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Thunderbird 68.9.0 fixes 5 high impact security issues
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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The Thunderbird development team has released the stable version ofThunderbird68.9.0 to the general public.
Thunderbirdhas the same release schedule of Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release). Mozilla increased the frequency of the Firefox releases so that’s why we see moreThunderbirdreleases than usual.
If you already haveThunderbirdinstalled, you should be prompted for an update.
But if you didn’t receive the update yet, you can select click on Help, then go to AboutThunderbirdand run a manual check for updates.
Of course, there is also the option todownloadthe new release from theofficial project websiteand install it manually.
What is new in Thunderbird 68.9.0?
Actually, there no new feature coming with the newThunderbird68.9.0. However, therelease notespoint to three bug fixes and some security fixes.
For starters, a bug fix corrected an issue that prevented users from removing custom headers used for searching for filteringemails.
Another solved problem is that now, the Today Pane from the Calendar is updated after all data is loaded.
The third release note points to fixing unspecified stability issues.
Thunderbird 68.9.0 security issues fixed
The most important part of the update was actually theVarious security issues.
In the detail page, theMozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-22lists 5 high impact security issues fixed in the newThunderbird68.9.0 version:
Do you useThunderbirdas ane-mail client? Leave your thoughts about it in the comments sections below.
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
