Some other mirrors who already list the new release do not seem to have this protection build in yet which means the download from those mirrors (like Utah) goes through without errors. This version does seem to be a stability and security update but the release notes do not go into any more detail.

They have not been updated and still show information about the release candidate 1 of this version. This new release is not yet available on the Mozilla homepage or through the update function in Firefox.

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The Rumbling Edge lists 39 improvements over version 2.0.0.8 which is also only available on the ftp site at the moment. Nine improvements have the critical status which means the upgrade should be performed as soon as possible. There is no word yet as well if this is the release version or yet another release candidate version for testers only.

It seems to work fine and I was not able to spot any problems thus far using it.

Below is the list of changes so far:

Security issue: (2)

* Fixed: 307788 – if Kerberos tickets don’t exist when launching T-Bird, get Krb Ticket Manager to prompt for them
* Fixed: 380744 – Thunderbird reports “unable to decrypt” on truncated decryptable messages

Topcrash: (1)

* Fixed: 316543 – crash when opening message compose window

Crash: (3)

* Fixed: 351783 – Thunderbird crash on sending a return receipt
* Fixed: 374240 – Thunderbird crash on exit
* Fixed: 382480 – TB Crash [@ nsBidiPresUtils::ProcessText]

Attachment-related: (1)

* Fixed: 396377 – vCard sometimes cause heuristic scanners to generate a false positive

Build configuration: (5)

* Fixed: 381247 – Speed up mkdepend on Windows + VMWare
* Fixed: 385017 – Interoperability with beagle & kerry broken in tb 2.0
* Fixed: 385095 – Account Wizard won’t offer to create new RSS accounts
* Fixed: 387367 – mozilla-js.pc.in missing -DJS_THREADSAFE
* Fixed: 399207 – Add Hebrew to Thunderbird 2.0.0.8 for Windows and Linux

Functionality: (2)

* Fixed: 279018 – messages not automatically moved to Junk folder when manually marked as Junk
* Fixed: 389920 – Segmentation fault sending mail

Installer: (3)

* Fixed: 389244 – Uninstall information of old version not cleared from registry when updating via auto update
* Fixed: 390214 – avoid the second UAC prompt for helper.exe on software update by launching it directly from the elevated updater.exe process
* Fixed: 393149 – Some registry keys aren’t removed under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\

Networking: (1)

* Fixed: 391556 – problems handling namespace that starts with hierarchy delimiter

Printing: (1)

* Fixed: 275312 – Print engine allows JavaScript execution

UI improvements: (7)

* Fixed: 219662 – “OK” button doesn’t activate in “Link Properties” dialog
* Fixed: 277905 – IMAP Message UID Greater 2099999999 not displayed
* Fixed: 320102 – File – Save As – Template menu item does nothing for an existing message in Local folders
* Fixed: 320739 – plain text email containing link with numerical IP should not be marked as scam
* Fixed: 351692 – Need to see Account Names in the Move To / Copy To Recent Folder menus
* Fixed: 381364 – locationFolders menulist icon lacks horizontal margin
* Fixed: 386855 – attachment file name stripped of consecutive spaces

XUL Toolkit: (1)

* Fixed: 386874 – add a python emulation for nsinstall for –disable-compile-environment

Miscellaneous fixes: (4)

* Fixed: 133016 – Freetext url recognition stops at “)” and “‘” (apostrophe)
* Fixed: 256510 – Return receipts don’t use Multiple identities
* Fixed: 388105 – RDFResource and RDFServiceImpl leak on startup test
* Fixed: 393196 – apply_rfc2047_encoding() erroneously inserts whitespace for addr-spec-only addresses

Mac-specific: (2)

* Fixed: 299368 – Hide ‘Print Preview’ menu item in Mac OS X
* Fixed: 379705 – Build movemail on Mac, just don’t put it in the new account wizard in Thunderbird

BeOS-specific: (3)

* Fixed: 389953 – BeOS should build components with -Bsymbolic
* Fixed: 394946 – BeOS Thunderbird builds fail in migration code
* Fixed: 397116 – Branch build fails due to missing BeOS libs

OpenBSD-specific: (1)

* Fixed: 236599 – openbsd configuration fixes for alpha, amd64, arm, i386, macppc and sparc64

OS/2-specific: (2)

* Fixed: 351167 – arrow does not change to finger over URL
* Fixed: 390485 – Fix updater build break with GCC 3.3.5

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The update checker is not updated as well yet. This version fixes the QuickTime Vulnerability which was discovered earlier on and it is recommended that Firefox gets updated as soon as possible. As usual Firefox has been updated for all supported operating systems and all localized versions are available as of now as well.

The vulnerability is based on QuickTime Media Link files (.qtl), simple XML files that include details about the media file to be played (like an .avi, .mov or .mp3) and other settings. However one of these parameters, qtnext, allows the publisher to specify a URL (web address) to be displayed when the media file ends. The URL could be a JavaScript instruction like those used in thousands of web pages and services currently.

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If you can’t wait to get your hands on the latest version you could download the latest Thunderbird release for Windows, Mac or Linux.

The latest official version at this moment is version 2.0.0.0 and a lot of security patches and bug fixes have been implemented in this new version of Thunderbird.

According to the Rumbling Edge there have been 21 changes in the latest version of Thunderbird. Most notably are fixed security issue and one crash issue.

The official release notes have not been updated yet to reflect the changes of this new release of Thunderbird.

It is most likely that they will be updated once the version will be officially announced on the Thunderbird homepage and become available through the automatic update option from within Thunderbird.

found: neowin forum

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