[BLFS Trac] #23639: thunderbird-153.0esr

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#23639: thunderbird-153.0esr
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 Reporter:  Joe Locash   |      Owner:  Joe Locash
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  13.1
Component:  BOOK         |    Version:  git
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 What’s New
 - Visual signatures can be added to PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird
 - 'Copy Message Link' and 'Copy News Link' added to header pane 'More
 actions'
 - Accessiblity is improved in various tree views
 - Added 'Archive' action to mail notifications
 - Add "Show Full Path" folder pane option for compact view modes
 - Unified folders now display account color indicator with account name
 tooltip
 - Folder copy enabled within mail server accounts and local folders
 - 'Reset Folder Order' option added to folder pane to reset custom folder
 sorting
 - Add `mail.useLocalizedFolderNames' to toggle special folder name
 localization
 - 'Favorites' added as destination for 'Move To' and 'File' buttons
 - Composer now shows a warning if user's configured OpenPGP key expires
 soon
 - Enabled configuration of preferred OpenPGP keyserver via the UI
 - Add mail.openpgp.load_untested_gpgme_version to load untested GPGME
 version
 - Added support for generating Unobtrusive Signatures (OpenPGP)
 - Implemented option to show only messages without any tag
 - Message body search enabled for OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted messages
 - SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies
 - Enable support for DNS over HTTPS
 - OAuth login for mail accounts now opens in default web browser
 - Thundermail services can now be used without installing an add-on
 - OAuth responses now verify issuer fields and reject missing required
 issuers
 - Enable the "Sign in with Thundermail" button in Account Hub
 - Account hub is opened on the first run of Thunderbird
 - Account Hub email manual config option added
 - Enable Thundermail OAuth sign-in with account auto-configuration
 - Address book cards can be copied to the clipboard as vCard
 - Enable exporting selected address book cards
 - Custom Accent Color can be chosen in Appearance Settings
 - Enable support for Microsoft Exchange via Exchange Web Services
 - Calendar month/multiweek views are now scrollable with touch screen
 - Tasks can be sorted by created or modified date
 - PDF pages can be reorganized directly in the PDF viewer

 What’s Changed
 - 'Copy Message Location' removed from mail context menu
 - Read folders are now removed from Unread Folders view
 - Special folders are now localized based on a restricted set of names
 - OpenPGP public key no longer attached by default in signed-only messages
 - Address books are now created in Account Hub
 - Yahoo, AT&T, AOL accounts migrated to OAuth 2.0 with PKCE for improved
 security
 - GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE
 - Skype has been retired and therefore dropped from Address book IM
 selection
 - Removed pref default_supports_diskspace.{HOST}
 - Removed pref default_offline_support_level.{HOST}
 - Removed Odnoklassniki chat setup and directed users to XMPP
 configuration
 - Use of the string "Junk" has been replaced with "Spam"
 - Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url
 - Stop shipping 32-bit Linux x86 binaries
 - 'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks

 What’s Fixed
 - Thunderbird could crash when parsing message state
 - The English string for the Angry emoji was incorrectly named as the Yell
 emoji
 - Notification sounds did not respect operating system's do-not-disturb
 mode
 - Non-English localized Thunderbird created English special folders on
 first start
 - Copying text from some error alerts was not possible
 - Fastmail CalDAV app password access failed due to forced OAuth
 regression
 - Thunderbird could crash in server subscription logic
 - Could not distinguish folders with same name in 'Recent Destinations'
 and 'Favorites'
 - Donation banner stole focus when Thunderbird was running in the
 background
 - Unknown command-line arguments passed to Thunderbird did not print
 warning
 - Thunderbird could crash when processing new incoming messages
 - Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to
 Spam folder
 - Web pages with bad certificates displayed as blank
 - Memory leak after opening New Window from folder pane context menu
 - Importing a vCard only displayed VCF files in the file picker
 - Calendar view tabs were not properly keyboard accessible
 - Ctrl+S did not save PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird tabs
 - TLS errors incorrectly reported all unknown failures as untrusted
 certificates
 - Thunderbird could crash when copying an empty list of messages
 - Incorrect roaming data directory caused regression on Windows and macOS
 - Changing to new drafts folder and then back did not correctly restore
 the folder
 - Message headers were re-downloaded at every startup
 - Old IMAP profile migration deleted INBOX and other mailbox files
 - 'Search Messages...' dialog could not be opened outside the email tab
 - Option did not exist to create new address book under File -> New
 - Newly created folder was missing under "Recent" when moving a message
 - Could not compose new message if the folder pane was empty
 - 'Delete' was missing from context menu when multiple IMAP folders were
 selected
