The Mozilla Thunderbird developers have updated the upcoming version 3 of our favorite desktop email client. Thunderbird 3 RC2 is the second release candidate of the email software. It is, from looking at the changes, an unplanned release, as it only fixes four bugs when compared to the first release candidate. One of the bugs on the other hand received a critical rating which seemed to have affected the email client’s stability.
It mentions a shutdown hang with high cpu usage and no open imap connections, something that we have been experiencing not regularly but frequently after updating to Thunderbird 3 RC1. The other three fixes have received one major and two normal ratings but they did not affect the email client’s stability or security.
Thunderbird 3 will automatically pick up the new version and suggest a download of it to the user. It is furthermore possible to download the new version of Thunderbird from the developer’s website where it is offered for all supported operating systems and languages. The same page is a good read for users who have not made the switch to Thunderbird 3 yet as it contains a list of the new features of the email program.
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is there any word on when to expect a final version of TB3? I kinda want to use it now, but I dont want to install it over my TB2…
Can’t be that long anymore but I do not know the suggested release date.
Hi thanks for the info………..this RC works like a charm
the reason TB IMAP takes so much space on HD is because VIA IMAP .GMAIL gives one copy of your e-mail for every LABEL on it!!!
If a mail has 3 labels, the SAME mail will be made into multiple copies on your HD!
It is a bug with GMAIL’s IMAP implementation, not TB.
From what I have heard GMAIL’s IMAP implementation is not fully compliant with standards.
TB is fine otherwise.
If you use labels in GMAIL that cause same mail to have more than one label, DON’T use IMAP anywhere (TB or otherwise) . Don’t know how Outlook is managing this problem.