Thunderbird Upgrade - Should I?

[p.echols at comcast.net]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "NoOp" <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Thunderbird Upgrade - Should I?
> On 04/15/2012 06:25 AM, Graham Watkins wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm getting a nagging message on Thunderbird telling me to upgrade
> > to
> > the latest version as the one I'm using will soon no longer be
> > supported. I've downloaded the tarball for 11.01 from Mozilla but I
> > am
> > filled with foreboding. Is it safe to install this over the top of
> > my
> > existing Thunderbird installation or am I likely to trash something
> > and/or lose all my mail?
> >
> > Might it be safer to leave things alone until I decide to upgrade my
> > entire system? I'm using Ubuntu 10.4.
> ...
> 
> Ubuntu are doing users a disservice by not upgrading Thunderbird:
> <http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=thunderbird>
> 
> Note that it is not only the 10.04 LTS that they've not upgraded, but
> also natty (11.04 - which is still supported until October).
> 
> Were I you I'd file a bug report and demand an upgrade as Mozilla
> stopped all support (including security patches) for TB 3.1 this
> month:
> 
> <http://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2012/01/31/using-thunderbird-3-1-its-time-for-a-change/>
> <https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/upgrading-thunderbird-31>
> 

True, I'll sign up.  But until that works, and as Jarad points out in another reply, there is a PPA.  He suggests nightly, but seems to me the OP would want the current stable.  Here's a link.
https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/thunderbird-stable

For those insisting on the bleeding edge:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa

Cheers all,

PE