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Mozilla is expanding the scope of the Do Not Track header, which is on its way of becoming an industry standard. It's been added to Firefox a year ago and now it's making its way into Thunderbird. You may not think ad tracking has anything to do with an email client, but there are several ways of tracking e... |
17 May 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Mozilla Thunderbird 11 is exactly two weeks old and today it has received an update that fixes a very small batch of issues. It is nothing critical, as build 11.0.1 of the email client had been scheduled for release some time ago.
For those users experiencing IMAP hangs this revision takes care of the problem. The s... |
28 March 2012
11:06 GMT |
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Mozilla is starting to expand the Test Pilot program to Thunderbird. Via Test Pilot, Mozilla will be able to carry out real-world usage tests to get valuable insights that it would have no other way of obtaining.
"Over the past several months, Test Pilot has provided valuable information to the Firefox developers wi... |
27 March 2012
07:44 GMT |
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The latest Mozilla Thunderbird has just been released, along with Firefox 11, bringing with it an updated Gecko engine as well as a few changes and enhancements. But the more interesting stuff is happening further upstream.
The most recent Earlybird builds, Thunderbird 13, now sport support for instant messaging and... |
19 March 2012
09:11 GMT |
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FlashGot, the Firefox and Thunderbird add-on for downloading items, has been updated to version 1.4. It had only two release candidates before, which took care of a compatibility issue and a bug in HTTP Authorization data handling. These were actually the only obstacles standing between a release candidate and the s... |
5 March 2012
08:18 GMT |
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The likes of Gmail, as well as Hotmail and Yahoo Mail before that, have conditioned users to the idea that an email client comes with an email address. Gmail is an email service provider, you get an @gmail.com address, it hosts all of your messages and takes care of delivering them to the right people.
But Gmail is... |
29 February 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, enterprise Linux platforms suited for a range of applications across the IT infrastructure, have received updates for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. According to the Red Hat developers, Mozilla Firefox is now at version 10.0, addressing a number of security issues, bugs, and bringi... |
22 February 2012
06:57 GMT |
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A few days after it released Firefox 10.0.1 to address some major issues, Mozilla already made available the 10.0.2 variant of both the popular web browser and Thunderbird to resolve a vulnerability that exists in the libpng graphics library. The libpng library contains an exploitable integer overflow bug that an a... |
18 February 2012
06:59 GMT |
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For those that missed it, FlashGot moved today from release candidate to the stable version 1.3.8. Actually, no sooner did the application hit the first release candidate that it went stable.
The developer, who also maintains and improves NoScript extension for Mozilla-based browsers, published today the changes for... |
8 February 2012
12:33 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that users of Thunderbird 3.1 have until April 24 to migrate to a newer version of the email client, since the old one will no longer be supported. All development will be halted at said date, which means that no security or performance fixes will be provided. Truth be told, Thunderbird 3.1.x i... |
1 February 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 10, Mozilla has also released Thunderbird 10, as always. Apart from the improvements to Gecko 10, which benefit both Thunderbird and Firefox, the email client comes with several specific new features. The most touted addition is the ability to search the web within Thunderbird if you so desire. Th... |
1 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Together with releasing the stable version for Firefox 10, Mozilla also rolled out the stable build for their email client, Thunderbird.
The list of newly added features for this release is very short and not at all unexpected, taking into consideration that they’ve been advertised in the beta, as well.
As su... |
1 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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The Thunderbird team has announced that there will be an extended support release of the email client, just like the one for Firefox.
Thunderbird ESR will be supported for one year with security updates enabling companies, organizations and institutions to have time to test the software to make sure it complies wit... |
12 January 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Hardcore Thunderbird users, and even less addicted ones, are already familiar with Lightning, Mozilla’s extension for offering a calendar in their email client.
Lightning 1.0 has been introduced in Thunderbird 8.0 as an integrated add-on, back in November, 2011. However, a new edition, Lightning 1.2b1, is alre... |
9 January 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Mozilla released both the Beta and the Earlybird versions of its email client. Thunderbird 10 beta has gone through plenty of bug fixing, but the highlights of this build refer to more palpable changes that can be easier observed by the regular user.
As such, Thunderbird 10 beta brings to the table a new ability to ... |
27 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The latest variant of the popular email client, Thunderbird 9, fixes one critical and five moderate security flaws which in certain conditions could allow a hacker to take advantage of them and compromise a computer.
According to the security advisory that came with the new release, an issue due to which the applica... |
22 December 2011
10:02 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 9, new versions of the projects that rely on the Gecko 9 engine, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird, have also been made available. Mozilla Thunderbird 9 comes with several new features along with the performance and under-the-hood improvements that are inherent to Gecko 9.
