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Released on 13 May 08, and this changelog was last updated on 14 May 08.

Shredder Alpha 1 (also known as Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1) has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Shredder Alpha 1 over Thunderbird 2 releases. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release, and also excludes certain build / Thunderbird 2 bugs. Do check out the known issues as well.

Some half/fully-finished features can be found here. The list is too long to fit to one post, so the corresponding Bugzilla queries are used instead.

Changes in Shredder Alpha 1: (850)

Thunderbird-specific: (422)

• Bugzilla query

MailNews and other related categories: (428)

• Bugzilla query

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Released on 01 May 08, and this changelog was last updated on 04 May 08.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 over 2.0.0.12. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

The Gecko 1.8.1.x branch (Thunderbird 2.0.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 will bring, since it is based on Gecko 1.8. Additionally, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, 2.0.0.13 was dropped in favour of 2.0.0.14.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.14: (9)

Security issues: (2)

• Fixed: MFSA 2008-14 - JavaScript privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2008-15 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.13) (Moderate)

Crash: (1)

• Fixed: 419035 - [1.8 branch only] "Random" crash when I want to display a mail

Attachment-related: (1)

• Fixed: 411572 - Unnamed attachments reveal full local paths when forwarded inline or edited as new

Build configuration: (1)

• Fixed: 416183 - add afrikaans to shipped-locales

Functionality: (3)

• Fixed: 357172 - mail invitation text garbled (VCALENDAR not recognized as UTF-8)
• Fixed: 415135 - Hang/lock-up on long From lines
• Fixed: 419116 - Sending mail through SMTP server that doesn't require user:pass fails

RSS: (1)

• Fixed: 375745 - Unsubscribing from feeds still shows in list until manager is closed

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Dropped in favour of 2.0.0.14, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox.

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Released on 26 Feb 08, and this changelog was last updated on 27 Feb 08.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 over 2.0.0.9. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

The Gecko 1.8.1.x branch (Thunderbird 2.0.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 will bring, since it is based on Gecko 1.8. Additionally, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, 2.0.0.10 & 2.0.0.11 were dropped in favour of 2.0.0.12.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.12: (30)

Security issues: (5)

• Fixed: MFSA 2008-12 - Heap buffer overflow in external MIME bodies (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2008-01 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12) (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2008-03 - Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2008-05 - Directory traversal via chrome: URI (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2008-07 - Possible information disclosure in BMP decoder (Low)

Topcrashes: (2)

• Fixed: 355333 - [IMAP] Crash when moving or deleting messages [@ nsImapProtocol::HandleMessageDownLoadLine]
• Fixed: 403244 - crash [@ Tokenizer::tokenizeHeaders]

Crashes: (2)

• Fixed: 410320 - Crash when deleting mail, if two windows for the mail are opened [@ nsMsgMailSession::OnItemEvent]
• Fixed: 412701 - Crash in nsCSSFrameConstructor::RestyleEvent::HandleEvent when closing

Address book: (1)

• Fixed: 404264 - Junk Mail Controls to stop abnormally when processing email with null "from" (sender)

Build configuration: (7)

• Fixed: 331708 - When importing folders from Eudora, Thunderbird ignores folders whose names begin with a space
• Fixed: 408755 - Update MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH to NSPR_4_6_8_RTM for Leopard build compatibility
• Fixed: 408935 - Can't --disable-xpcom-obsolete in a 1.8 branch static build
• Fixed: 409027 - transformiix builds with conflicting visibility on 1.8 branch due to header name collision
• Fixed: 409515 - Please enable Afrikaans (af) for Thunderbird 2 (MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH)
• Fixed: 410658 - add Ukrainian to the builds
• Fixed: 416183 - add afrikaans to shipped-locales

Filter-related: (1)

• Fixed: 283493 - flushing of training data during session practically never happens due to too high "# of changes" threshold
• Fixed: 375292 - Stray tmprules.dat files created when getting new messages

Functionality: (1)

• Fixed: 405440 - IMAP cache broken if the message download is not finished due to user interaction

