Download Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4

Aliencowfarm has the release notes and download links on Mozilla’s corporate website found it to Thunderbird 2.0.0.4, bringing the version numbering on par with the Internet browser Firefox. The new version can be downloaded from this ftp folder for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Mozilla Thunderbird is the standalone version of the mail and news software included with Mozilla SeaMonkey. The mail program is an open source and cross platform mail and newsgroup client with features such as a junk mail filter, spell check and the possibility to further extend the functionality via add-ons. Below you can read which changes have been made in the new Thunderbird, and which bugs still need to be fixed:

Fixed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.4

• MFSA 2007-15 Security Vulnerability in APOP Authentication
• MFSA 2007-12 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.12/1.8.1.4)

Known Issues

All Systems
• Some firewall software may silently block Thunderbird from running. This often happens immediately after Thunderbird has been installed or updated from a previous version. There are configuration instructions available for most popular firewall programs to help you ensure that Thunderbird is allowed to connect to the Internet.
• Software Update will not work if Thunderbird is installed to a location on your disk to which you do not have write access, since Software Update needs to replace or create files in this location.
• Dictionaries can be installed as extensions from: addons.mozilla.org.
• The mail views toolbar button is no longer a default toolbar button. Users of this feature must add it back to their default toolbar in the mail 3-pane window: View / Toolbars / Customize.
• In order to take advantage of Thunderbird’s ability to adjust the online state based on your network connectivity, you must first change the value of network.autodial-helper.enabled to false.
• When switching between using a Global Inbox and using an Inbox for a POP3 account, be sure to make copies of the messages into another folder.
• A compatible version of DOM Inspector is now available for Extension and Theme developers at:

Mac OS X

• There is no Talkback on Intel-based Macs when running natively or under Rosetta. The Apple Crash report program should launch in the event of application crashes.

Linux and Unix

• If Thunderbird is installed to a location with spaces in the path, it may not be able to set itself as default mail client and may keep prompting at startup. The work around is to install into a path without spaces.
• GNOME integration does not work properly with Fedora Core 3. Users of Fedora Core 3 will need to download and install linc-1.0.3-3.1.i386.rpm. After installing the RPM, perform the following command in the directory in which you installed Thunderbird (you will need write permission):

  touch .autoreg

  The next time you start Thunderbird, GNOME integration should be functional.

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