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Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20

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*-* On Sat, 01 May 2021 17:41:42 -0400, at,
*-* In Article <s6khuf$8lj$1@dont-email.me>,
*-* Michael Trew wrote
*-* About Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20

> On 4/30/2021 10:53 PM, Ken Whiton wrote:
>> *-* Teddy-Bears wrote

>>> On 4/27/21 11:36 PM, this is what Michael Trew wrote:
>>>> I'm currently using Thunderbird 3.1.20 - have been for years.  I
>>>> use it as my primary e-mail client for 3 accounts as well as
>>>> Eternal September Usenet.  Some people have harassed me that
>>>> it's not secure or safe to use, but it seems to still work fine
>>>> for me.  Is there any significant risk to continue using this
>>>> version?  Regular updates are annoying, and I quite honestly
>>>> prefer the interface to this version.  I did not like the look
>>>> of version 5 when it came out.
>>> This is a weighted question.  From version 3.x to ~80.x, some 70+
>>> version changes is one hell of a jump.  Not sure why you pick
>>> version 5 as a jump point.

>>       He's not picking it as a current jump point.  He's citing
>> history.  TB 5 was the direct successor to TB 3.  There never was a
>> TB 4, so his dislike of the look of TB 5 immediately following TB 3
>> was probably the primary reason he stayed with TB 3 at the time,
>> and has for the intervening years.

>>       FWIW, I still use TB 1.5.0.14, so his TB 3 is modern by my
>> standards. :-D

> Yep!  I assume they skipped 4th to align with the current FF version.

     Yes, that was the reason.

> Out of curiosity, why did you stick with 1.5.x?

     To tell you the truth, it was so long ago that I don't remember.

                                        Ken Whiton
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Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-27 23:36 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Torsten Villnow <t.villnow@gmail.com> - 2021-04-28 08:48 +0200
    Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Wilf <wilf@postingx.uk> - 2021-04-28 17:39 +0100
  Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-28 07:39 -0400
    Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL> - 2021-04-30 22:53 -0400
      Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-05-01 17:41 -0400
        Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL> - 2021-05-03 00:06 -0400
    Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Miguel Tomar Nogueira <mnogueira@mail.telepac.pt> - 2021-05-09 22:39 +0000
      Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-05-10 07:36 -0700
        Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-05-10 10:25 -0700
          Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-05-10 13:43 -0400
          Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-05-10 10:43 -0700
          Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-05-11 11:32 -0400
            Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2021-05-11 09:19 -0700
              Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-05-11 12:59 -0400
            Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-05-11 13:11 -0400
              Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-05-13 01:03 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 11:58 +0000
    Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 13:59 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-28 08:19 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird 3.1.20 "David E. Ross" <not_me@not_there.invalid> - 2021-04-28 08:24 -0700

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