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Re: "New version available" notification?

From	EnDeeGee <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: "New version available" notification?
Date	2025-05-14 11:30 -0400
Message-ID	<1002cu8$lr78$1@solani.org> (permalink)
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On 14-May-2025 10:52, Rick wrote:
> On 5/13/2025 2:11 AM, Ralph Fox wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2025 15:01:37 -0500, nobody@nonospam.org wrote:
>>
>>> I use both Firefox and Thunderbird. Firefox always notifies me when a
>>> new version is available, a feature I like. Thunderbird does not. Is
>>> there a setting somewhere to activate such a feature? Thanks!
>>
>>
>> In Thunderbird,
>> Settings >> General >> Updates  (near the bottom)
>> where the options are:
>>    ( ) Automatically install updates
>>    ( ) Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them
>>
>> The second option above will notify you but leave you to make the
>> decision to install.
>>
>> BUT...
>>
>> If you are running Linux and your Thunderbird comes from your
>> Linux distro, then updates may be disabled in Thunderbird
>> because updates will be handled by your distro's update manager.
>>
>> On Windows, some people have used a Policy hack to disable updates.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I am using Betterbird 115.13.0-bb30 (64-bit) and don't see this option 
> anywhere.  Does BB work differently?

Looks like BB works differently for updates because it's not in BB 128 
either.

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"New version available" notification? nobody@nonospam.org - 2025-05-12 15:01 -0500
  Re: "New version available" notification? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2025-05-13 18:11 +1200
    Re: "New version available" notification? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-13 10:47 -0700
      Re: "New version available" notification? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-13 21:19 +0100
        Re: "New version available" notification? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-13 15:59 -0700
          Re: "New version available" notification? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-05-14 01:46 +0200
            Re: "New version available" notification? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-05-13 19:10 -0700
              Re: "New version available" notification? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-05-14 04:27 +0200
    Re: "New version available" notification? nobody@nonospam.org - 2025-05-13 15:45 -0500
    Re: "New version available" notification? Rick <rick@nospam.com> - 2025-05-14 10:52 -0400
      Re: "New version available" notification? EnDeeGee <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-14 11:30 -0400

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