 - Compacting multiple folders failed and did not compact
 - Shift-click for 'Edit' button in drafts header view did not work
 - "Replace All" in Compose did not update plain text until dialog closed
 - Status bar messages displayed unlocalized folder names or IMAP mailbox
 names
 - Saved email filenames were not not always cross-platform safe
 - Space bar did not scroll in PDF attachments opened from emails
 - Folder location widget used non-localised name
 - Empty confirmation dialog when more messages opened in tabs than
 mailnews.open_tab_warning
 - Removing tags from IMAP messages could fail and tags reappeared after
 refresh
 - Toggling dark message mode did not restore focus and scroll position
 - 'Show remote content' did not display remote content for EML message
 - Emoji sequences were not properly handled in subject lines
 - 'Delete' button in unified toolbar could delete attachments instead of
 message
 - "Repair text encoding" could duplicate recipient and attachments
 - Some IMAP emails showed current time instead of correct received date
 - Deleting a single message in folder using 'Group by Sort' failed after
 CTRL+A
 - New newsgroups were not added in alphabetical order by default
 - Sorting by threads only brought threads with unread top messages to the
 top
 - News message marked read after NNTP error prevented retrieval from
 server
 - 'Recent destinations' submenu was not sorted by time of modification
 - Account column could display incorrect account name
 - 'Tag' submenu of mail context menu could be populated incorrectly
 - Unified archive subfolders could show wrong names and no messages
 - Moving saved search/virtual folder under IMAP could fail
 - New Folder dialog allowed invalid folder creation without a selected
 parent folder
 - New/unread messages in collapsed thread were not obvious enough
 - Pressing Delete on Trash folder could remove it without confirmation
 - Renaming of a 'unified folder' created a duplicate
 - Clicking on a folder in the folder pane did not always open folder
 - Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view
 - Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could
 corrupt view
 - Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were
 deleted
 - Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort
 - Global search failed to display inaccessible messages found in local
 folders
 - Numeric subfolders were sorted alphabetically instead of naturally
 - Virtual folder folder-picker showed unlabeled IM account as selectable
 folder
 - Some folders showed new mail count prior to receiving mail
 - Menu Bar -> View contained duplicate accelerator keys
 - Unified toolbar Spam button did not switch to "Not Spam" when spam
 message selected
 - Warning was not logged if mail.openpgp.alias_rules_file file did not
 exist
 - Not all headers were signed when creating digitally signed OpenPGP email
 - When configuring external GnuPG, user was not promted to import public
 key
 - "Open and Show" for OpenPGP-signed message (.eml) did not work
 - Invalidly signed unencrypted emails were indicated as worse than
 unsigned ones
 - Reason for revoked certificate was not shown
 - Apple Mail OpenPGP emails failed to decrypt due to hidden recipient key
 ID
 - OpenPGP import of public key with experimental packets failed with
 unclear error
 - Opening messages with OpenPGP keys was slow and blocked the UI for large
 keyrings
 - OpenPGP key refresh failed when fingerprint lookup returned multiple
 results
 - Encrypted Gmail CSE emails with outer opaque S/MIME were not readable
 - Invalid S/MIME encryption certificate caused misleading send errors
 - "Search Messages" search did not finish due to unparsable local folders
 - Search results showed older irrelevant emails before newer exact matches
 - Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts
 - Esc cleared quick filter pin after changing folder
 - Thunderbird could crash during local message search
 - Replying could fail with mailnews.reply_quoting_selection.multi_word set
 false
 - Drag-drop of unselected contact inserted wrong or no email address
 - Changing identity in compose window caused modified draft not to be
 saved
 - Shift-click 'Compose Message To' on 'mailto' link did not open in plain
 text
 - Reply with selected text lost formatting for HTML messages containing
 </pre>
 - Multipart/related attachments were not preserved when editing or
 forwarding
 - Forwarded malformed MIME email had empty body and extra attachment
 - Message compose window was removed from Task Bar after saving as draft
 or template
 - Dragging email address between compose windows failed to add recipients
 - Thunderbird could crash when using Find and Replace All
 - Compose with PDF attachments opened PDFs instead of creating a new email
 - Multiple saves while using 'Options' -> 'Send a Copy' resulted in
 multiple copies
 - Search for "Attachment" in Settings menu did not find "Files and
 Attachments"
 - Add-on account creation did not work with Account Hub
 - Owl install did not show link to website in Account Hub
 - Username field did not appear in Account Hub when exchange
 authentication failed
 - Account Hub advanced config setup did not include default outgoing
 config
 - Disabled inputs could be toggled in Account Hub address book
 - Users could not disable spinning overlay in Account Hub for email
 - Account Hub local address book creation could continue with blank name
 - Account Hub email success messages were not always accurate about config
