Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 7.0 to all users on September 27th, 2011. New stuff in Thunderbird 7.0 include:
- Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 7 engine
- Several user interface fixes and improvements
- Several fixes to attachment handling
- Ability to print a summary of selected email messages
- Platform improvements to Address Book
- Fixed several security issues
- Numerous platform fixes that improve speed, performance and stability
Thunderbird 6.0.x users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or can download Thunderbird 7.0 here. The next major release will be in another six-weeks on November 8, 2011 with Thunderbird 8.0 which will be pushed out to the Beta channel later this week.
Thunderbird 7 finally fixed the scrolling issue in 6 when using Thinkpads (IBM UltraNav)
How to select a different cipher and hash for encryption when uisng Thunderbird v7?
How to check what cipher and hash was used when receiving incoming email in Thunderbird v7?
I’m not the only one asking too! See here: http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_to_enable_aes_256_cipher_instead_of_default_168_bit_3des_encryption
Not really a feature I have ever had a use for. You may want to check for an add-on for this feature.
Just updated (on my Mac) and now clicking Reply creates a ghost–it’s listed under Window on the Menu bar but no reply window appears on screen. This is getting tiresome. The same thing happened with the last update.
Same for me on Win 7 pro 64-bit