Thunderbird Desktop
Version 85.0beta | Released December 18, 2020
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 85 beta 3 released January 4, 2021.
System Requirements: Details
- Windows: Windows 7 or later
- Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
- Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher
What’s New
new
If a message fails to send, a message is now logged in the console tab of the Developer Toolbox which identifies which message failed to send
new
Address book: Added support for OAuth2 CardDAV providers
new
Calendar: Thunderbird now informs the operating system that it knows how to open webcal: and webcals: URLs
new
MailExtensions: Added the capability to query a specific headerMessageId via extension API which is persistent across application restarts
new
MailExtensions: new functions: accounts.getDefault() and accounts.getDefaultIdentity(accountId)
What’s Changed
changed
The UI Customization controls formerly in the Customize submenu have all been moved into the View menu
changed
Address book: CardDAV is now enabled by default (it was previously behind a hidden preference and off by default)
changed
Calendar: Opening an event in the Today pane now opens the event summary
changed
Calendar: When creating a new calendar, CalDAV is now used by default when supported by the server
changed
MailExtensions: setComposeDetails and begin* functions of compose API now use body and plainTextBody as compose mode selectors
changed
MailExtensions: Variable names for accessing notifications have changed
changed
MailExtensions: Read-only address books now accessible
changed
MailExtensions: messages.list(folder) on a non-existent folder now throws an ExtensionError exception
What’s Fixed
fixed
Address book: Read-only CardDAV address books were writable
fixed
Address book: Autocomplete suggestions did not appear next to the field when editing address book entries with an IME enabled
fixed
Address book: Default address book preference was not honored
fixed
Compose window: The user-configured style for quoted text was not honored
fixed
Compose window: Recipient addresses that had not yet been autocompleted were lost when clicking Send button
fixed
Compose window: New message is no longer marked as "changed" just from tabbing out of the recipient field without editing anything
fixed
Calendar: System timezone was not always properly detected
fixed
Calendar: The toolbar in the invitation details dialog was not honoring the theme colors
fixed
Account settings: When creating a new account, some already entered settings did not copy to the Advanced Config dialog
fixed
Account settings: When updating the title of a news & blogging type account, the title of the tab did not change
fixed
Chat: Could not add TLS certificate exceptions for XMPP connections
fixed
MailExtensions: browserActions moved to a different toolbar are now properly displayed after restarting Thunderbird
fixed
MailExtensions: browser.compose.beginNew was not properly honoring plaintext vs HTML settings
fixed
MailExtensions: browser.compose.setComposeDetails did not properly handling Windows-style line endings
fixed
MailExtensions: windows.create and windows.update did not honor the titlePrefix parameter
fixed
MailExtensions: messages.getFull() did not return all parts with OpenPGP enabled
Fixed in Beta 2
What’s Fixed
fixed
Sending messages and saving drafts with attachments that were copy & pasted into the compose window could fail
fixed
Calendar: Descriptions were sometimes blank when editing a single occurrence of a repeating event
fixed
LDAP address book stability fix
fixed in Beta 3
What’s Fixed
fixed
Very long subject lines distorted the message compose and display windows, making them unusable
fixed
Messages with invalid vcard attachments were not marked as read when viewed in the preview window
fixed
OpenPGP: Embedded newlines in an inline OpenPGP message failed to verify