Monthly Archives: July 2011

Lightning Updates 1.0b5 RC Builds
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Posted on July 27, 2011 by

There has been two updates to Lightning today, 1.0b5rc2 & 1.0b5rc3. These releases candidates addressed: Alarm window disappearing Misplaced beeps from the alarm system. Some calendars are no longer working (specifically, webcal:// calendars). Support for Thunderbird 5.0 and 6.0 The … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, Bugs, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 5, Thunderbird 6 | 4 Comments

Remove Transparent Aero Theme Effect
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Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Thunderbird 5, like Firefox 4 takes advantage of Windows Aero Glass effect on Vista and Windows 7. This results in a transparent menu bar, which some users find this transparency annoying. There are a couple ways to get around this. … Continue reading →

Posted in General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 5, Tips/Tweaks | 4 Comments

Thunderbird 6.0 Beta 1 Now Available
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Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Mozilla has released the first Beta for the upcoming (August 16th) Thunderbird 6.0 on the Communications Beta Channel. For those who were running Thunderbird 5.0 Beta, you will be offered an update to the 6.0 Beta version. Otherwise you can … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Release Update: Mid July 2011
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Posted on July 16, 2011 by

Just Released Thunderbird 7 Earlybird – July 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.12 – August 16th Thunderbird 6 Beta – To Be Announced Thunderbird 6 Final Release – August 16th Thunderbird 7 Beta – August 16th Thunderbird 8 Early Bird – … Continue reading →

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Update: Inserting Links on to Images Issue Thunderbird 5
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Posted on July 15, 2011 by

I was able to get a hold of an unofficial Beta Release for Thunderbird 6 earlier today. I had no issues pasting via right-click into the link field on the link tab when inserting an image. So it appears this … Continue reading →

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Inserting Links on to Images Issue Thunderbird 5
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Posted on July 14, 2011 by

I was alerted over in my Email Mafia Forum, that in Thunderbird 5.0 when you are adding an image it will not allow you to paste a link in the link filed on the link tab. After some testing I … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 6 Beta NOT Available
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Posted on July 13, 2011 by

We incorrectly stated in the Thunderbird Merges Completed post that Thunderbird 6.0 Beta (6.0b1) was available. Currently there are no Beta builds (with the exception of Tinderbox Builds) for Thunderbird 6.0. Those who had been on the Beta channel with … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Merges Completed
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Posted on July 7, 2011 by

The merges for Thunderbird 6 onto the Beta Channel, Thunderbird 7 onto the Earlybird Channel as well as Thunderbird 8 onto the daily channel has been completed. You can move to the next version within your channel (Thunderbird 7 Daily … Continue reading →

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Win XP SP1/2000 Support Ending with TBird 8
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Posted on July 6, 2011 by

There is talk of ending Windows 2000 support starting with Thunderbird 8. This is in part due to move to MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) 2010 based compiler which requires Windows XP SP2 or newer OS. Thunderbird 8 is now on … Continue reading →

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How to Remove Vertical Reply Lines
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Posted on July 5, 2011 by

By default every time you reply to a message, Thunderbird adds a colored line down the sides to ‘frame’ each particular reply.  This can get rather distracting after awhile. Plus it makes the overall length of the email a lot … Continue reading →

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