Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 3.1 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on June 25, 2010 - 1:33am

Thunderbird logoMozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 3.1 has been released in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Russian and Spanish (Spain and International) packages. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This release updates Mozilla Thunderbird to the latest release, adding better migration tools and improved search capabilities. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Features

portablethunderbird_small.pngMozilla Thunderbird is the safe, fast email client that's easy to use. It has lots of great features including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP/POP, RSS support and more. Plus, the portable version leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take your email and adress book with you wherever you go. Learn more about Mozilla Thunderbird...

New In This Release

The included Thunderbird has been updated to 3.1 (release notes).

2.0 Still Supported

The 2.0 version of Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is still being actively maintained and updated. Users of some extensions may wish to continue using 2.0. It is available using the "Other Versions" link on the Thunderbird Portable homepage.

GPG 1.4.10

GPG, in conjunction with the Enigmail extension, allows you to sign and encrypt your email. Learn more about GPG and Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition.

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all your email and settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is available for immediate download from the Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition homepage. You can get the German release from the German homepage and the French, Italian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese releases from the Localization page. Get it today!

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Comments

Installed this update and it notified me that Lightning need updating.
Thunderbird and Lightning installd OK, but lost my existing calendar!!!

Recommend users backup their calendar file before installing this update.

update
Ignore above, calendar has mysteriously reappeared intact?? WTF?

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First TB updates to 3.1, at which point your calendar is disabled (since 1.0B1 is incompatible with 3.1). Then your calendar is updated to 1.0B2 and will appear in TB after you restart it. You can't upgrade calendar first because 1.0B1 won't work on 3.0.x. That make sense?

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