The Rumbling Edge

Changelog for previous release (Thunderbird 3.1 Beta 2) | Changelogs for other Thunderbird releases

Released on 27 May 10, and this changelog was last updated on 29 May 10.

Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1 over Thunderbird 3.1 Beta 2. This list encompasses almost every single known fix that went into this release, but excludes platform-wide fixes. Do check out the known issues as well.

Changes in Thunderbird 3.1 RC 1: (57)

Thunderbird-specific: (42)

• Fixed: 466933 - Error with “Get Mail” or “Get all Messages” after resuming from computer’s sleep mode – “This folder is being processed. Please wait until processing is complete to get messages”
• Fixed: 493848 - gloda activity manager should not create events for event-driven indexing, never display in status bar
• Fixed: 499069 - Clicking on an empty IMAP folder does not display it until headers have been downloaded (flicker, account central shown)
• Fixed: 518345 - Selecting Option to Hide Message Pane (F8) Will Not Stick
• Fixed: 523972 - Folder with new messages is yellow text on white – don’t use “color: Highlight;”
• Fixed: 524623 - 2.0 -> 3b4, no password saved, “error getting mail password” on POP
• Fixed: 528608 - Activity manager shows gloda activity with ever-rising total message count
• Fixed: 530047 - message pane header buttons cover From address and also push the right msg page part out of the window pane
• Fixed: 531179 - Unsent mail is not automatically sent when coming back online via network detection
• Fixed: 533921 - Right click on a blank attachment pane area shows the context menu for the previous selected attachment
• Fixed: 543026 - [faceted search] Email dates printed on global search results tab are not correctly localised
• Fixed: 544162 - need a wrapping xul box around the message reader
• Fixed: 549931 - Irregular message does not update header pane on message view (aka ‘undisclosed-recipients’ not showing)
• Fixed: 551519 - Consider DNS MX in autoconfig
• Fixed: 554558 - gFolderTreeView.load fails if the mode is not provided by TB
• Fixed: 559022 - several mails I received are not found by Gloda search (index rebuild didn’t help. =2C, “,”, in RFC2047 encoded word of From: header)
• Fixed: 559040 - Make the internal archiving code work for any set of messages thus being nicer to extensions
• Fixed: 560695 - clicking (more) widget in headers with lots of recipients too slow
• Fixed: 560741 - Add tests for TB2 to TB3 migration.
• Fixed: 560742 - Make the Migration Assistant into a modal dialog on first launch.
• Fixed: 561395 - No favicon in gloda search tabs or conversation views
• Fixed: 561854 - Tooltiptexts don’t work in the multimessage pane
• Fixed: 562158 - bad styling of reply-all button in icon-only toolbar mode on os x
• Fixed: 562589 - If I disable migration wizard I’m in situation where all IMAP -folders are set to download no matter what I do to account in question (Needs a way to keep offline-use setting upon migration to Tb 3, even if Migration Assistant is disabled on purpose)
• Fixed: 562608 - Thread summary buttons are way too big
• Fixed: 562934 - folders with new messages/mail lack color
• Fixed: 563219 - Remove @BINPATH@ from removed-files.in
• Fixed: 563428 - Quick Filter Bar does not auto-collapse at startup when vertical layout is in use
• Fixed: 563612 - Star in header doesn’t update status when contact is added or removed from
• Fixed: 563647 - Follow-up bug 561054 – Replace Search-glass.png with gtk-find stock icon
• Fixed: 564155 - Change the ids for two migration assistant strings as the context in which they are used has changed
• Fixed: 564156 - Quick Filter Bar tag filter is always sticky, should not be
• Fixed: 564162 - Import ‘Everything’ of Outlook Express to existing T-Bird mailbox eliminates all existing mail in T-Bird Local Folders default folders
• Fixed: 564280 - Quick-search filter bar background appearance is hard coded, may not work well with desktop theme
• Fixed: 564515 - migration wizard defaults to “do not sync” on fresh 2.0.0.24 profile
• Fixed: 565071 - Odd connection between disk space elements in the Migration Assistant window / fix RTL in migration assistant window
• Fixed: 565295 - growl crash [@ nsMessengerOSXIntegration::OnAlertClicked(unsigned short const*)]
• Fixed: 566570 - Update files with locales to include in the Thunderbird 3.1 RC 2 build
• Fixed: 566644 - Make sure migration assistant add-on have proper min max values
• Fixed: 567106 - crash during initial fetch from imap account [@ msg_parse_Header_addresses]
• Fixed: 567132 - Thunderbird 3.1.x language pack install.rdf needs to stabilize
• Fixed: 567603 - Selected folders with new messages/mail are hard to read using Windows Classic desktop theme

MailNews Core: (15)

• Fixed: 138086 - LDAP over SSL autocomplete crash [@ nsLDAPConnection::AddPendingOperation(nsILDAPOperation*)] (v3), [@ nsLDAPConnection::AddPendingOperation] (v2)
• Fixed: 397910 - Message Drafts Not Saved When Composed Offline
• Fixed: 403603 - Over One minute IMAP online copy or move retried forever and mail FLOODING!
• Fixed: 467688 - gloda database should use PRAGMA synchronous FULL
• Fixed: 530319 - Kerberos/GSSAPI auth fails when the hostname is changed after account creation
• Fixed: 537815 - crash [@ morkRowObject::CloseRowObject(morkEnv*)]
• Fixed: 540074 - crash [@ nsMsgDatabase::DeleteHeader(nsIMsgDBHdr*, nsIDBChangeListener*, int, int)] with pop account
• Fixed: 543737 - gloda needs to avoid indexing ridiculously large message bodies (especially from offline store corruption)
• Fixed: 543813 - Attachments with “Content-Type:” line containing a line break are not processed properly
• Fixed: 554294 - Gloda should expose a way to determine if an attachment is a “real” one
• Fixed: 562647 - crash (while using Gmail Conversation View add-on) when click Reply inside the message window [@ nsMsgComposeService::GetOrigWindowSelection(int, nsIMsgWindow*, nsACString_internal&)]
• Fixed: 564898 - crash [@ nsMsgAccountManager::RemoveFolderFromSmartFolder(nsIMsgFolder*, unsigned int)] [Mac]
• Fixed: 566249 - crash [@ nsPop3Protocol::StartGetAsyncPassword(Pop3StatesEnum)]
• Fixed: 567773 - Replay of flag changes after offline operation is forgotten when network connection is interrupted on replay
• Fixed: 567824 - gloda’s folder property indexingPriority set as function text, not number

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