Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 45.0beta | Released April 7, 2016

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

Add dropdown in compose to allow specific setting of font size.

new

Return/Enter in composer will now insert a new paragraph by default (shift-Enter will insert a line break)

new

Implement option to always use HTML formatting to prevent unexpected format loss when converting messages to plain text.

new

Mail.ru supports OAuth authentication.

new

Allow printing of individual contacts from context menu

new

Allow copying of name and email address from the message header of an email

new

AB quick search and contacts side bar will search nicknames

new

Allow editing of From when composing a message.

What’s Fixed

fixed

Fixed: When sending e-mail which was composed using Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters, unwanted extra spaces were inserted within the text.

fixed

Fixed: Grouped By view sort direction change was broken, plus enabled custom column grouping.

fixed

Fixed: New emails into a mailbox did not adhere to sort order by received.

fixed

Fixed: Box.com attachments failed to upload.

fixed

Fixed: Drag and drop of multiple attachments failed to OS file folder.

Known Issues

unresolved

Linux builds for version 45.0b1 use GTK3, but are not offered for update because GTK2 will be used in future Thunderbird 45 versions. Fixed in 45.0b2.

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