Category Archives: Help/Support

Add-on Compatibility Reporter Update
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Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Add-on Compatibility Reporter has been updated to version 0.9.3 earlier today. This update addressees issues with the Add-on compatibility checking not being disabled when updating to Firefox 10 Aurora and/or Thunderbird 10 Earlybird builds. Simply go into the Aurora or … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 8 Released
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Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Thunderbird 8 has been released on November 8th, 2011. Current Thunderbird 7.0.1 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird. Lightning users, after you have updated to Thunderbird 8.0, your calendars will be broken. To fix this go Tools > … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, Bugs, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Releases, Thunderbird 7, Thunderbird 8, Tips/Tweaks | 1 Comment

Thunderbird 8 Coming/What’s New
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Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Thunderbird 8 comes out later today and there are some minor changes. Some good and some not so good. Add-ons check first run. On your first run after you have updated to Thunderbird 8, you are going to see an … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 8, Tips/Tweaks | 2 Comments

Folder Pane View Switcher
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Posted on October 19, 2011 by

May be I am one of the few people who use the Folder Pane View Switcher feature in Thunderbird.The switcher appears on top of the folder list allows you to choose via left/right arrows: All Folder, Favorite Folders, Unread Folders, … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, Bugs, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 10, Thunderbird 8, Tips/Tweaks | 17 Comments

Add-ons Won’t Install TBird 10 Daily (2011-10-17)
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Posted on October 18, 2011 by

There was an issue (on Windows for sure) with the Thunderbird 10 Daily build from 2011-10-17, where add-ons would not install. Dragging an add-on file into the add-ons manager or using the Install From File option would not work. Plus … Continue reading →

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Integrating Lightning & Google Calendar
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Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Update 10/17/2011: I have updated the links for both Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar add-ons. Also added the note about needing to know the version of Thunderbird in order to choose the correct version of Lightning. I started using … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, Blogs, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 5, Tips/Tweaks | 11 Comments

Lightning and Google Data Provider Updates Available
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Posted on October 11, 2011 by

With the recent releases of Thunderbird to the Daily, Earlybird and Beta channels, there are updates for both Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar (gdata-provider) add-ons. You can not at this time update via the Thunderbird add-ons manager, you will … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-Ons, General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Thunderbird 10, Thunderbird 7, Thunderbird 8, Thunderbird 9, Tips/Tweaks | 4 Comments

Thunderbird 3.1.14/6.0.2/7.0 Beta 2 Released
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Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Mozilla has pushed out another emergency update for Thunderbird 3.1, 6.0 and 7.0 Beta due to more fall out from the DigiNotar hack back in July. This time around the focus is on revoking  Staat der Nederlanden Certificates. More information … Continue reading →

Posted in General Thunderbird, Help/Support, Releases, Thunderbird 3.1 (Lanikai), Thunderbird 6, Thunderbird 7 | 1 Comment

Thunderbird 3.1.13 & 6.0.1 Released
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Posted on August 31, 2011 by

On Tuesday, August 30th, Mozilla pushed out emergency updates for both Thunderbird 3.1 and 6.0. These updates revoke the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance [Additional Details]. Thunderbird 3.1 users can update via Help > Check … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 6.0 Beta 2 (6.0b2) Coming Soon
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Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Mozilla Labs will be pushing a second Beta for Thunderbird 6.0 on Tuesday, August 2nd. Bug fixes/patches included in this upcoming release include: The Aero Glass theme has been changed to try and make it easier to read. Bug 658534 … Continue reading →

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