Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 73.0beta | Released January 31, 2020

Check out the notes below for this version of Thunderbird. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

These release notes apply to Thunderbird version 73 beta 2 released January 31, 2020.

What’s New

new

Redesigned recipient address fields (To, Cc, Bcc) as single-line input fields for multiple addresses instead of one line per address

new

WebExtension messages.update function extended to mark messages as junk or not junk.

new

Chat: IRC echo-message capability

What’s Changed

changed

Offline replication of LDAP address books now uses an SQLite database instead of a Mork database

changed

Support for creating Mork-based address books removed

changed

TLS 1.0 and 1.1 disabled

changed

Calendar: Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP) support removed

changed

Calendar: Task and Event tree colours adjusted for the dark theme

What’s Fixed

fixed

Attachments with one or more spaces in their names couldn't be opened under some circumstances

fixed

Tags were lost on messages in shared IMAP folders under some circumstances

fixed

Automatic address book conversion from Mork to SQLite failed in some circumstances

fixed

Setting the "Junk" keyword on a message did not clear the "NonJunk" keyword, and vice-versa

fixed

Signing and encryption icons in the composer status bar

fixed

WebExtension messages.update API failed to change message tags in IMAP folders

fixed

Retrieval of S/MIME certificates from LDAP failed

fixed

Incorrect forwarding of HTML messages caused SMTP servers to respond with a timeout

fixed

Calendar: When filtering tasks both by group and by task name, only the task name filter was applied

fixed

Calendar: Various parts of the calendar UI stopped working when a second Thunderbird window opened

New and Fixed in Beta 2

What’s New

new

Support for Client Identity IMAP/SMTP Service Extension

new

Support for OAuth 2.0 authentication for POP3 accounts

What’s Fixed

fixed

Focus jumping with recipient pills in addressing widget

fixed

To: field shown if the Newsgroup or Follow-up fields were in use

fixed

Address-parsing crash on some IMAP servers when preference mail.imap.use_envelope_cmd was set

fixed

In the Write window "Insert > Characters and Symbols" dialog not working

fixed

In the Write window message header fields were not dark in system dark theme

fixed

Calendar: Could not remove color for default categories

fixed

Calendar: Today pane did not retain width between sessions

fixed

Chat: OTR fingerprint verify dialog not working

Known Issues

unresolved

Calendar: Lightning not updating to corresponding 73.0b2 version. Workaround: Set preference extensions.lastAppVersion to a value of 72.0 to force a refresh. Check version number in the Add-on Manager afterwards.

unresolved

Opening the properties of a folder may hang on Mac

unresolved

WebExtension toolbar button badges not displayed

unresolved

Offline replication of LDAP databases may fail to replace an earlier copy. Workaround: remove or rename any existing database (probably named ldap.sqlite) from your profile before starting replication

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