Spelling checker: (1)

• Fixed: 342511 - correcting another word (with spell checker) doesn't cause current word to be spell-checked

UI improvements: (3)

• Fixed: 301291 - Forward-inline ignores outgoing-charset preference
• Fixed: 395374 - Send Unsent Messages fails silently in offline mode
• Fixed: 405303 - Add ID to View -> Layout menupopup to make overlaying easier for extensions (e.g. Lightning)

Miscellaneous fixes: (3)

• Fixed: 378340 - SpamAssasin typo in mailnews.js - causes "trust spamassassin" not to work
• Fixed: 407646 - Update mail/ copyright dates to 2008
• Fixed: 413299 - I object to application/object-stream

Mac-specific: (3)

• Fixed: 333821 - Capital (uppercase) J cannot be typed when entering text in some fields in Thunderbird
• Fixed: 403250 - [10.5] 1.8 build configured with --enable-strip fails: strip: symbols referenced by relocation entries that can't be stripped in: .../xpinstall/src/libxpinstall.dylib
• Fixed: 403258 - [10.5] When using an SDK, many configure checks fail

OS/2-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 355067 - Package OS/2 cairo support library (mzfntcfg.dll) with SVG builds

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Released on 14 Nov 07, and this changelog was last updated on 17 Nov 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 over 2.0.0.6. 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 2.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 brings, since it is based on Gecko 1.8. Additionally, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, 2.0.0.7 & 2.0.0.8 were dropped in favour of 2.0.0.9.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.9: (42)

Security issues: (4)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-29 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.8) (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-36 - URIs with invalid %-encoding mishandled by Windows (Moderate)
• Fixed: 307788 - if Kerberos tickets don't exist when launching T-Bird, get Krb Ticket Manager to prompt for them
• Fixed: 380744 - Thunderbird reports "unable to decrypt" on truncated decryptable messages

Topcrash: (1)

• Fixed: 316543 - crash when opening message compose window

Crash: (3)

• Fixed: 351783 - Thunderbird crash on sending a return receipt
• Fixed: 374240 - Thunderbird crash on exit
• Fixed: 382480 - TB Crash [@ nsBidiPresUtils::ProcessText]

Attachment-related: (1)

• Fixed: 396377 - vCard sometimes cause heuristic scanners to generate a false positive

Build configuration: (6)

• Fixed: 381247 - Speed up mkdepend on Windows + VMWare
• Fixed: 385017 - Interoperability with beagle & kerry broken in tb 2.0
• Fixed: 385095 - Account Wizard won't offer to create new RSS accounts
• Fixed: 387367 - mozilla-js.pc.in missing -DJS_THREADSAFE
• Fixed: 399207 - Add Hebrew to Thunderbird 2.0.0.8 for Windows and Linux
• Fixed: 403670 - TB 2.0.0.9 Windows Installer Says it's Firefox

Functionality: (2)

• Fixed: 279018 - messages not automatically moved to Junk folder when manually marked as Junk
• Fixed: 389920 - Segmentation fault sending mail

Installer: (3)

• Fixed: 389244 - Uninstall information of old version not cleared from registry when updating via auto update
• Fixed: 390214 - avoid the second UAC prompt for helper.exe on software update by launching it directly from the elevated updater.exe process
• Fixed: 393149 - Some registry keys aren't removed under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\

Networking: (1)

• Fixed: 391556 - problems handling namespace that starts with hierarchy delimiter

Printing: (1)

• Fixed: 275312 - Print engine allows JavaScript execution

UI improvements: (7)

• Fixed: 219662 - "OK" button doesn't activate in "Link Properties" dialog
• Fixed: 277905 - IMAP Message UID Greater 2099999999 not displayed
• Fixed: 320102 - File - Save As - Template menu item does nothing for an existing message in Local folders
• Fixed: 320739 - plain text email containing link with numerical IP should not be marked as scam
• Fixed: 351692 - Need to see Account Names in the Move To / Copy To Recent Folder menus
• Fixed: 381364 - locationFolders menulist icon lacks horizontal margin
• Fixed: 386855 - attachment file name stripped of consecutive spaces

