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Released on 11 Jan 06, and this changelog was last updated on 23 Apr 06.
Mozilla
Thunderbird 1.5 has been released. Release
notes are available. This post lists the
improvements in Thunderbird 1.5 over the previous aviary branch release
1.0.7. Do note that this list is not exhaustive. It is based on
previous changelogs for versions 1.1a1,
1.1a2,
1.5b1,
1.5b2,
1.5rc1
and 1.5rc2.
Generally, with the release of 1.5, the stability of the
program has been improved immensely, coupled with better search
capabilities compared to the 1.0.x Aviary branch releases. Attachments
can now be deleted from emails while support for podcasting, Google
Maps and improved spam filtering have been added. Additionally, there
is a built-in phishing detector and the program now auto-saves drafts,
so in case the program or OS crashes, the draft will not be lost. Spell
checking while typing is now possible, and software update
improvements have been implemented similar to that of Firefox 1.5.
Improvements over
Thunderbird 1.0.x Aviary Branch:
New features:
- 2920,
288273,
298860:
Deleting attachments from messages.
- 16360:
Auto save as draft for mail composition.
- 240600,
278310,
278312:
Spell check as you type.
- 269483:
Automated update to streamline and improve product upgrades
and/or extensions.
- 276632:
make autocomplete be more like google suggest (make it most popular
results come first)
- 282157:
Google Maps now supported
- 282174:
Podcasting
and other RSS Improvements.
- 282500:
Built
in phishing detector.
- 290237:
Support for server side spam filtering.
-
UI improvements
- 262626,284144:
Improvements to product usability including redesigned options UI, and
SMTP server management.
- 256545,
297360:
Improved
user interface for building up search criteria
- 289091:
Improved processing of return receipts for IMAP users
- 298969:
Ability to create message filter actions for forwarding and replying
(with a template).
-
Backend
Impact key for security issues listed on the Mozilla
Foundation Security Advisories webpage:
- Critical:
Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software,
requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.
- High:
Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other
windows or inject data or code into those sites, requiring no more than
normal browsing actions.
- Moderate: Vulnerabilities that would otherwise be High or
Critical except they
only work in uncommon
non-default configurations or require the user to
perform complicated and/or unlikely steps.
- Low: Minor
security vulnerabilities such as Denial of Service attacks, minor data
leaks, or spoofs. (Undetectable spoofs of SSL indicia would have “High”
impact because those are generally used to steal sensitive data
intended for other sites.)
Notable bugfixes:
-
Security-related
- 265736,
280769,
311710,
313173,
315304
- Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8) (Moderate)
- 269095,
320182,
ZDI-06-009
- Mozilla Firefox Tag Order Vulnerability
(Moderate)
- 290488,
327194
- Cross-site scripting using .valueOf.call() (Moderate)
- 296514,
296639
- Cross-site JavaScript injection using event handlers (Moderate)
- 311025,
311403,
311455
- Privilege escalation via XBL.method.eval (Moderate)
- 311497,
311792,
312278,
313276,
313479,
313630,
313726,
313763,
313938,
325269
- JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit (Moderate)
- 312871,
313236,
313375 - Accessing XBL compilation
scope via valueOf.call() (Moderate)
- 313370,
313684
- Privilege escalation using a JavaScript function’s cloned parent
(Moderate)
- 313373
- cross-site scripting through window.controllers (Moderate)
- 307185:
[Security fix] URLs passed on the command line are parsed by the shell
(bash).
-
UI Fixes
- 194147:
Selecting “Mark As” causes Quick Search not to work on “m” and “r”
- 231965:
LDAP Download User Interface and function broken
- 245418:
menus and contextual menus open on wrong screen when using two displays
- 270743:
First
launch account creation doesn’t honor unchecking [ ] Download messages
now option
- 274264:
Japanese attachment file name garbled
- 278398:
address typed gets replaced with first email address from dropdown list
after Tab is pressed
- 281847:
[Linux]
clicking mailto: link and “send link” fail to bring up mail compose
- 285136:
apply bug 221824 “themes should be RTL compatible” to thunderbird
- 286555:
When selecting a folder in the folder list, the folder immediately
below the one clicked is selected.
- 295040:
Switching folders doesn’t work
- 297254:
Replied status not applied after sending a message which was autosaved
during composition
- 299395:
extension list uses hard-coded background color — unreadable with
light-text OS theme
- 300886:
privacy icon in preferences looks stretched
- 302095:
Security
warning dialog appears unnecessarily on View | Message Source.
