Thunderbird Desktop
Version 105.0beta | Released September 13, 2022
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.
These notes apply to Thunderbird version 105 beta 4 released September 13, 2022.
System Requirements: Details
- Windows: Windows 7 or later
- Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
- Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher
What’s New
new
Option added to show containing address book for a contact when using All Address Books in vertical mode
What’s Changed
changed
HTML emails are now rendered in Standards mode
changed
Buttons to connect automatically discovered Address Books and Calendar during Account Setup now displayed
changed
POP C++ implementation removed
changed
Setting added to change Calendar event double-click action to open Edit Event dialog rather than view only; Set calendar.events.defaultActionEdit to true.
changed
Devtools performance profile will use Thunderbird presets instead of Web Developer presets
What’s Fixed
fixed
Remote content warning bar was not displayed for IMAP messages and .eml files
fixed
SMTP servers were not always properly initialized, and were not listed in Account Settings
fixed
Sending a message while a recipient pill was being modified did not save changes
fixed
Digital signing of messages was not disabled after switching to an identity that could not sign
fixed
POP message retrieval stopped after a network error occurred and connectivity was restored
fixed
IMAP folder "Compact" action did not wait for expunge operation to complete prior to compaction
fixed
POP accounts using GSSAPI or NTLM authentication were not able to log into the server
fixed
Activity Manager didn't show "Get Messages" activity when "Leave messages on server" was turned off and no new messages were found
fixed
Mail quota color did not update properly for multiple accounts
fixed
Profile export failed if an expected file did not exist
fixed
List of spellcheck dictionaries in Check Spelling dialog grew without bounds when many dictionaries were available
fixed
NNTP connection was not closed immediately if authentication dialog was canceled
fixed
Dragging a news message to the Desktop caused Thunderbird to hang when synchronized for offline use
fixed
Downloading NNTP messages for offline use failed
fixed
Address Book display pane continued to show contacts after deletion
fixed
Address Book contact lists cut off display of some characters, the result being unreadable
fixed
Improved performance of matching a contact to an email address
fixed
Global Search entry box initially contained "undefined"
fixed
Adding a CalDAV calendar on BSD-based OS's failed due to DNS errors
fixed
ICS calendar files with a FREEBUSY property could not be imported
Fixed in beta 2
What’s Fixed
fixed
Password prompt did not include server hostname for POP servers
fixed
Emails in Yahoo and AOL accounts were incorrectly classified as Junk
fixed
NNTP client became stuck when connecting to Public-Inbox servers
fixed
Unable to open context menu in newsgroups header for groups that are not subscribed
Fixed in beta 3
What’s Fixed
fixed
Error message was shown repeatedly when temporary disk space was full
fixed
APOP authentication unsupported when connecting to POP3 server
fixed
OpenPGP key discovery failed
fixed
POP accounts hosted by AOL were not able to authenticate using OAuth2
fixed
Accessing mail folders in profiles with many folders was slow
fixed
Sending news articles containing lines starting with dot were sometimes clipped
Fixed in beta 4
What’s Changed
changed
Task List and Today Pane sidebars will no longer load when not visible
What’s Fixed
fixed
Connections to POP3 servers without UIDL support failed
fixed
Pop accounts with "Fetch headers only" set downloaded complete messages if server did not advertise TOP capability
fixed
Delete from POP Server mail filter rule intermittently failed to trigger
fixed
Attaching OpenPGP keys without a set size to non-encrypted messages briefly displayed a size of zero bytes
fixed
Newsgroups named with consecutive dots would not appear when refreshing list of newsgroups
fixed
Address book search and autocomplete failed if a contact vCard could not be parsed
fixed
Attach "My vCard" option was not available
fixed
Improved performance of recurring event date calculation
fixed
Quarterly calendar events on the last day of the month repeated one month early
