks the subject line
• 339135: New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
• 345887, 366842: Theme updates for all platforms
• 348897: New, combined and improved Add-ons manager for extensions and themes
• 353841, 359900 : New account types - Gmail (all systems) & .Mac (Mac OS X only)
• 360588: New localizations: Belarusian, Georgian & Portuguese
• 369109: Thunderbird 2 release notes link in Help menu should point to localized documents

Table of Contents

1. Topcrashes
2. Crashes
3. Account manager
4. Address book
5. Build configuration
6. Filter-related
7. Functionality
8. Installer
9. Localization
10. Networking
11. RSS
12. UI improvements
13. XULRunner
14. Miscellaneous fixes
15. Mac-specific

Changes in Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1: (154)

Topcrash: (1)

• Fixed: 356007 - [XULRunner] Crashes [@ nsFormFillController::OnTextEntered]

Crashes: (5)

• Fixed: 353958 - crash when trying to send this webpage
• Fixed: 369028 - crash in nsImapUrl::ParseNumBytes()
• Fixed: 370392 - crash in NormalMessageEndDownload
• Fixed: 372705 - ctrl-w then save crashes composing new message
• Fixed: 372760 - crash in [@nsMsgSearchOfflineMail::OnStopRunningUrl]

Account manager: (6)

• Fixed: 366871 - Dialog for new identity should be opened when double clicking the empty area inside the multiple identities list
• Fixed: 367562 - Trademark Issues with Gmail.RDF
• Fixed: 368233 - The Account Wizard should support generic attributes from ISP RDF Files
• Fixed: 368303 - Thunderbird 2.0 forgets Junk Settings in Account Manager
• Fixed: 369009 - new profile with MCD still pops up new account wizard
• Fixed: 373570 - picking download new messages from account wizard causes "busy" alert

Address book: (1)

• Fixed: 354010 - No error dialog when attempting to create multiple lists of the same name in separate address books

Build configuration: (9)

• Fixed: 339832 - Thunderbird installer still includes an installed-chrome.txt
• Fixed: 352370 - For TB2 release, upgrade langpack maxVersion to 2.0.0.*
• Fixed: 366113 - mozilla-plugin.pc should not depend on mozilla-xpcom.pc
• Fixed: 366844 - visibility pragma support broken
• Fixed: 370041 - boatcycle typo
• Fixed: 370345 - no XPath in Thunderbird
• Fixed: 372878 - reduce the number of AC_TRY_RUN tests in configure.in
• Fixed: 375553 - Update shipped-locales for Thunderbird 2
• Fixed: 375920 - Thunderbird 2 RC Installer has Firefox as the file description

Filter-related: (4)

• Fixed: 103658 - if a filter rule contains an odd number of quotes, Mozilla is unable to parse it
• Fixed: 180239 - Manual "Run selected filter(s)" doesn't work when multiple filters are selected.
• Fixed: 366687 - Forward filter stopped working
• Fixed: 369123 - Allow multiple tags to be set by a filter

Functionality: (30)

• Fixed: 3459 - Spell Check should also check the subject line.
• Fixed: 273496 - pressing 'get new messages' asks to send unsent messages when going online
• Fixed: 268459 - Search / filters for Message Body broken for quoted-printable bodies
• Fixed: 303729 - trailing space in folder name are removed and folder not accessible anymore
• Fixed: 309566 - when sending attachment with long or multibyte filename and receiver uses e.g. Outlook, the filename is changed to att00XXX.xxx
• Fixed: 319818 - Html Composer hangs ("attaching") on save+(save or send) after reopen draft with images
• Fixed: 343933 - Inserted inline images not displayed after message save
• Fixed: 347665 - Opening a very large IMAP folder with a large number of new messages takes a long time
• Fixed: 354895 - Add Vista Registry Support to Thunderbird's Shell Service
• Fixed: 354896 - Thunderbird Vista Compatibility Tracking Bug
• Fixed: 361233 - installation of 1.1b breaks mapi linkage from excel and word
• Fixed: 366503 - Custom tags only work properly for certain e-mails
• Fixed: 366505 - Unable to save a saved search when no there is no folder pane selection
• Fixed: 367011 - "Remove All Tags" does not do so for custom tags
• Fixed: 367920 - Filter action Set Junk Status to Junk does not work correctly
• Fixed: 368064 - Duplicate Sent folders is created
• Fixed: 368074 - Look for ISP Spam .sfd Files in extension directories
• Fixed: 368370 - "uncolored" tags inherit colors from other tags
• Fixed: 368822 - new mail is marked "read" when displayed in "new mail notification"
• Fixed: 369109 - Thunderbird 2 release notes link in Help menu should point to localized documents
• Fixed: 370004 - Overriding the default attribute map on a per-LDAP directory basis won't work.
• Fixed: 370773 - When the spelling check dictionary is installed in a Japanese version, the selection dictionary is displayed with Preferences by mistake
• Fixed: 370786 - Detaching an attachment fails to reload the message
• Fixed: 371789 - Moving starred items pop->imap accounts deletes the starred flag/status
• Fixed: 372671 - "Restore default" doesn't restore the default start page
• Fixed: 372835 - starting up w/o IMAP inbox.msf leaves empty thread pane
• Fixed: 373270 - Running Junk Mail Controls on Folder then Switch Folders Causes Data Loss
• Fixed: 373394 - clicking alert does not bring focus to thunderbird on linux
• Fixed: 373403 - Bogus Vista Keys from 1.5.0.10 Shim Need Cleaned Up When Installing Thunderbird
• Fixed: 373787 - Cannot select dictionary with the same name as locale

