Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 41.0beta | Released September 17, 2015

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.

What’s New

new

Visual appearance improved on Windows 10

What’s Fixed

fixed

Checking for new messages correctly works after hibernation again

fixed

Emails with long References headers are now decoded correctly

fixed

When using the maildir storage format, the INBOX folder is no longer deleted

fixed

Thunderbird no longer crashes when executing filter rules when using maildir

fixed

Importing to the address book from CSV now works with international characters

fixed

(Right-)Clicking on a newsgroup now allows directly composing a message again

fixed

Proxy is taken into account for pop3s protocol

fixed

Spellchecker no longer jumps between languages

Known Issues

unresolved

In contrast to Thunderbird 38, hardware acceleration is still enabled by default. If you are experiencing crashes, please disable it in the preferences.

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