Software Update: Mozilla Thunderbird 68.1

The Mozilla Foundation recently released version 68.1 of Thunderbird. Mozilla Thunderbird is an open source email and newsgroup client, with features such as support for several mail and news accounts, a spam filter, spell checker, and a customizable look and feel.

In version 68 we see a 64bit version for Windows for the first time. This cannot be installed over the 32-bit version, the program will have to be reconfigured. However, a migration will be possible in a next update. Furthermore, the program can be managed via policies within corporate environments, filters can now be started periodically and multiple folders can be marked as ‘read’ at the same time. The following changes and improvements have also been made in this release:

New:

• Offer to configure Exchange accounts for Office365. A third-party add-on is required for this account type. IMAP still exists as an alternative.

Fixed:

• Edit tag not working
• Write window: “Insert > Characters and Symbols” not working
• Moving/dragging messages from “Search Messages” result dialog not working
• Command line -compose “attachment=” not working
• Custom views not working
• Issues with list of content types/actions for incoming attachments
• “Learn More” links in Error Console not working
• Visual glitches: Quick Filter Bar tag buttons too tall, missing scroll bar on Connection Setting subdialog, LDAP server selection after “New”, “Edit” and “Delete”
• Calendar: Parts of CalDAV dialog not working
• Various security fixes

Known Issues

• Calendar: Free/busy information in attendees dialog not displayed/scrolled correctly