Installer: (4)

• Fixed: 351359 - Add installer string to support Vista's SPAD and SUD
• Fixed: 354897 - Thunderbird Installer Changes to Support Vista
• Fixed: 367540 - When launching the app from the installer the app runs with elevated privileges
• Fixed: 368524 - Update 7zSD.sfx to include 32 bit images

Localization: (2)

• Fixed: 371647 - ConvertToUnicode in mailWidgets.xml fails at initializing the notification
• Fixed: 373954 - Cannot send any attachment files which are attached in original message when I forward a mail as inline

Networking: (2)

• Fixed: 331425 - Sender and Recipient columns only show sender in sent mail folder
• Fixed: 370740 - No Sender-Name is displayed in the Sender column, only e-mail address instead

RSS: (1)

• Fixed: 347922 - Adding ATOM feed hangs forever for validation

UI improvements: (61)

• Fixed: 223340 - Multiple attachments cause excessive size in attachments pane
• Fixed: 257885 - Setting a Flag/Star with the context menu causes the Mark|Flagged checkmark to persist incorrectly
• Fixed: 271108 - hourglass but no status
• Fixed: 275561 - New mail icon remains when filters have marked all new mail as read
• Fixed: 291478 - change the local folder account icon in the folderpane when the global inbox has new messages
• Fixed: 296518 - messages/days was not grayout ("Retention Policy"tab in "Folder Properties")
• Fixed: 300670 - improve wording for "Sending authenticate login information..." status
• Fixed: 303954 - Incorrect display of non-ASCII characters in template name of "Reply with template" filter
• Fixed: 316929 - folders list displays unsubscribed imap folders prior to login
• Fixed: 321389 - qute : pixel missing at the bottom of smileys - consistency with other themes
• Fixed: 321551 - message-list pane: wrong scroll position if a mail folder has been entered from an account's top level
• Fixed: 327226 - www prefix can confuse the phishing detector
• Fixed: 329555 - New Mail Notification Alert is not clickable
• Fixed: 331616 - XML Parsing Error popup when dbl-click on line copied from web
• Fixed: 339391 - message pane scrollbars jump to the top when new junk mail comes in
• Fixed: 340373 - Escape key should cancel "send in Unicode (UTF-8)?" dialog
• Fixed: 343677 - Need access to encapsulated MIME content-type declarations for Lightning iMIP
• Fixed: 346966 - message headers spaced further apart (2.0a1 vs 1.5.0x) - too much vertical space
• Fixed: 350052 - "View" menu loses focus between "Sort by" and "Threads"
• Fixed: 352409 - signed / encrypted icon too close to the edge in the message header area
• Fixed: 353308 - EACCES ignored: empty attachment
• Fixed: 353987 - missing alternate link in atom feed causes unhandled exception
• Fixed: 355633 - depending on the folder view, autosubscribing to a news:// url from the browser can cause tbird to open new 3 pane windows until the system is out of resources
• Fixed: 359134 - Integrate with necko's automatic online/offline management
• Fixed: 362919 - message pane is too wide due to alert bar's minimum-width
• Fixed: 363996 - subject in new mail notification is stripped of Re:
• Fixed: 365016 - Viewing in message pane for messages in newsgroup not always possible
• Fixed: 366501 - Make back and forward history buttons default toolbar items
• Fixed: 366508 - Not All Filter Actions are performed when the first action moves a message
• Fixed: 366839 - images not displayed while creating replies/forwards (works in new mail)
• Fixed: 367527 - folder tooltips don't work for saved search folders
• Fixed: 367998 - Tag menu in standalone message window is not color-coded according to tag colors
• Fixed: 368043 - Infinity% displays on status bar
• Fixed: 368506 - Error/Exception/NS_ERROR_FAILURE / nsIMsgAccountManager.defaultAccount / msgMail3PaneWindow.js :: MigrateJunkMailSettings :: line 1731
• Fixed: 368532 - inline table editing controls aren't being displayed
• Fixed: 368550 - for quoted-printable msg new mail alert displays redundant 'equal sign' in the message preview field
• Fixed: 368748 - allow custom column handlers to add row properties
• Fixed: 368822 - new mail is marked "read" when displayed in "new mail notification"
• Fixed: 368867 - spell check results from previous message show up
• Fixed: 369026 - Start Page Style Cleanup
• Fixed: 369160 - empty tooltip (tiny rectangle) on every folder marked read
• Fixed: 369804 - getBestIdentity doesn't work for saved search folders
• Fixed: 369893 - asks to save when it shouldn't since fix for bug 307046
• Fixed: 369936 - Search greyed out in folder context menu
• Fixed: 370015 - Duplicate 'Options' and 'Account Settings' items under Edit menu
• Fixed: 370183 - File > Open saved message does nothing anymore
• Fixed: 370516 - Miscellaneous folder picker widget fixes
• Fixed: 370575 - In <mail3PaneWindowCommands.js>, "Error: server has no properties" on "Tools" menu opening
• Fixed: 371337 - Improve Usability Of Tag Menus
• Fixed: 371406 - Remove Beta 2 strings from the installer and about dialog
• Fixed: 371431 - Add prefs to control the phishing detector's local checks
• Fixed: 371792 - JS Error when opening .EML file
• Fixed: 372135 - attachments in saved emails (.eml) can not be opened
• Fixed: 372322 - Attachments dropped into the wrong folder when using Drag and Drop
• Fixed: 372338 - Turn on new start page
• Fixed: 372350 - Remove cycler on the folder pane header label
• Fixed: 372717 - Implement less-hacky technique for F6-tabbing
• Fixed: 373506 - A checkbox in the "View" drop-down list item of the toolbar
• Fixed: 374017 - Mail item context menu has two items with 'm' accelerator
• Fixed: 374039 - Some dates not displayed when LC_TIME=hi_IN.UTF-8
• Fixed: 374259 - Folder functionality lost when you create a new saved search in an inbox subfolder named as "."

