From: BillW50 on
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 18:31:19 +0100
From: Mark Banner <mbanner(a)mozillamessaging.com>
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Subject: Thunderbird 3.1 release candidate now available for download

Please note: the Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate is a public preview
release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It
includes several new features as well as improvements to performance,
memory, password handling, and the upgrade process. We recommend that
you read the release notes and known issues before installing this
release candidate:

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.1rc1/releasenotes/

The Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate is now available for download:

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads/

This milestone is focused on providing a preview of the functionality
provided by the new features and changes that will be included in
Thunderbird 3.1.

New features in Thunderbird 3.1 that require feedback include:

* New Quick Filter toolbar
* New Migration Assistant
* Saved Files Manager
* Several fixes to improve upgrading from Thunderbird 2
* Several design improvements and corrections to the interface
* Stability, memory, and password handling improvements

Testers can download Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate builds for
Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 44 different languages:

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/downloads/

Developers should also read the Thunderbird 3.1 for Developers article
on the Mozilla Developer Center:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Thunderbird_3.1_for_developers

Note: Please do not link directly to the download site. Instead we
strongly encourage you to link to this Thunderbird 3.1 Release Candidate
milestone announcement so that everyone will know what this milestone
is, what they should expect, and who should be downloading to
participate in testing at this stage of development:

http://mzl.la/tb31rc1

--
Bill
Thunderbird Portable 3.0 (20091130)