New in Thunderbird 38.0

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  • Revision id: 95118
  • Created:
  • Creator: Roland Tanglao
  • Comment: enough content to approve, probably more user facing features to document (won't document maildir until the ui is usable by non geeks)
  • Reviewed: Yes
  • Reviewed:
  • Reviewed by: rtanglao
  • Is approved? Yes
  • Is current revision? No
  • Ready for localization: No
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This article describes the major changes that are visible to users in Thunderbird version 38. Full details of all the changes can be found in the Thunderbird 38 release notes.


Filtering sent/archived messages

You can finally filter on sent and archived messages.

Search multiple address books

You can now search multiple address books!

Expanded Folder Pane columns

In the folder pane (the list of folders on the left), you can now show expanded options (Unread, Total and Size) View|Layout|Folder Pane Columns.

Google OAuth2

The Gmail IMAP and SMTP servers have been "extended" in a non-standard way to support authorization via the industry-standard OAuth 2.0 protocol. Thunderbird 38 supports this OAuth "extension".

Calendar integration

Starting in Thunderbird 38, the Lightning calendar add-on is bundled with Thunderbird.