XULRunner: (3)

• Fixed: 346787 - add textbox binding with support for spellcheck
• Fixed: 369627 - WinLaunchChild elevation code breaks xulstub building
• Fixed: 368979 - Enable to use mozStorage component with xulrunner1.8.1 .

Miscellaneous fixes: (15)

• Fixed: 133016 - Freetext url recognition stops at ")" and "'" (apostrophe)
• Fixed: 251882 - assertion in isctype.c when processing non us-ascii junk mail
• Fixed: 283729 - Startup errors/warnings in JavaScript console (trunk)
• Fixed: 322089 - Problem handling Usenet signature separator when format=flowed, delsp=yes (RFC 3676)
• Fixed: 335534 - Return receipts not conform to RFC 2047
• Fixed: 339117 - Thunderbird needs an equivalent of about:license
• Fixed: 361702 - Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIIOService2.manageOfflineStatus]"
• Fixed: 364123 - JavaScript Error: gNotificationsDialog is not defined
• Fixed: 365362 - Cannot add property to msgHeaderSink property bag
• Fixed: 368635 - Hide Phishing controls for downloading local list of known phishing urls
• Fixed: 369217 - Changed case in functions name "LoadMsgWithRemoteContent()" != "loadMsgWithRemoteContent()"
• Fixed: 370181 - Error: () has no properties -- Source File: chrome://messenger/content/preferences/privacy.js
• Fixed: 370401 - frequently rebuilding my imap sent folder index?
• Fixed: 370537 - Hook Up New Remote Start Page
• Fixed: 371672 - assert in morkConfig, invalid mork db

Mac-specific: (10)

• Fixed: 313145 - Crash when importing lots of mail from Eudora 6.2.3 on OS X
• Fixed: 345003 - Create unique icon for Tag toolbar button for Pinstripe
• Fixed: 365545 - Tbird throws some javascript strict warnings
• Fixed: 366842 - Land Pinstripe Theme Update for Mac OS X
• Fixed: 368239 - forward/back in stand-alone message window doesn't cross folders
• Fixed: 368581 - OS X files with resource forks and no defined MIME type are encoded incorrectly
• Fixed: 370243 - XULRunner dmg no longer contains installer
• Fixed: 371629 - Star header will not un-highlight
• Fixed: 372316 - opening a .eml file with spotlight integration enabled crashes
• Fixed: 373856 - Mail fails to select startup folder with global inbox in Tb 2.0

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Common:

• Fixed: 177109 - jump to specific date using command line invocation
• Fixed: 360111 - dying js context
• Fixed: 364420 - Monthly layout: Left-align events on monthly calendar
• Fixed: 365342 - Sunbird branch vs. trunk require version number changes

Outstanding bugs: (11)

• Since 20 Jul 05: 301484 - need a strategy for dealing with TZ changes on existing data
• Since 29 Oct 05: 314337 - calling addSubcomponent on an already-present VTIMEZONE can lead to crashes and other badness
• Since 29 Oct 05: 314339 - need to handle non-native timezone bits
• Since 27 Dec 05: 321653 - import new TZ database
• Since 02 Feb 06: 325641 - implement per-calendar id
• Since 18 Feb 06: 327783 - Offer more ways to switch between mail/calendar views
• Since 19 Apr 06: 334681 - Sending iMIP/iTIP requests and responses using email Needed
• Since 21 Aug 06: 349520 - working hours for calendar-multiday-view
• Since 11 Sep 06: 352255 - Multiple entries for same event in Agenda (after calendar reload)
• Since 06 Oct 06: 355755 - Alarms are dismissed when Sunbird is closed
• Since 16 Jan 07: 367157 - Cannot uncheck migrators on data migration wizard

Lightning 0.3 has been updated to work on Thunderbird 2 Beta 2.

Lightning vanilla .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi

Official Linux .xpi

Official Mac .xpt

Sunbird builds:

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

No checkins during this period.

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Account manager:

• Fixed: 366439 - Add ability to append the default domain to the user name in ISP RDF Files
• Fixed: 368233 - The Account Wizard should support generic attributes from ISP RDF Files

Functionality:

• Fixed: 273496 - pressing 'get new messages' asks to send unsent messages when going online
• Fixed: 366505 - Unable to save a saved search when no there is no folder pane selection

UI improvements:

• Fixed: 300670 - improve wording for "Sending authenticate login information..." status
• Fixed: 362919 - message pane is too wide due to alert bar's minimum-width
• Fixed: 367434 - Many labels do not have the LABEL_FOR relation set

Miscellaneous fixes:

• Fixed: 364123 - JavaScript Error: gNotificationsDialog is not defined
• Fixed: 365362 - Cannot add property to msgHeaderSink property bag

Mac-specific:

• Fixed: 368239 - forward/back in stand-alone message window doesn't cross folders

