Software Update: Mozilla Thunderbird 78.3.2

The Mozilla Foundation has released version 78.3.2 of Thunderbird. Thunderbird is an open source client for e-mail and newsgroups, with features such as support for various mail and news accounts, a spam filter, spell checker, and a customizable appearance. In version 78 we find, among other things, a dark mode and other parts of the interface, such as the icons and the screen for composing an email, have also been overhauled. Furthermore, the Lightning calendar add-on is now a standard part of the program, there is a new wizard for the first use and only MailExtensions add-ons are supported. The changelog for this release looks like this:

changes

• Thunderbird will no longer automatically install updates when Preferences tab is opened

Fixes

• OpenPGP: Improved support for encryption with subkeys
• OpenPGP: Encrypted messages with international characters were sometimes displayed incorrectly
• Single-click deletion of recipient pills with middle mouse button restored
• Searching an address book list did not display results
• Windows installer was unreadable with Windows in high contrast mode
• Dark mode, high contrast, and Windows theming fixes

Known Issues

• Message list is not focused at startup