Thunderbird 78.5.0 is now available
A new version of the email client Thunderbird has been released today. Thunderbird 78.5.0 updates stable versions of the email client to the most recent version. The new version extends MailExtensions support, bug fixes, and security fixes.
The new version is not yet offered via the email client's automatic update functionality nor is it offered as a direct download on the official Thunderbird project website.
You can run a manual check for updates from within the client by selecting Help > About Thunderbird. Thunderbird displays the currently installed version and checks for available updates; these may then be installed if detected.
The new email client version fixes the long-standing issue that prevented the email list from being selected on start; the issue is no longer listed as a known issue in the release notes .
Thunderbird 78.5.0 is a security update first and foremost. It fixes 12 different security issues detected in previous versions of the program. Two security issues received the second-highest severity rating "high", eight a moderate and two a low rating.
One of the security issues rated high addresses memory corruption issues that could potentially be exploited by an attacker. You can check out the entire list of fixed security issues here.
Thunderbird 78.5.0 improves the capabilities of extensions in several ways. The developers of the email client have added support for two new API functions in the new version:
- MailExtensions: "compose_attachments" context added to Menus API
- MailExtensions: Menus API now available on displayed messages
The program's built-in OpenPGP functionality has received a new option as well. Thunderbird users may now select that the public key is not attached to a signed message.
Thunderbird 78.5.0 includes several non-security fixes. Two of these address issues in the OpenPGP implementation, namely that unverified keys were shown as unavailable in the message security dialog, and that support for inline PGP messages has been improved.
The new chat contact menu item has been fixed as it did not function correctly, and the developers list "various theme and usability improvements" next to that.
Now You: Have you upgraded to the latest version already? What is your impression?
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!