Outstanding bugs: (20)

• Since 24 Jan 06: 324606 - Thunderbird hangs on Return Receipt Notification on some SPAM-Mails on IMAP-Accounts
• Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343901 - cannot install dictionaries in thunderbird since bug 216382 landed
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343933 - Inserted inline images not displayed after message save
• Since 12 Jul 06: 344433 - Thunderbird needs to use a new set of APIs to claim defaults in windows Vista
• Since 12 Sep 06: 352370 - For TB2 release, upgrade langpack maxVersion to 2.0.0.*
• Since 29 Sep 06: 354896 - Thunderbird Vista Compatibility Tracking Bug
• Since 05 Oct 06: 355633 - depending on the folder view, autoscribing to a news:// url from the browser can cause tbird to open new 3 pane windows until the system is out of resources
• Since 01 Nov 06: 359134 - Integrate with necko's automatic online/offline management
• Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
• Since 08 Dec 06: 363163 - Thunderbird is chewing up cpu cycles even when idle
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366240 - TB 2 Beta 1 Uninstaller does not delete default app registry entries under Clients\Mail and News
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366501 - Make back and forward history buttons default toolbar items
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366508 - Not All Filter Actions are performed when the first action moves a messsage
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366510 - Ctrl-Shift-R does not work
• Since 12 Jan 07: 366842 - Land Pinstripe Theme Update for Mac OS X
• Since 19 Jan 07: 367527 - folder tooltips don't work for saved search folders
• Since 23 Jan 07: 367998 - Tag menu in standalone message window is not color-coded according to tag colors
• Since 24 Jan 07: 368074 - Look for ISP Spam .sfd Files in extension directories

Gmail and .Mac (Mac OS X only) account creation in Thunderbird is being tested.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

There has been 40 million downloads of Thunderbird since the release of version 1.0.

Meanwhile, Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 has been released already (recommended for developers).

Common:

• Fixed: 266241 - want AM/PM everywhere, not 24-hour time

Outstanding bugs: (12)

• Since 20 Jul 05: 301484 - need a strategy for dealing with TZ changes on existing data
• Since 29 Oct 05: 314337 - calling addSubcomponent on an already-present VTIMEZONE can lead to crashes and other badness
• Since 29 Oct 05: 314339 - need to handle non-native timezone bits
• Since 27 Dec 05: 321653 - import new TZ database
• Since 02 Feb 06: 325641 - implement per-calendar id
• Since 18 Feb 06: 327783 - Offer more ways to switch between mail/calendar views
• Since 19 Apr 06: 334681 - Sending iMIP/iTIP requests and responses using email Needed
• Since 21 Aug 06: 349520 - working hours for calendar-multiday-view
• Since 11 Sep 06: 352255 - Multiple entries for same event in Agenda (after calendar reload)
• Since 06 Oct 06: 355755 - Alarms are dismissed when Sunbird is closed
• Since 29 Dec 06: 365342 - Sunbird branch vs. trunk require version number changes
• Since 16 Jan 07: 367157 - Cannot uncheck migrators on data migration wizard

Note: I just noticed from this post onwards that the outstanding bugs in the previous posts of The Rumbling Edge's Sunbird 0.5 category had an erroneous "Fixed" in front of them. This has been corrected from this post onwards.

Lightning vanilla .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi

Official Linux .xpi

Official Mac .xpt

Sunbird builds: (Linux & Mac builds switched to branch builds to prepare for 0.5 release; Windows branch builds not out yet)

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (2007-01-18 builds)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

No checkins during this period.

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Build configuration:

• Fixed: 363070 - Upgrade NSS on trunk and branches
• Fixed: 367127 - Make mozconfig-find space-safe (e.g. spaces in $HOME)

Functionality:

• Fixed: 229522 - Folder starting with . (dot) disappears after restart
• Fixed: 350967 - adding smtp server fails if you've added and removed a lot in the profile's lifetime
• Fixed: 366368 - Error when looking for dictionaries for Thunderbird on a.m.o
• Fixed: 367183 - preview text contains mail.app message boundary ID & some headers

UI improvements:

• Fixed: 360814 - remote content for (custom) thunderbird start page do not show anymore
• Fixed: 362567 - Customize Message Views modal dialog won't go away
• Fixed: 367529 - Unable to load remote images in news

Outstanding bugs: (21)

• Since 24 Jan 06: 324606 - Thunderbird hangs on Return Receipt Notification on some SPAM-Mails on IMAP-Accounts
• Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343901 - cannot install dictionaries in thunderbird since bug 216382 landed
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343933 - Inserted inline images not displayed after message save
• Since 12 Jul 06: 344433 - Thunderbird needs to use a new set of APIs to claim defaults in windows Vista
• Since 12 Sep 06: 352370 - For TB2 release, upgrade langpack maxVersion to 2.0.0.*
• Since 29 Sep 06: 354896 - Thunderbird Vista Compatibility Tracking Bug
• Since 05 Oct 06: 355633 - depending on the folder view, autoscribing to a news:// url from the browser can cause tbird to open new 3 pane windows until the system is out of resources
• Since 01 Nov 06: 359134 - Integrate with necko's automatic online/offline management
• Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
• Since 06 Dec 06: 362919 - message pane is too wide due to alert bar's minimum-width
• Since 08 Dec 06: 363163 - Thunderbird is chewing up cpu cycles even when idle
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366240 - TB 2 Beta 1 Uninstaller does not delete default app registry entries under Clients\Mail and News
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366439 - Add ability to append the default domain to the user name in ISP RDF Files
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366501 - Make back and forward history buttons default toolbar items
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366505 - Unable to save a saved search when no there is no folder pane selection
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366508 - Not All Filter Actions are performed when the first action moves a messsage
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366510 - Ctrl-Shift-R does not work
• Since 12 Jan 07: 366842 - Land Pinstripe Theme Update for Mac OS X
• Since 19 Jan 07: 367527 - folder tooltips don't work for saved search folders

Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 2 release candidate builds are now available for testing.

