Release Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 60.5.3 | Released March 5, 2019

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

If you have installed Lightning, Thunderbird's Calendar add-on, it will automatically be updated to match the new version of Thunderbird. Refer to this Calendar troubleshooting article in case of problems.

System Requirements: • Window: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later • Mac: Mac OS X 10.9 or later • Linux: GTK+ 3.4 or higher. Details here.

Please refer to Release Notes for version 60.0 to see the list of improvements and fixed issues.

What’s Fixed

fixed

Problem when using "Send to > Mail recipient" on Windows introduced in version 60.5.2.
If files with non-ASCII characters in their name still cause a malfunction, use one of the following two alternative solutions:

  • Reset this registry entry
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird - SupportUTF8 to 0. Also reset HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird - SupportUTF8 if present.
  • On Windows 10, set the system code page to UTF-8 (beta feature, see Region Settings, system locale)

Known Issues

unresolved

Due to changes in the Mozilla platform profiles stored on Windows network shares addressed via drive letters are now addressed via UNC

unresolved

Chat: Twitter not working due to API changes at Twitter.com

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