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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

#16623 — "New version available" notification?

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!

John
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email address to prevent spam. Thank you.

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#16629

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.



-- 
Kind regards
Ralph Fox
🦊️

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#16636

On Tue, 13 May 2025 18:11:30 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
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.

Not in my regular experience on Win 11/currently TB 138.0... and now
expecting 138.0.1 after Ant's advisory.

I've always had to ask Help > About Thunderbird to establish whether
the availability exists for my sys/language preference.  That's with
(X) Check for updates.

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#16638

On 13/05/2025 18:47, Nobody wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2025 18:11:30 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
> 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.
> 
> Not in my regular experience on Win 11/currently TB 138.0... and now
> expecting 138.0.1 after Ant's advisory.
> 
> I've always had to ask Help > About Thunderbird to establish whether
> the availability exists for my sys/language preference.  That's with
> (X) Check for updates.
> 

I think it's just that they (both Firefox and Thunderbird) do not check 
for updates on their own very often. For both of them you will get your 
updates much quicker if you manually go to About every few hours.

Also it may be that they both only ever check when they are starting up. 
So, since some people leave Thunderbird running for days on end in the 
background, that may be why Thunderbird seems not to tell them about 
available updates.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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#16640

On Tue, 13 May 2025 21:19:42 +0100, Brian Gregory
<void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote:

>On 13/05/2025 18:47, Nobody wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 May 2025 18:11:30 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
>> 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.
>> 
>> Not in my regular experience on Win 11/currently TB 138.0... and now
>> expecting 138.0.1 after Ant's advisory.
>> 
>> I've always had to ask Help > About Thunderbird to establish whether
>> the availability exists for my sys/language preference.  That's with
>> (X) Check for updates.
>> 
>
>I think it's just that they (both Firefox and Thunderbird) do not check 
>for updates on their own very often. For both of them you will get your 
>updates much quicker if you manually go to About every few hours.

But as the OP points out, Firefox 'does' present a friendly drop-down
nag telling me an update is in the wings.  This morning (Canadian PDT)
I knew about 138.0.3... and installed it.

Checking this NG, I knew from Ant that TB 138.0.1 should be
available... but it took several hours of humming the Beatles' 'Help'
before it appeared.  <g>

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#16641

Nobody wrote:
[..snip..]
> Checking this NG, I knew from Ant that TB 138.0.1 should be
> available... but it took several hours of humming the Beatles' 'Help'
> before it appeared.  <g>

If you're so avid for the newest hot shit, switch to the TB Beta- or
Daily-Channel.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/choosing-thunderbird-release-channel

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#16642

On Wed, 14 May 2025 01:46:34 +0200, Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
wrote:

>Nobody wrote:
>[..snip..]
>> Checking this NG, I knew from Ant that TB 138.0.1 should be
>> available... but it took several hours of humming the Beatles' 'Help'
>> before it appeared.  <g>
>
>If you're so avid for the newest hot shit, switch to the TB Beta- or
>Daily-Channel.

Und wer hat Sie um eine Meinung gebeten?

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#16643

Nobody wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2025 01:46:34 +0200, Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
> wrote:
> 
>>Nobody wrote:
>>[..snip..]
>>> Checking this NG, I knew from Ant that TB 138.0.1 should be
>>> available... but it took several hours of humming the Beatles' 'Help'
>>> before it appeared.  <g>
>>
>>If you're so avid for the newest hot shit, switch to the TB Beta- or
>>Daily-Channel.
> 
> Und wer hat Sie um eine Meinung gebeten?

Someone who calls himself "nobody". I don't recall which of the various
nobodies here in this newsgroup it was.

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#16639

I already have "automatically..." UNchecked, and "Check for..." Checked.

I am running Windows 10 64-bit pro.

When I click on Help->About Thunderbird, it shows that I am on 
128.9.2esr and an update to 128.10.0esr is available.

This is better than nothing, but not as good as the automatic 
notification which Firefox provides when an update is available.

In any case, thanks for your suggestion.

On 5/13/2025 1:11 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.
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Please reply in this newsgroup. I never post my true
email address to prevent spam. Thank you.

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#16649

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?

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#16650

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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