Gmail and .Mac (Mac OS X only) account creation in Thunderbird is also being tested.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Common:

• Fixed: 336287 - Multiweek view has inconsistent/faulty navigation (depends on selected row)
• Fixed: 343190 - DnD month view: Drag and Drop stops working if event is dropped out of calendar view
• Fixed: 343721 - Password prompt required on start for each remote webdav calendar
• Fixed: 353698 - error when editing deleted event
• Fixed: 360479 - Weekview workweek days only takes 50% longer to display
• Fixed: 360532 - Missing license block in calendar/prototypes/wcap/sun-calendar-customize-toolbar.js
• Fixed: 360659 - Migration wizard fails with error 'NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH'
• Fixed: 360811 - lightning xpi downloaded with bad filename
• Fixed: 361195 - Removing obsolete strings from calendar.properties
• Fixed: 361211 - single selected event doesn`t change color when deselected
• Fixed: 361565 - Weekly layout: Every second week is not printed and wrong week numbering
• Fixed: 362507 - Cancelling All Day check turns Event to zero-duration Event
• Fixed: 364571 - Error while opening "invite attendees" dialog
• Fixed: 364813 - remove Sunbird-3.0a1.* from sunbird/nightly/latest-trunk
• Fixed: 365020 - FAQ should mention interaction between iCal and Sunbird.
• Fixed: 365644 - Cambodian Public Holidays .ics file
• Fixed: 365765 - Update calendar copyright dates to 2007
• Fixed: 365850 - calendar files not in alphabetical order in T group
• Fixed: 366083 - 2 Memory Leaks with opening event window
• Fixed: 366141 - JavaScript strict warnings in migration.js and calendarManagement.js
• Fixed: 366145 - Monthly and Weekly layout: Event text not readable with dark calendar background colors if option 'Print Background' is enabled
• Fixed: 366215 - Calendars imported/created by Migration Wizard are not visible by default
• Fixed: 366418 - Attached is the Philippine Calendar File
• Fixed: 366779 - Indonesian Holidays

Common (Provider: CalDav - ICS/Webdav - Local Storage - WCAP):

• Fixed: 364841 - Unify ics provider serialization and parsing with the ics import/export code
• Fixed: 365616 - CalDAV provider should allow autologin

Sunbird-only:

• Fixed: 237148 - email selected event does not work under FF or Sunbird
• Fixed: 364605 - Error 'ArrayOfEvents[0] has no properties' in unifinder.js

Mac-specific:

• Fixed: 365785 - Remove extra UTF-16 to UTF-8 conversion of InfoPlist.strings.in

Outstanding bugs: (11)

• Fixed: 301484 - need a strategy for dealing with TZ changes on existing data
• Fixed: 314337 - calling addSubcomponent on an already-present VTIMEZONE can lead to crashes and other badness
• Fixed: 314339 - need to handle non-native timezone bits
• Fixed: 321653 - import new TZ database
• Fixed: 325641 - implement per-calendar id
• Fixed: 327783 - Offer more ways to switch between mail/calendar views
• Fixed: 334681 - Sending iMIP/iTIP requests and responses using email Needed
• Fixed: 349520 - working hours for calendar-multiday-view
• Fixed: 352255 - Multiple entries for same event in Agenda (after calendar reload)
• Fixed: 355755 - Alarms are dismissed when Sunbird is closed
• Fixed: 365342 - Sunbird branch vs. trunk require version number changes

Lightning vanilla .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi

Official Linux .xpi

Official Mac .xpt

Sunbird builds: (Linux & Mac builds switched to branch builds to prepare for 0.5 release; Windows branch builds not out yet)

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Topcrash:

• Fixed: 165296 - Crash in TB09 [@ nsAddrDatabase::GetListRowByRowID ] importing an address book with a mailing list for the 2nd time.

Crash:

• Fixed: 328219 - crash when reading an rss feed because gIOService is null

Build configuration:

• Fixed: 363070 - Upgrade NSS on trunk and branches
• Fixed: 367127 - Make mozconfig-find space-safe (e.g. spaces in $HOME)

UI improvements:

• Fixed: 363113 - Thunderbird autocomplete freezes up to 1 minute after typing one or two characters of an email address
• Fixed: 365621 - Update mail/ copyright dates to 2007

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Security issue:

• Fixed: 240262 - Marquee tag functions only in default mode

Account manager:

• Fixed: 327298 - Double-clicking the Multiple Identities list should edit the selected identity
• Fixed: 359900 - Create a Gmail RDF file for the Account Manager
• Fixed: 366093 - Unable to send Mails via Gmail SMTP because of wrong SMTP Settings

Address book:

• Fixed: 336412 - First names or Surnames disappear after sending a message
• Fixed: 362186 - entries from ldap address book not displayed (offline) - you can only search

Attachment-related:

