Mozilla has released two new betas today. Thunderbird 5 Beta 1 is the first beta version of the upcoming version 5 of the Thunderbird desktop email client. Thunderbird users who are currently running a Miramar released should get update notifications soon. It is furthermore possible to manually check for updates to download and install the latest version of Thunderbird without waiting for the automatic update notification. This is done via Help > Check for Updates in the email client.
The jump from Thunderbird 3.3 to 5 is a big one. The most likely explanation is to sync the versions with the Firefox web browser.
The release notes list the new add-on manager as one of the few changes of the new release. The add-on manager is now identical to the add-on manager in Firefox 4.
Other changes include options to reorder and drag tab to different windows, the display of attachment sizes next to attachments and a revised account creation wizard that promises improved account set ups.
Users who do not have Thunderbird installed on their system can download the latest beta version of the email client from the early releases download page on Mozilla Messaging. The beta version is available for all supported languages and operating systems.
Mozilla has released the third beta of the Firefox 5 web browser as well on the same day. It is again possible to check for updates manually by clicking on Help > About Firefox. Keep in mind that only Firefox Beta users will see the new update. Users who are running the stable version of the browser or the Aurora / Nightly builds won’t get the update notifications.
Users who do not run Firefox Beta yet can download the latest beta channel release from the Future of Firefox download page. There they can download the latest Firefox Beta and Aurora releases.
Release notes have not been published yet. interested users can take a look at a list of all bug fixes in Firefox Beta.
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Once I installed Thunderbirdy and it wiped out my email account so I keep safe distance from it.
What are default settings in newest version?
Thnx
It’s because you used POP3. It’s the principle of this protocol to copy everything in local and clean the server. It would happen with any software.
You have to use IMAP if you don’t want that.
That explains everything! :D
They should give this info at the “mail account setup”, because POP3 isn’t friendly for shared email acc.
Looks like one of biggest email provider in Latvia doesn’t support IMAP.
You can change the settings in Thunderbird to leave messages on the server. I dual boot between Vista and Ubuntu and use Thunderbird on both. I have both set to leave email on the servier for 5 days unless I delete it.
I meant to say that I do that using POP3, not IMAP
its really a confusion that why the thunderbird’s 5 th version was released after 3 rd!!!!!