Thunderbird 78.3.2 update is out
Thunderbird 78.3.2 has been released on October 7, 2020. The new minor update for the browser includes several non-security fixes as well as a change in the updating behavior of the desktop email client. Thunderbird 78.3.1 was released on September 26, 2020.
The email client's automatic update functionality should pick up the new version right away, but you can run a manual check by selecting Help > About Thunderbird from the menu. If the menubar is not shown, use the Alt-key to display it temporarily. Thunderbird displays the installed version and will query internet servers to retrieve updates.
The developers list a single change and several fixes in the official release notes. The change affects the email client's updating behavior:
Thunderbird will no longer automatically install updates when Preferences tab is opened
It is not a major change, but Thunderbird will postpone the installation of updates for as long as the user has the preferences of the program open. One explanation for the change is that the developers want to give users as much time as needed when using the preferences of the client without disrupting the process.
The release notes list six fixes in total, some of them specific to the Windows operating system. The new version of Thunderbird improves the client's dark mode, high contrast and theme functionality on Windows. The developers addressed a Windows-specific issue that caused the installer to be unreadable if the operating system was in high contrast mode.
Thunderbird 78.3.2 fixes improves the built-in OpenPGP feature further. The new version has improved support for encrypting with subkeys and fixes a display issue that affected encrypted messages with international characters.
The fifth fix restores the address book search functionality, as searching address book lists did not yield any results in the previous version of the email client.
Last but not least, middle-click deletions of recipients has been restored. It is now once again possible to click on any recipient listed in the TO, CC or BCC fields to have them removed immediately.
The developers list a single known issue, and it is not new as it affected previous versions of Thunderbird as well. When Thunderbird is started, the message list is not focused.
Now You: are you using Thunderbird or another email client / service?
You said that Outlook isn’t your main email client, so which is your main one?
I think its thunderbird
It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
Awesome! This actually solved my problem… what a stupid bug.
If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
THANK YOU Claude!!! I could get the main window to launch but could not get any other message window to show on the desktop. You are my hero!!!!
Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much, this started happening to me today and was causing big problems. You are a life saver, I hope I can help you in some way some day.
You are a god – thank you!
thanks a lot…. work like charm.. :-)
Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
Excellent post. This had me baffled even trying to accurately describe the problem. This fixed it for me.
Thank you
Thanks a lot for the article. Don’t know why it happenend, don’t know how it got fixed, but it was really annoying and now it works :-)
Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Great tip! Thanks!
Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
It’s Worked for me, too
thank you very much!
I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much. Solved!
Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.
Thanks.
Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
Thank you, this worked !!!!
Man, you are a fucking god. Thanks a lot, what an annoying bug!!
Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!