• Fixed: 262866 - Invalid path offered when file already exists (Save all attachments)
• Fixed: 346332 - does no longer offer to open application/octet-stream attachments

Build configuration:

• Fixed: 360588 - Request to build be, ka, pt-PT version of Thunderbird

Functionality:

• Fixed: 307046 - Autosave leaves ghost messages in drafts on cancelling compose
• Fixed: 343102 - Thunderbird cannot forward messages correctly in the inline format when the message contains attachments encoded in quoted-printable format
• Fixed: 365329 - string to date conversion returns wrong value for dates in february when run after 28th of each month

RSS:

• Fixed: 340957 - duplicate messages from single feed item if using multiple RSS accounts

UI improvements:

• Fixed: 278096 - Show quota usage in main window
• Fixed: 302470 - Virtual folders in IMAP account with non ascii characters displayed wrong
• Fixed: 333607 - Download Manager: contentAreaUtils.js error when saving link target
• Fixed: 336910 - Buttons in Filter Rules dialog do not work with the keyboard
• Fixed: 341957 - Improved mail alert does not respect task bar position
• Fixed: 342315 - Reply All (to self sent msg) should preserve visible BCC recipients from original message
• Fixed: 343875 - The old labels prefs dialog should be removed or adapted to the new tags feature
• Fixed: 346873 - Message transfer-encoding not decoded in preview text (biff/mail alert/folder pop-up)
• Fixed: 360591 - quota indicator status bar item is too tall
• Fixed: 360792 - mail.delete_matches_sort_order does not work when using imap mark as deleted model
• Fixed: 362241 - Thread Pane selection is lost when Tb compacts folders
• Fixed: 363094 - Autocomplete-to-my-domain confused after '@' entered in field
• Fixed: 363113 - Thunderbird autocomplete freezes up to 1 minute after typing one or two characters of an email address
• Fixed: 364275 - some texts in Account Setting->Security dialog need LABEL_FOR set
• Fixed: 364815 - JS Errors closing/opening compose window after opening Contacts Sidebar
• Fixed: 365621 - Update mail/ copyright dates to 2007
• Fixed: 365858 - tags lost on drag&drop from the IMAP (without tag support) to Local-folder (copy works)
• Fixed: 366016 - Reduce quoted text in our message preview string to "..."
• Fixed: 367318 - updated qute theme icons from arvid

XULRunner:

• Fixed: 286933 - Enter that selects autocomplete entry should be hidden from page scripts

Miscellaneous fixes:

• Fixed: 348520 - remove threadpane.dtd from thunderbird
• Fixed: 363163 - Thunderbird is chewing up cpu cycles even when idle.

Mac-specific:

• Fixed: 364542 - View > Messages > All/Unread doesn't uncheck
• Fixed: 365282 - Thunderbird changes specified content type to text/plain when programatically sending email via javascript
• Fixed: 365710 - when in "recent" folders view, newly created folder should show up
• Fixed: 365879 - Don't ship movemail.rdf on the Mac
• Fixed: 366516 - Bump Up Security Settings for pre-filled dotmac accounts

OS/2-specific:

• Fixed: 265798 - [XULRunner] cannot create new toolbar!

Outstanding bugs: (22)

• Since 24 Jan 06: 324606 - Thunderbird hangs on Return Receipt Notification on some SPAM-Mails on IMAP-Accounts
• Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343901 - cannot install dictionaries in thunderbird since bug 216382 landed
• Since 07 Jul 06: 343933 - Inserted inline images not displayed after message save
• Since 12 Jul 06: 344433 - Thunderbird needs to use a new set of APIs to claim defaults in windows Vista
• Since 12 Sep 06: 352370 - For TB2 release, upgrade langpack maxVersion to 2.0.0.*
• Since 29 Sep 06: 354896 - Thunderbird Vista Compatibility Tracking Bug
• Since 05 Oct 06: 355633 - depending on the folder view, autoscribing to a news:// url from the browser can cause tbird to open new 3 pane windows until the system is out of resources
• Since 01 Nov 06: 359134 - Integrate with necko's automatic online/offline management
• Since 15 Nov 06: 360814 - remote content for (custom) thunderbird start page do not show anymore
• Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
• Since 06 Dec 06: 362919 - message pane is too wide due to alert bar's minimum-width
• Since 08 Dec 06: 363163 - Thunderbird is chewing up cpu cycles even when idle
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366240 - TB 2 Beta 1 Uninstaller does not delete default app registry entries under Clients\Mail and News
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366439 - Add ability to append the default domain to the user name in ISP RDF Files
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366501 - Make back and forward history buttons default toolbar items
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366505 - Unable to save a saved search when no there is no folder pane selection
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366508 - Not All Filter Actions are performed when the first action moves a messsage
• Since 09 Jan 07: 366510 - Ctrl-Shift-R does not work
• Since 12 Jan 07: 366842 - Land Pinstripe Theme Update for Mac OS X
• Since 16 Jan 07: 367183 - preview text contains mail.app message boundary ID & some headers

Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 2 release candidate builds are now available for testing.

Gmail and .Mac account creation in Thunderbird is also being tested.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

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Released on 23 Jan 07, and this changelog was last updated on 28 Jan 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the new features and improvements in Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 over Beta 1. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

Note that only Beta 1 builds will auto-update to Beta 2 when Beta 2 is released.

The Gecko 1.8.x branch (Thunderbird 2.x series) will incorporate improvements based on Gecko 1.8 foundations. No major Gecko 1.9 features will be in these builds.

