Thunderbird 6.0.1 Release, Fraudulent SSL Certificate Revoked

Thunderbird 6.0.1 is now available for download. This version revoked the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance. (see more details in "What's new in Thunderbird 6.0.1" section)

Overview Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail. Thunderbird 6.0 includes tabbed e-mail, new search tools and indexing, "smart" folders, support for Firefox's Personas, a simplified setup wizard, and robust junk protections that include phishing and spam filters.

Thunderbird 6.0 contains a number of new features including:
  • Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 6 engine.
  • Several theme improvements for Windows 7.
  • Support for Windows 7 Jump lists.
  • Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook.
  • Default mail client check now works with newer Linux distributions.
  • Various other user interface fixes and improvements.
  • Numerous platform fixes that improve speed, performance, stability and security.

How to download Thunderbird 6.0.1
You can download Thunderbird 6.0.1 from web site litsed below:

What's new in Thunderbird 6.0.1
Thunderbird 6.0.1 contains the following security fixes:
Security fixes:
  • Revoked the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance [High]

Source: Thunderbird Release Notes

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