 source
 - Calendar/address book sections were shown in Account Hub when there were
 none
 - New password-based Exchange accounts failed to save passwords in login
 manager
 - Account hub showed connection security instead of actual authentication
 method
 - New identity dialog lacked reply-matching and end-to-end encryption
 settings
 - Thunderbird could fail to shut down cleanly during active OAuth requests
 - Account Hub kept OAuth selected after changing to hostname without OAuth
 support
 - Account Hub autodetect wrongly prompted for a password when auth was
 unavailable
 - Interrupted external OAuth2 setup required restarting Thunderbird
 - The default account could be reset after restart if uninitialized
 - Virtual folders did not update correctly for filtered POP3 messages
 - 'Copy Message to' action in a newsgroup filter did not work
 - Thunderbird could crash while importing mail thread
 - Thunderbird did not clearly fail when importing profile from a bad
 source
 - Thunderbird could not import profile located at the top level of zip
 file
 - 'Any Number' was unavailable in address book search with 'Match all of
 the following'
 - Contact not found in Advanced Address Book Search if phone number had a
 period
 - Thunderbird did not display contact photos in WebP format from CardDAV
 servers
 - Opening a vCard (.vcf) from file manager or CLI did not work in some
 cases
 - Redirected CardDAV URLs resolved relative URLs against the wrong host
 - Installations from Microsoft Store did not open when clicking 'mailto:'
 links
 - Windows new message notification click did not bring Thunderbird to
 foreground
 - Microsoft Store installs did not open when clicking 'news://' link or
 .eml file
 - Using thunderbird -compose with double quotes made last email address
 invalid
 - Clicking the backspace icon in the quick filter field cleared the input
 field
 - Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages
 were deleted
 - Moving virtual folder within maildir based IMAP or local folder could
 fail
 - Thunderbird could crash when completing folder copy/move
 - 'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed
 messages
 - Various MIME improvements
 - Forwarding some Apple Mail messages incorrectly attached inline text as
 a file
 - Thunderbird could crash when marking all messages as read
 - Auto-compaction could corrupt database and cause crashes during syncs
 - 'news:' URIs without specific server had incorrect format displayed in
 status bar
 - 'Mark' -> 'All Read' affected newsgroup messages that had not been
 fetched yet
 - Thunderbird could not reconnect to newsgroups after connection loss
 until restarted
 - Sending a newsgroup post appeared successful when it had actually failed
 - Saving a new draft retained superceded version
 - Thunderbird hung when auto-checking multiple accounts for new messages
 - Spam not checked with mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new on
 - Startup could be slow with large number of folders not using
 subscriptions
 - Saved search in unified folder resulted in server error
 - Thunderbird did not report refused POP3 connection
 - Remove message body retention policy was not functional
 - POP3 could stop downloading mail until restart
 - With auto-mark-read disabled, large mail still marked as read during
 load delay
 - IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart
 - POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket
 - Thunderbird could crash when mail folder was renamed or moved
 - NNTP server with invalid TLS certificate could not be added to
 certificate exceptions
 - Cancelled message send could not be retried and hung with SMTP timeout
 errors
 - Corrupted NNTP account data caused excessive memory use and startup
 crash
 - Multiple selected IMAP folders could not be moved or deleted together
 - Non-Latin IMAP keywords were lowercased and encoded incorrectly as
 MUTF-7
 - Message tags were lost when moving folder from local folder to IMAP
 folder
 - Removing a chat account threw an exception and failed to clear the UI
 - Enterprise policy use not indicated in about:preferences with link to
 about:policies
 - Language field in settings was empty after restart in Troubleshoot Mode
 - Primary Password policy was detected but not enforced for saved account
 passwords
 - Archived RSS feed messages were sent to the archive folder of default
 identity
 - Broken feed icon could prevent updating of feeds
 - Task reminders could fail for tasks without end dates or with shifted
 due dates
 - Calendar did not alert user for connection issues
 - Copying one recurring event occurrence failed to set the date when
 pasted
 - Could not copy an event in multiweek or month view by drag-and-drop
 - Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered
 out
 - Calendar discovery with certificate error displayed multiple exceptions
 - It was not possible to create date-only all-day tasks
 - Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in
 tooltips
 - Calendar invites were incorrectly marked processed after calendar sync
 completed
 - ICS event comments were not displayed in Thunderbird event details
 - Dismissed Gmail calendar reminder did nothing and item stayed visible
 - iCal imports misread unknown timezones as GMT, creating events at wrong
 times
 - Could not export local calendar as HTML
 - Cancelled filter edit dialog closed the message filter dialog
 - Visual and UX improvements
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