Please note: Anyone other than developers and testers should not download the Thunderbird 2 Beta 2 release. It is intended for testing purposes only.

New features & significant changes in Thunderbird 2 Beta 2:

• Tools for organizing and managing e-mail
  • 74959: implement mail "back" and "forward"
  • 114656: Message Tags
    • 359338: Ability to search tags
    • 362557: Support for editing tags
  • 251296: Folder Views
  • 301084: Conversations (Similar to Gmail)
  • 328795: Find As You Type in the message pane
  • 345501: enable auto-save by default
  • 350661: Recent folder menus for Copying and Moving messages
• Be Informative
  • 312940: New Mail Alert Improvements
    • 360030: Ability to customize new mail alert information
  • 314124: Folder Summary Tooltips
  • 350864: Add ability to check news servers for new messages at startup
• Automatic detection of online state
• Preference dialog redesign
• Remote image policy changes
• Two pane view using a folder location picker toolbar widget
• 278096: Main mail window now shows quota usage (IMAP)
• 327124: Windows x64 platform support
• 335823: Universal binaries for Mac OS X builds
• 339135: New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
• 345887: Thunderbird Theme Update for Windows & Linux
• 348897: New combined and improved Add-ons manager for extensions and themes, updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
• 353841, 359900 : New account types - Gmail (all systems) & .Mac (Mac OS X only)
• 360588: New localizations: Belarusian, Georgian & Portuguese

Table of Contents

1. Security issues
2. Topcrash
3. Account manager
4. Address book
5. Attachment-related
6. Build configuration
7. Filter-related
8. Functionality
9. Localization
10. Networking
11. RSS
12. UI improvements
13. XULRunner
14. Miscellaneous fixes
15. Mac-specific
16. OS/2-specific

Changes in Thunderbird 2 Beta 2: (80)

Security issue: (1)

• Fixed: 240262 - Marquee tag functions only in default mode

Topcrash: (1)

• Fixed: 355338 - TB1507 topcrash [@ nsPop3IncomingServer::PerformBiff]

Account manager: (5)

• Fixed: 327298 - Double-clicking the Multiple Identities list should edit the selected identity
• Fixed: 345121 - Option "File replies in folder of original message" disabled
• Fixed: 359900 - Create a Gmail RDF file for the Account Manager
• Fixed: 366093 - Unable to send Mails via Gmail SMTP because of wrong SMTP Settings
• Fixed: 366439 - Add ability to append the default domain to the user name in ISP RDF Files

Address book: (4)

• Fixed: 336412 - First names or Surnames disappear after sending a message
• Fixed: 343011 - Searching Organization from LDAP address book yields no results
• Fixed: 355409 - unable to search LDAP server (over SSL) with tbird 2.0 build, but 1.5.0.7 works
• Fixed: 362186 - entries from ldap address book not displayed (offline) - you can only search

Attachment-related: (3)

• Fixed: 262866 - Invalid path offered when file already exists (Save all attachments)
• Fixed: 346332 - does no longer offer to open application/octet-stream attachments
• Fixed: 363764 - .vcs files (and sometime rtf files) get sent as text/plain

Build configuration: (4)

• Fixed: 360588 - Request to build be, ka, pt-PT version of Thunderbird
• Fixed: 363070 - Upgrade NSS on trunk and branches
• Fixed: 363679 - R_X86_64_PC32 relocations in nsLDAPBERElement.cpp building trunk thunderbird
• Fixed: 367127 - Make mozconfig-find space-safe (e.g. spaces in $HOME)

Filter-related: (1)

• Fixed: 215701 - hang while reading tokens for junk mail due to corrupt training.dat

Functionality: (9)

• Fixed: 229522 - Folder starting with . (dot) disappears after restart
• Fixed: 307046 - Autosave leaves ghost messages in drafts on cancelling compose
• Fixed: 343102 - Thunderbird cannot forward messages correctly in the inline format when the message contains attachments encoded in quoted-printable format
• Fixed: 350967 - adding smtp server fails if you've added and removed a lot in the profile's lifetime
• Fixed: 358124 - Replying to mail with plaintext attachment quotes the attachment
• Fixed: 363831 - Saved Search with only one folder to search results in endless loading and high CPU load
• Fixed: 365329 - string to date conversion returns wrong value for dates in february when run after 28th of each month
• Fixed: 366368 - Error when looking for dictionaries for Thunderbird on a.m.o
• Fixed: 367183 - preview text contains mail.app message boundary ID & some headers

Localization: (1)

• Fixed: 95613 - Attachment in Eudora-J mail is not imported correctly.

Networking: (2)

• Fixed: 319535 - Message: NO Access denied for GETACL on INBOX (ACL "a" required)
• Fixed: 348752 - Unable to consistently remove tags from IMAP mail messages

RSS: (3)

• Fixed: 340957 - duplicate messages from single feed item if using multiple RSS accounts
• Fixed: 359402 - Loading remote images in RSS articles is broken
• Fixed: 363154 - Improper RSS Display After Today's (12/8/06) Auto-update

UI improvements: (32)

