Thunderbird Desktop
Version 79.0beta | Released July 16, 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 notes apply to Thunderbird version 79 beta 3 released July 27, 2020.
New in Thunderbird 79.0beta: Experimental support for OpenPGP encryption. New functionality is being added with every beta! Want to help? Join the conversation on Matrix: #openpgp:mozilla.org.
What’s New
new
Date and relevance setting remembered in facet search results
new
The preferences tab now has a search field
new
Language packs and dictionaries added to about:support
What’s Fixed
fixed
FileLink both created a link and attached a file to the message if the file was from a network share
fixed
IMAP fetch chunk size was always 65536 bytes
fixed
Incremental search in contacts side bar failed to return some results
fixed
When deleting a contact from search results in contacts sidebar, the entire result set disappeared
fixed
Crash on failure of LDAP address book replication
fixed
Adaptive Junk Mail settings could not be disabled
fixed
"Unresponsive script" error on start-up for profiles with many folders
fixed
OAuth authorization window was missing the URL bar
New and Fixed in Beta 2
What’s New
new
OpenPGP: Key revocation, extending key expiration, and secret key backup
What’s Fixed
fixed
Drag & Drop multiple attachments to macOS Finder created duplicate files
fixed
About Thunderbird dialog keyboard shortcuts did not work
fixed
CC'd recipients sometimes displayed collapsed in header pane
fixed
Changing Junk mail settings with keyboard toggled wrong setting
fixed
OpenPGP: Messages with long Armor Header lines did not display
fixed
OpenPGP: Messages containing non-UTF-8 text were not supported
fixed
Address book migration updates and fixes
fixed
Address book: Last Modified Date was not updated
fixed
Chat: Participants list did not display operator flags
New, Changed, and Fixed in Beta 3
What’s New
new
OpenPGP support is now feature complete. Improvements: new Key Wizard, online searching for OpenPGP keys, and more
What’s Changed
changed
Dark background in message reader is now disabled
What’s Fixed
fixed
Attachment corruption could occur when downloading large attachments from an IMAP server that supports chunking
fixed
Thunderbird startup was slow when using folder color customizations with many folders. Previously configured colors will not be migrated.
fixed
Mail quota usage in status bar did not support terabyte folder sizes
Known Issues
unresolved
Chat displays no messages
unresolved
Fixed width font not working in compose window
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