- 303152:
Options
->Update , “when updates are found” is always enabled
- 306551:
popuplist
is too small in filter manager dialog - usability blocker
- 308367:
Resume downloading thunderbird stays in the menu after update is
downloaded
- 309080:
Thunderbird
icon is defective
- 312520:
Use Warning.png in the phishing bar
- 312598:
Duplicated thread in threaded view of virtual folder and quick search
- 312846:
Pressing Enter when a UI-link is focused inside a wizard advances the
wizard
- 313193:
Saved Search Folder Location Dialog Shows Deferred Accounts
-
Crashes
- 238614:
TB09
crashed after cancelling message send operation
- 254527:
TB09
crashes when using a symlink to a signature file
- 269554:
going from tbird 0.8 -> 0.9 or 1.0 hangs with huge POP mail
folders
- 273560:
Crash when selecting inbox after selecting saved search folder before
search complete
- 284083:
crash
[ @ nsDBFolderInfo::GetTransferInfo :970 ]
- 284699:
[Win95] Thunderbird 1.0 crash when started for the first time
- 292041:
Crash
on some drag and drop of mail from current messages list into IMAP
folders
- 307875:
Crash
if I select the correct spell “hello” from context menu
- 309590:
thunderbird
crashes when I delete some messages from folder (not imap)
- 313422:
Thunderbird hangs on “verifying”, when subscribing to a new RSS 0.90
feed
-
Functionality
- 173924:
Doesn’t fetch new mail after a random period
- 246966:
Thunderbird
does show blank page for some mails, due to problems with storing the
previous e-mail
- 260034:
Cannot
send mail if temporary directory contains non-ascii characters
- 264544:
Templates
deleted after sending
- 288871:
Problems entering addresses in new mail composition
- 292101:
emails
have lost their correct message and have text from other
messages, a few of the messages are now blank - correct messages were
present before they arrived
- 292568:
Message-Edit
Message As New then File-Save (template or draft): deletes original
message
- 296520:
Mails
incorrectly deleted when using “Delete messages more than xx days”
- 296940:
Update
Changes Cause Thunderbird to Enter an Infinite Loop
- 298479:
renamed
email folder to name of deleted search folder. All data lost.
- 299473:
Not
possible to enter data in account setting fields
- 300136:
Full
update archives may need to contain remove commands
- 301649:
Invalid
local image filenames cause forwarded-inline messages to spin
indefinitely on send.
- 304904:
Necko
should refuse to look up invalid hostnames containing “%”
- 305226:
Details link in Software Update is broken.
- 306170:
background download fails if server returns 200 response
- 308196:
remote xfeDoCommand broken in thunderbird
- 308311:
Local Folders - Changing directory not possible
- 310305:
Message
Filters Delete Text
- 313210:
Compacting folder might delete content/messages
- 314754:
‘Extension compatibility updates’ check never completes
- 316868:
RSS2 dc:creator is broken
- 317396:
templates disappear when saving
-
Installer / Build Config
- 300092:
Installer
shows NO text - only the variables names are shown
- 306355:
Don’t
put important configuration in mail/config/mozconfig
- 307225:
Language
packs for Firefox 1.5 Beta need chrome.manifest files in order to
install
- 308308:
Extensions.rdf
is no longer needed
- 310569:
64-bit
unsafe cast in nsMsgIncomingServer.cpp
- 310615:
bump
Firefox / Thunderbird version on Mozilla 1.8 branch to 1.4.1
- 310335:
Build fails on xptcinvoke_arm.cpp:139: error: extra ‘;’
- 312392:
bump Thunderbird version on Mozilla 1.8 branch to 1.5
- 312937:
Make RSS a default component in the installer
- 313208:
Thunderbird 1.5 latest l10n builds are repackaged from wrong build
-
Mac-specific:
- 273720:
There is no preview of a default (Pinstripe) theme.
- 286483:
Thunderbird OS X builds missing prompt alert icon
- 292009:
[Mac] Can’t dismiss
View Password dialog
- 307436:
app
update window is too narrow to fit the UI
- 307323:
New
mail plays both the system beep and the notification sound
- 307999:
The
width of the font panel is short on OS X and GNOME.
- 308541:
Digitally Signed email pen not visible
- 311527:
Delaying software update by pressing “Later” doesn’t give user proper
feedback when dialog reappears
- 311755:
Remove “Bring All to Front” from the Window menu
- 313200:
Jiggle in thread pane column headers with the pinstripe theme
-
Miscellaneous fixes:
- 266679:
Thunderbird
consumes excessive file-handles and memory
- 289126:
INTERNAL
ERROR on Browser End: Could not get the JVM manager; System error
- 295726:
Disable
presence URL check
- 305032:
edit
commands not available to subsequent instances on startup
- 305375:
Alerts
service not built on non-Win32 platforms (gtk1/2)
- 307028:
auto-save
happens even if message is currently being sent
- 307303:
migration
wizard APIs need updated
- 308321:
Detaching
attachment should remove any Content-Transfer-Encoding header
- 308348:
create complete MAR files for locale builds
- 308822:
rewrap function disabled on first reply of session
- 310010:
DOM Inspector from Firefox prior to 1.0 cannot be uninstalled in 1.4
and above (Applies to Thunderbird as well)
- 310139:
Editing
mime-type handlers fails with a missing handler
- 310772:
Update
version number for l10n branch build repackaging
- 310833:
Template
builder doesn’t free constructed content when menulists are in use
- 311241:
Start page doesn’t take RTL in RTL interface
- 311402:
Land NSS 3.10.2 Beta 1 on MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH
- 311560:
Migration doesn’t select any option by default
- 312015:
Attachment > Download Folder directory is not updated
- 312182:
Windows shortcut in Start Menu for “Thunderbird Safe Mode” Passes
Incorrect Parameters
- 313240:
Update service fails via exception when run as non-privileged user
Improvements
over
Thunderbird 1.5 RC 2:
Fixes:
- None. If you have already installed RC 2, then you have
the
1.5 final release.
If 1.5 is installed over a previous version (prior to 1.5 final,
including RC 2), some users are reporting the program may not start. In
this case, the program should be uninstalled, backing up the profile in
the process, and reinstalling the application.
Official
Windows installer (discussion)
Official
Linux (i686)
Official
Mac
Official
Linux (i686) (2006-01-09)