• Fixed: 223864 - When sorting mail by "Order Received", no sort icon is displayed
• Fixed: 240788 - Marking Message as Junk Hangs Thunderbird
• Fixed: 278096 - Show quota usage in main window
• Fixed: 302470 - Virtual folders in IMAP account with non ascii characters displayed wrong
• Fixed: 307058 - Folder Properties dialog's Retention Policy tab has incorrectly aligned captions
• Fixed: 331014 - Hang on incremental search in main window
• Fixed: 333607 - Download Manager: contentAreaUtils.js error when saving link target
• Fixed: 336910 - Buttons in Filter Rules dialog do not work with the keyboard
• Fixed: 341957 - Improved mail alert does not respect task bar position
• Fixed: 342315 - Reply All (to self sent msg) should preserve visible BCC recipients from original message
• Fixed: 343875 - The old labels prefs dialog should be removed or adapted to the new tags feature
• Fixed: 346873 - Message transfer-encoding not decoded in preview text (biff/mail alert/folder pop-up)
• Fixed: 353193 - RFE: Add customizable mail header display
• Fixed: 356327 - Pasted Windows Clipboard Images don't show up in the compose window
• Fixed: 360591 - quota indicator status bar item is too tall
• Fixed: 360792 - mail.delete_matches_sort_order does not work when using imap mark as deleted model
• Fixed: 360814 - remote content for (custom) thunderbird start page do not show anymore
• Fixed: 362241 - Thread Pane selection is lost when Tb compacts folders
• Fixed: 362567 - Customize Message Views modal dialog won't go away
• Fixed: 362741 - Selecting folder with previous view unread, while viewing another unread folder, fails.
• Fixed: 362990 - Customize Message Views dialog's selection should not affect View menu selection
• Fixed: 363094 - Autocomplete-to-my-domain confused after '@' entered in field
• Fixed: 363113 - Thunderbird autocomplete freezes up to 1 minute after typing one or two characters of an email address
• Fixed: 364116 - Virtual Folder list contains an extraneous splitter
• Fixed: 364275 - some texts in Account Setting->Security dialog need LABEL_FOR set
• Fixed: 364815 - JS Errors closing/opening compose window after opening Contacts Sidebar
• Fixed: 365621 - Update mail/ copyright dates to 2007
• Fixed: 365858 - tags lost on drag&drop from the IMAP (without tag support) to Local-folder (copy works)
• Fixed: 366016 - Reduce quoted text in our message preview string to "..."
• Fixed: 367318 - updated qute theme icons from arvid
• Fixed: 367434 - Many labels do not have the LABEL_FOR relation set
• Fixed: 367529 - Unable to load remote images in news

XULRunner: (1)

• Fixed: 286933 - Enter that selects autocomplete entry should be hidden from page scripts

Miscellaneous fixes: (6)

• Fixed: 348520 - remove threadpane.dtd from thunderbird
• Fixed: 359967 - File pref-downloads.dtd is no longer used
• Fixed: 362754 - confirmPhishingUrl entity is not logically formulated
• Fixed: 362755 - Beta 1 Release notes
• Fixed: 363163 - Thunderbird is chewing up cpu cycles even when idle.
• Fixed: 363979 - package storage.xpt and dom_storage.xpt

Mac-specific: (6)

• Fixed: 355547 - tag color not always showing up in thread pane
• Fixed: 364542 - View > Messages > All/Unread doesn't uncheck
• Fixed: 365282 - Thunderbird changes specified content type to text/plain when programatically sending email via javascript
• Fixed: 365710 - when in "recent" folders view, newly created folder should show up
• Fixed: 365879 - Don't ship movemail.rdf on the Mac
• Fixed: 366516 - Bump Up Security Settings for pre-filled dotmac accounts

OS/2-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 265798 - [XULRunner] cannot create new toolbar

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Following a period of hiatus due in part to the Taiwan quake which took down communications across Asia, I am pleased to announce that connections in my area now have been largely restored, allowing me to resume work on The Rumbling Edge.

Some activities that took place over these few weeks:

• Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1 shipped on 12 December 2006. Feedback is being collected here.
• "Beta 1 is offered in en-US (locale) only. It will have support via automatic software update to beta 2."
• Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 shipped on 19 December 2006.

Future expected events:

• At the time of writing, there have been around 39,700,000 Thunderbird downloads. It is expected to cross the 40 million mark in less than a week.
• The 2.0 Beta 2 freeze is occurring this week or the next. The ETA for 2.0 Beta 2 is hopefully a week or two after that. Thunderbird 2 final release (hopefully) ships in February.
• The 1.5.0.10 freeze is happening tomorrow, 18th January 2007. The tentative release date for 1.5.0.10 is set for 1st February following the release of Windows Vista.
• Sunbird 0.5 development is going on as planned, with lots of (potential) new features to be expected. Automatic nightly update functionality has also been added to Sunbird trunk builds, while Mac nightly builds are now universal binaries

Several reviews of Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1:

1. InformationWeek: "Thunderbird was a great e-mail client to start with, and this new version includes improvements that make it even better."
2. Linux.com: "The beta seems reliable enough for production use, so if you're not happy with your current mailer, or if you use Thunderbird now, back up your mail and give Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 a shot."
3. DesktopLinux.com: "The Thunderbird email client doesn't get half the attention that its big brother, the Firefox browser, gets, but the Mozilla Foundation has finally gotten around to lavishing some love on it, and the first beta of version 2 is now out."
4. eWeek.com: "The first beta of the Thunderbird 2.0 e-mail client suggests that Mozilla is focusing on improving organization and navigation."

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Released on 01 Mar 07, and this changelog was last updated on 07 Apr 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 over 1.5.0.9. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

The Gecko 1.8.0.x branch (Thunderbird 1.5.0.x series) will only bring stability and security bug fixes. As such, no new features will be added.

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