XUL Toolkit: (1)

• Fixed: 386874 - add a python emulation for nsinstall for --disable-compile-environment

Miscellaneous fixes: (4)

• Fixed: 133016 - Freetext url recognition stops at ")" and "'" (apostrophe)
• Fixed: 256510 - Return receipts don't use Multiple identities
• Fixed: 388105 - RDFResource and RDFServiceImpl leak on startup test
• Fixed: 393196 - apply_rfc2047_encoding() erroneously inserts whitespace for addr-spec-only addresses

Mac-specific: (2)

• Fixed: 299368 - Hide 'Print Preview' menu item in Mac OS X
• Fixed: 379705 - Build movemail on Mac, just don't put it in the new account wizard in Thunderbird

BeOS-specific: (3)

• Fixed: 389953 - BeOS should build components with -Bsymbolic
• Fixed: 394946 - BeOS Thunderbird builds fail in migration code
• Fixed: 397116 - Branch build fails due to missing BeOS libs

OpenBSD-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 236599 - openbsd configuration fixes for alpha, amd64, arm, i386, macppc and sparc64

OS/2-specific: (2)

• Fixed: 351167 - arrow does not change to finger over URL
• Fixed: 390485 - Fix updater build break with GCC 3.3.5

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Dropped in favour of 2.0.0.9, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox.

Dropped in favour of 2.0.0.9, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox.

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Released on 19 Dec 07, and this changelog was last updated on 04 Jan 08.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 over 1.5.0.13. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well.

IMPORTANT: The Gecko 1.8.0.x branch (Thunderbird 1.5.0.x series) has been deprecated. It is highly advisable to switch to the 2.0.0.x series to ensure that future security vulnerabilities will be fixed.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 1.5.0.14: (6)

Security-related: (4)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-40 - Upgraded Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 missing fix for MFSA 2007-23 (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-29 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.8) (Moderate)
• Fixed: 388579 - Broken link opening from thunderbird causing ghost tab
• Fixed: 393823 - -osint logic not written out to the windows registry when using software update on the 1.8.0 branch

Crash: (1)

• Fixed: 382480 - TB Crash [@ nsBidiPresUtils::ProcessText]

Printing: (1)

• Fixed: 275312 - Print engine allows JavaScript execution

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Released on 01 Aug 07, and this changelog was last updated on 04 Aug 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 over 2.0.0.5. 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 2.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 brings, since it is based on Gecko 1.8.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.6: (3)

Security issues: (3)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-27 - Unescaped URIs passed to external programs (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-26 - Privilege escalation through chrome-loaded about:blank windows (Moderate)
• Fixed: 389106 - firefox may not escape quotes everywhere

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Released on 23 Aug 07, and this changelog was last updated on 11 Oct 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 over 1.5.0.12. 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.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 1.5.0.13: (8)

Security issues: (6)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-27 - Unescaped URIs passed to external programs (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-23 - Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-18 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.5) (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-26 - Privilege escalation through chrome-loaded about:blank windows (Moderate)
• Fixed: 387403 - Thunderbird eat memory until crash when opening e-mail with broken vcard
• Fixed: 389613 - back-port -osint logic from bug 384384 to 1.8.0 branch

Functionality: (1)

• Fixed: 323373 - fails to import all SMTP servers from mozilla suite/netscape 7.2

XULRunner: (1)

• Fixed: 380398 - appversion manifest flag is broken in certain situations

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Released on 19 Jul 07, and this changelog was last updated on 20 Jul 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 over 2.0.0.4. 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 2.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 brings, since it is based on Gecko 1.8.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.5: (25)

Security issues: (2)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-18 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (Critical)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-23 - Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer (Critical)

Address book: (1)

• Fixed: 381276 - Allow "moves" as copies for cards to mailing lists

Build configuration: (1)

• Fixed: 320646 - cross compiling (targeting) mingw32 on linux

Functionality: (9)

