One year after the publication of the last significant issue mail client release , developed by the community and based on Mozilla technologies. The new release is categorized as a long-term support release, with updates released throughout the year. Thunderbird 68 is based on the ESR release codebase . Release available for direct only , automatic upgrade from past releases to version 68.0 is not provided and will only be generated in version 68.1.
All :
- The operation of the FileLink mode has been improved, in which the attachment is saved in external services with only a link to the external storage sent as part of the message. When an attachment is added again, the file associated with it is no longer copied to the repository again, but the previously received link to the same file is used. In addition to the ability to save attachments through the WeTransfer service offered by default, the ability to connect other providers through add-ons has been added, for example и ;
- Changed the interface for external and detached attachments, which are now shown as links. Now you can "detach" an attachment to save it in an arbitrary local directory, while updating the links in the letter. Added an option to the context menu to open a directory with a detached attachment "Open Containing Folder";
- Added the ability to mark as read all mail folders for a given account at once;
- Provided periodic launch of filters and improved logging of applying filters;
- Added the ability to connect to the Yandex mail service with authentication via OAuth2;
- Added a section to the advanced settings to select language packs. To enable additional languages, the intl.multilingual.enabled option must be set (you may also need to set the extensions.langpacks.signatures.required option to false);
- For Windows, a 64-bit installer and package in MSI format have been prepared;
- Added a policy management engine for centralized configuration across enterprises using Windows Group Policy or by passing settings in a JSON file;
- TCP keepalive is provided for the IMAP protocol to maintain a persistent connection;
- For MAPI interfaces, full Unicode support and support for the function ;
- Added protection against using a new release profile in an older version of Thunderbird due to potential issues.
When trying to use a profile from an older version, it will now display , which can be bypassed by specifying the "--allow-downgrade" option; - In the Scheduler Calendar, time zone data now covers past state and future changes (taking into account all known changes in time zones from 2018 to 2022). Redesigned event assignment dialog. The Lightning add-on versioning scheme is in sync with Thunderbird;
- In the chat added the ability to select different languages for spell checking in different rooms;
- Changed the interface for installing add-ons;
- The unified menu in the panel has been redesigned (the "hamburger" button);
- Expanded tools for preparing themes, added the ability to use a dark theme for the panel with a list of messages;
- Improved interface for entering, selecting and deleting recipients in the letter writing window;
- Added the ability to select arbitrary colors in the message writing window and for tags, not limited to the proposed 10x7 color table;
- Disabled default sending of the selected colors of the text and background of the message, to send information about the color, you must activate the option "Tools > Options, Composition";
- Enhanced tools for detecting phishing attempts in messages. Improved reporting of possible fraudulent activities;
- File naming in Maildir now uses the message ID and the "eml" extension;
- The threshold for automatic packaging of message archives has been increased from 20 to 200 MB;
- Only support for add-ons, themes and dictionaries translated to WebExtension has been retained;
- Removed a separate configurator window, all settings are now displayed in a tab.
Source: opennet.ru