"Mozilla... released new version... |
22 December 2011
09:11 GMT |
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The most prominent change in Mozilla Thunderbird 9 is that it is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 9 engine. It also features an opt-in system for users to send to the development team reports on performance and usability.
With this new version of the email client also comes improved support for Personas in “Comp... |
22 December 2011
07:38 GMT |
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The Mozilla Thunderbird team ran a survey last month to get a better understanding of the people that use the email client and what they'd want in the app or feel is missing.
The results of the survey, from 2,300 Thunderbird users, are in and the team is revealing some of the more interesting facts.
For exampl... |
1 December 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Many expected this build a lot sooner, considering that the stable version of Mozilla’s email client rolled out a little over a week ago. The new build introduces some new features but its changelist also shows a plethora of bug fixes. Feature-wise, Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 Beta sports an opt-in system for user... |
17 November 2011
07:23 GMT |
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If you're still using a desktop email client, chances are you're using Mozilla Thunderbird. While it does not enjoy the popularity or the notoriety of Firefox, the email client has been serving millions of users for many years now.One thing that's been missing all this time though is a calendar or a ta... |
10 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 8, as expected, Thunderbird 8 has landed as well. Of course, again, as expected, there aren't that many new features, just some minor improvements. What is interesting about the new release though is that Mozilla is now plugging the Lightning 1.0 calendar add-on along with the official Thunder... |
9 November 2011
07:20 GMT |
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Mozilla has officially announced the release of Thunderbird 8.0 Stable, which is based on Gecko 8 engine. Most users already knew what to expect of this version of the email client, as far as the built-in functionality goes.
Features like disabling third-party add-ons by default or the new shortcuts for Search and F... |
9 November 2011
03:58 GMT |
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The stable version for Thunderbird 8 has not yet been pushed to the users officially, but the installer is available on Mozilla’s FTP and can be downloaded and installed.There is no hope at this point, but many users still wonder why Mozilla’s email app is delivered with that ugly interface by default on ... |
8 November 2011
11:33 GMT |
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The new version of Mozilla’s email client follows in Firefox’s footsteps and disables third party add-ons by default.Thunderbird 8.0 beta 1 does not boast any important changes as far as the interface or layout are concerned, but it does come with some improvements and numerous of platform fixes, which ar... |
5 October 2011
09:59 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that, along with Firefox 7, it's also released an update to its email and messaging suite, Thunderbird 7. The latest update to the popular email client brings several new features, including some UI tweaks and some fixes for attachment handling.
"Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization... |
28 September 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Firefox has always been Mozilla's shining star, but Thunderbird is used and loved by millions of people. Lately, the project seems to have gained some energy and things are moving a bit faster. It may have something to do with the adoption of the rapid release cycle that Mozilla has mandated.But email, widesprea... |
20 September 2011
16:11 GMT |
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While much of the attention has been focused on Firefox's switch to the rapid release cycle, all other Mozilla products have done so too, quite successfully, despite a much smaller team behind them and less resources.Mozilla Thunderbird for example, has switched from a rather slow pace, with new releases many mo... |
12 September 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Mozilla has issued another round of updates for all of its products, broadening the CA ban that started with DigiNotar.By now, the scandal has reached most people, DigiNotar, a Dutch CA was compromised in an attack and rogue SSL certificates were issued and used in the wild.The CA failed to communicate with browser m... |
7 September 2011
11:11 GMT |
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Mozilla has updated its two supported Thunderbird versions to remove the root certificate of DigiNotar from the list of authorized Certificate Authorities (CA). The CA had been the victim of a successful attack and several rogue certificates had been issued, signed by it.