• Fixed: 166254 - Received date field
• Fixed: 206679 - junk Mail filtered from an IMAP to Local or pop folder does not get analyzed when that folder is opened
• Fixed: 268034 - Mail imported from Mozilla 1.x dumps messages in wrong mailboxes, when multiple accounts on same mail server
• Fixed: 323373 - fails to import all SMTP servers from mozilla suite/netscape 7.2
• Fixed: 333277 - null description in helper version info leaves Download Actions blank
• Fixed: 363008 - "Rebuild index" results in doubled message count
• Fixed: 383846 - Tags could be lost when Sent folder index is rebuild
• Fixed: 384735 - Copy to folder by message filter locks dest folder
• Fixed: 386514 - problems if I interrupt loading of imap message with large image

Networking: (2)

• Fixed: 240049 - Duplicate Messages Received with Pop3-Accounts and option "Leave Mail on server"
• Fixed: 352998 - Failure to keep consistency of popstate.dat when connection lost

Printing: (1)

• Fixed: 310264 - unable to print forwarded mail (message/rfc822)

UI improvements: (2)

• Fixed: 348395 - twisty in header pane (next to email addresses) when there shouldn't be?
• Fixed: 380661 - switching sort between multiple custom columns doesn't work

XULRunner: (3)

• Fixed: 323455 - chrome override URIs not resolved
• Fixed: 373972 - If opening file for writing error occurs during installation, text in displayed dialog is not interpreted correctly. Text contains line breaks ('\r\n'). These are ignored and displayed as plain text.
• Fixed: 380398 - appversion manifest flag is broken in certain situations

Miscellaneous fixes: (2)

• Fixed: 373404 - improve palmsync error checking and logging, and feedback to the hotsync manager
• Fixed: 385385 - in-product links to AMO should be https:// (and not http://)

Mac-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 270706 - Unable to manage identities when signature file is not on given path

OS/2-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 379242 - Tools --> Options window opens with vertical size dependent on previous display

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Released on 14 Jun 07, and this changelog was last updated on 15 Jun 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 over 2.0.0.0. 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 2.0.x series) will not include any groundbreaking features that Gecko 1.9 brings, since it is based on Gecko 1.8. Additionally, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, the 2.0.0.1 - 2.0.0.3 numberings were dropped in favour of 2.0.0.4.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 2.0.0.4: (23)

Security issues: (3)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-12 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.12/1.8.1.4) (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-15 - Security Vulnerability in APOP Authentication (Moderate)
• Fixed: 332771 - delayed S/Mime verification broken when message opened in separate window

Crash: (1)

• Fixed: 377125 - crash in PrepareAndDispatch when calling nsIMsgQuote::QuoteMessage from javascript

Build configuration: (4)

• Fixed: 376418 - Add ko to the 1.8 branch for future thunderbird 2 point releases.
• Fixed: 378533 - Remove xmlextras.xpt
• Fixed: 378762 - Add echo-variable-% for client.mk vars
• Fixed: 378958 - Move NSPR pull-tag for 1.8.1.4 and 1.8.0.12

Filter-related: (1)

• Fixed: 355537 - If Action includes adding a TAG, the filter does not work on incoming mail - must be run manually

Functionality: (3)

• Fixed: 183722 - missing hotsync log entry on both PC and Palm to indicate Mozilla Address Book Sync
• Fixed: 378147 - Installing thunderbird 2.0 breaks HTML message BODY filtering
• Fixed: 378942 - Restore ability to pass in a url at the command line and have it load in the start page

Installer: (1)

• Fixed: 376675 - Don't package regxpcom.exe

UI improvements: (6)

• Fixed: 367533 - Dictionary Options tab has issues when there is no dictionary
• Fixed: 368041 - Marking thread as Read on IMAP doesn't mark all messages read
• Fixed: 368112 - Messages lost when multiple messages moved between local mail folders
• Fixed: 377178 - "Go > Mail Start Page" just hide mail headers
• Fixed: 377778 - Reply All doesn't fill in the cc fields anymore
• Fixed: 377900 - RFC 4314 IMAP ACL delete rights are not honored

XULRunner: (2)

• Fixed: 329394 - XUL textbox in XHTML page: focusing gives document.commandDispatcher has no properties
• Fixed: 379722 - Starting Firefox or Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 prints "Handling command line!"

