Thunderbird 3.0.2 now Available for Update

By Martin Kaba • Feb 25th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows, portable

It took a total of 120 bugs fixes, of which 19 are marked critical to get Thunderbird 3.0.2 out into the wild. Users of Thunderbird email client can check for updates at Help -> Check for Updates. Particularly addressed in this release; fixes for Thunderbird 2 users upgrading to Thunderbird 3 and several fixes to [...]

Thunderbird 3.1 Alpha 1 ‘Lanikai’ now Available for Download

By Martin Kaba • Feb 5th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac, Linux: Thunderbird, the open source desktop e-mail client reaches another important milestone. The first alpha of Thunderbird 3.1 has just been released. The Thunderbird team wants to align its development cycle more closely with that of the Firefox web browser, so that Thunderbird can better leverage the constant stream of improvements that [...]

Thunderbird 3.0.1 now Available for Download

By Martin Kaba • Jan 20th, 2010 • Filed under: Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: After the huge success, here comes the first security and stability update for Thunderbird 3, Mozilla’s desktop email client. Thunderbird 3.0.1 changelog (complete list of changes) is a list of 125 fixed bugs, 25 of which were critical bugs. Several fixes also regarded the user interface and attachment handling.

5 Essential Thunderbird 3 Extensions to Get Started

By Martin Kaba • Dec 11th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: Mozilla finally freed Thunderbird 3, a major upgrade after 2 years and is already working on Thunderbird 3.1. But this new release has also put out of function (for now) many great Thunderbird extensions. These plug-ins still have to be updated. Those mentioned have been tested and are compatible with [...]

A line of Code that Opens Google Wave inside Thunderbird 3

By Martin Kaba • Dec 9th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Mac, Linux and Windows: This line of code exploits the Content Tabs feature in recently released Thunderbird 3. The Content Tabs feature allows you to display brows-able web content in a new Thunderbird tab – with this line of code created by Joshua Cranmer (Quetzalcoatal blog) you can open Google Wave right inside [...]

A Single Command to Install Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu

By Martin Kaba • Dec 9th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: Thunderbird 3 makes it to the final after many preliminary betas, lovers of the open source cross-platform desktop email client can now grab it and enjoy its many new features.

Thunderbird 3 RC 2 Update Available

By Martin Kaba • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

Thunderbird 3 RC1 gets four last minute bugs fixes to become Thunderbird 3 release candidate 2.
One of the four bug had a critical rating – developers had to deal with Thunderbird shutdown hang, high CPU usage and no open IMAP connections.
If you’re using Thunderbird 3 RC 1 then you’ll certainly want to [...]

Message Grouping in Thunderbird

By Martin Kaba • Nov 27th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

The Message Grouping feature in Thunderbird lets you a tidy-up your message list into various ‘groups of messages’. In Thunderbird 3 messages can be grouped according to attributes such as Date, Received, Star, Order Received, Priority, From, Recipient, Size, Status, Subject, Read, Tags, Junk Status and Attachments.

Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate 1 now Available for Download

By Martin Kaba • Nov 25th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Thunderbird, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Mac and Linux: Thunderbird 3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download, for all platforms. Most of the features in this release are already present in the beta releases liked Tabbed emails, New Search with Advanced Filtering Tools, message archiving, the Activity Manager and more. But Thunderbird 3 RC 1 [...]