Both Mozilla and Google issued updates for... |
1 September 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the first beta of the upcoming Thunderbird 7. If you've been using the beta channel so far, you should have been updated via the automatic updates system, but you can also use the download links below.Thunderbird 7 Beta comes with several new features and fixes and should be coming out of be... |
30 August 2011
11:50 GMT |
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Mozilla has released security updates for Thunderbird and SeaMonkey in order to address critical vulnerabilities in the two products that could be exploited to compromise computers.The newly released Thunderbird 6, Thunderbird 3.1.12 and SeaMonkey 2.3 fix a total of thirteen security flaws in the Gecko layout engine ... |
17 August 2011
06:19 GMT |
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Mozilla's Thunderbird team is slowly catching up to the Firefox team and is beginning to adopt the same six weeks release schedule. It already adopted the version scheme, Thunderbird 5 came after Thunderbird 3.1, and the Thunderbird 6 Beta is now available. "Thunderbird Beta, available now for download, is buil... |
21 July 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Mozilla released Thunderbird 5.0 a few days ago. The new version of the popular email client adheres to Mozilla's new rapid release schedule and introduced several new features, like a brand-new add-on manager. Right on its heels comes Thunderbird Conversations 2.0, an official add-on from Mozilla which adds a c... |
6 July 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Mozilla Thunderbird 5 has now been released. The latest update to the popular email client is built on the most recent Mozilla Gecko 5 rendering engine and comes with several new features, like a new add-on manager. It's also the fastest Thunderbird to date."Mozilla... released a new version of Mozilla Thunderbi... |
29 June 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced the second and final beta for its Thunderbird 5.0 email and messaging client. Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 Beta 2 is a bug fixing release and it is very close to the upcoming final build. With Thunderbird 5.0, the dev team wants to align to the new Firefox/Gecko rapid release cycle and this means bor... |
23 June 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Mozilla has released its new Firefox 5 browser, as well as updates for Thunderbird and the older Firefox 3.6 branch, which address critical security vulnerabilities.A total of eight vulnerabilities were fixed in Firefox 5, five of which are rated as critical, two as moderate and one as low, in terms of severity.One p... |
21 June 2011
14:35 GMT |
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The first beta of the upcoming Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0, the first version to be released under the new speedier development cycle at Mozilla, has been made available last week. The final build is coming and Mozilla urges add-on developers to make sure that their creations are compatible with the new email suite."With... |
13 June 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Mozilla has switched to a new rapid release cycle for its products, but it's not just Firefox that is affected, Thunderbird will also follow the same schedule and even the same number scheme. As such, Thunderbird 5.0 has now been graduated to the beta channel."Mozilla is pleased to release a new Thunderbird Beta... |
3 June 2011
07:41 GMT |
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Mozilla Messaging, the team responsible with developing applications like F1, Raindrop and mainly the Thunderbird email client, will be integrated in the Mozilla Labs project, as Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation announced the world through her blog.To be fair, the Messagin... |
5 April 2011
08:05 GMT |
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The newly released 3.1.5 and 3.0.9 versions of Mozilla Thunderbird, address a total of eleven vulnerabilities affecting the popular open source email client, including eight that are rated critical.Three memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-3176, CVE-2010-3175, CVE-2010-3174) that could potentially be exploite... |
20 October 2010
13:49 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that it has released an updated to both the Thunderbird 3.1 and the Thunderbird 3.0 line. The latest stability and bug-fixing releases, Thunderbird 3.1.4 and Thunderbird 3.0.8 are now available for download. As usual, the updates don't bring any feature and just fix several issues users hav... |
17 September 2010
04:42 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the latest update to its email client and feed reader, Thunderbird 3.1.2. The release is a bug-fixing update which resolves several issues remaining from Thunderbrid 3.1.1. It’s the second small stability patch since the major Thunderbird 3.1 release. “Thunderbird 3.1.2 is now availab... |
6 August 2010
03:53 GMT |
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Mozilla is now expanding its Contacts experiment with support for Thunderbird. Contacts started life as a Mozilla Labs experiment for Firefox. The add-on pulls contacts data from various online and offline sources to create a comprehensive address book. Its usefulness for Mozilla’s email client is obvious so th... |
5 August 2010
05:44 GMT |
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Mozilla doesn’t necessarily follow a conventional development cycle, either compared to other open-source outfits or to commercial ones. That’s neither good or bad thing, its approach has both advantages and disadvantages, but there is one trend that seems particularly popular. In recent years, Mozilla ha... |
8 July 2010
11:49 GMT |
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After a few months’ work, Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 is finally here. The first major update to the 3.0 line brings several new features and general improvements. Notable are the new Quick Filter toolbar and faster message indexing, as well as a new migration assistant for Thunderbird 2.0 users and several other u... |
25 June 2010
02:24 GMT |
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As fans gear up for the upcoming release of Thunderbird 3.1, Mozilla has made available an updated version of the current line, Thunderbird 3.0.5. It’s a bug-fixing release with no new features, though users should see an improvement in message-indexing speed. More than 60 bugs have been fixed in Thunderbird 3.... |
18 June 2010
10:26 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the second preview build of the upcoming Thunderbird 3.1. Thunberbird 3.1 Beta 2 brings a new quick-filter toolbar and better support for upgrading from Thunderbird 2. It also packs several bug fixes and improvements to stability. Thunderbird 3.1 is built on top of the new web rendering engine fr... |
6 May 2010
03:27 GMT |
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Those still relying on a desktop email client have probably moved to Thunderbird 3 by now, but, if you haven't, Mozilla developers are not leaving you behind entirely. The venerable Thunderbird 2 has been updated with the latest release, Thunderbird 2.0.0.24, patching a few security holes and fixing several stab... |
10 April 2010
04:26 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced the availability of the latest bug-fixing release of its email and news client, Thunderbird 3.0.4. It's a minor update with the usual array of security and stability fixes, but it also comes with several user-interface improvements. Meanwhile, the development team is working on its successo... |
31 March 2010
05:23 GMT |
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