Mac-specific: (2)

• Fixed: 341307 - Thunderbird EULA refers to the "Thunderbird Browser"
• Fixed: 365755 - when only a compose window is open, I can't get back to the 3 pane

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Released on 30 May 07, and this changelog was last updated on 04 Jun 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 over 1.5.0.10. 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. To synchronize the version numbering with Firefox, the 1.5.0.11 numbering was dropped in favour of 1.5.0.12.

Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories webpage:

• Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
• High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than normal browsing actions.
• Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or Critical except they only work in uncommon non-default configurations or require the user to perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
• Low: Minor security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have "High" impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data intended for other sites.)

Changes in 1.5.0.12: (9)

Security issues: (4)

• Fixed: MFSA 2007-12 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.12/1.8.1.4) (Moderate)
• Fixed: MFSA 2007-15 - Security Vulnerability in APOP Authentication (Moderate)
• Fixed: 332771 - delayed S/Mime verification broken when message opened in separate window
• Fixed: 369341 - gatherTextUnder is a bad treewalker, making the phishing filter easy to evade

Build configuration: (2)

• Fixed: 377906 - Bump Thunderbird version to 15012pre
• Fixed: 378958 - Move NSPR pull-tag for 1.8.1.4 and 1.8.0.12

UI improvements: (1)

• Fixed: 374039 - Some dates not displayed when LC_TIME=hi_IN.UTF-8

XULRunner: (1)

• Fixed: 329394 - XUL textbox in XHTML page: focusing gives document.commandDispatcher has no properties

Mac-specific: (1)

• Fixed: 370243 - XULRunner dmg no longer contains installer

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Released on 18 Apr 07, and this changelog was last updated on 19 Apr 07.

Mozilla Thunderbird 2 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the new features and improvements in Thunderbird 2. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release. Do check out the known issues as well. There are over 35 localizations available.

Windows Vista and 64-bit Windows is now supported, along with universal binaries for Intel Macs as well. There is a new installer for Windows (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System), in addition to Gmail and .Mac support, 3 new localizations have been added (Belarusian, Georgian & Portuguese). Lots of user interface improvements (Tags, folder views, Find As You Type, mail alert improvements [Windows and Linux only] etc.) were implemented. All in all, at least 963 bugfixes / improvements went into this release over the 1.5 branch.

New features & significant changes in Thunderbird 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
    • 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

Changes in Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1: (456)

1. Security issues
2. Topcrashes
3. Crashes
4. Account manager
5. Address book
6. Attachment-related
7. Build configuration
8. Filter-related
9. Functionality
10. Installer
11. Localization
12. Networking
13. Printing
14. RSS
15. Spelling checker
16. UI improvements
17. XULRunner
18. Miscellaneous fixes
19. Mac-specific
20. Intel Mac-related
21. Sun-specific
22. BeOS-specific
23. OS/2-specific
24. AIX-specific

Changes in Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1: (273)

1. Security issues
2. Topcrashes
3. Crashes
4. Account manager
5. Address book
6. Attachment-related
7. Build configuration
8. Filter-related
9. Functionality
10. Installer
11. Localization
12. Networking
13. Printing
14. RSS
15. Spelling checker
16. UI improvements
17. XULRunner
18. Miscellaneous fixes
19. Mac-specific
20. OS/2-specific

Changes in Thunderbird 2 Beta 2: (80)

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 2.0.0.0 Release Candidate 1: (154)

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

Note: Thunderbird 2 final release is the same build as Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 RC 1. For the en_US .zip build, the corresponding nightly is the one dated 2007032620.

The entire bug list is too large to be listed here. Instead, only the table of contents to the fixes of each Alpha/Beta/RC are shown. All feedback is welcome at the comments section below.

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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