Thunderbird on 20.10 is broken

[Bret Busby]

On 28/10/2020, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
> On 27/10/2020 15:20, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 27/10/2020, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
> [...]
>>> I'm running Thunderbird 68.10.0 under Mint 19 and there is no such file
>>> as the one mentioned (in /usr/lib/thunderbird/defaults/messenger) and
>>> not under ~/.thunderbird either).
> [...]
>> The version number is shown as 78.3.2 (64-bit)
>
> Thank you. Wow, Mint is so far behind :-)
>
> Peter
>

I have just checked the Thunderbird version on my UbuntuMATE 16.04.x
(16.04.6 or 7, I think, completely updated), my primary system, upon
which I am accessing most of my gmail stuff, including writing most of
these gmail email messages, and, this Thunderbird version is the same
as on your Mint 19; 68.10.0, so, I assume that your Mint 19 is related
to Ubuntu 16.04; four years old, hence, the outdated version number of
your Thunderbird (and, the Thunderbird on my 16.04.x).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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