Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 bug corrupt e-mail database

Posted on Monday, November 27 2006 @ 15:54 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Bug hunters found a critical flaw in Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 e-mail client. E-mails that don't have a unique sender-ID and message-ID and some mails send by ChillKat and Outlook Express can lead to problems.

The result is that Thunderbird stores the e-mails in your e-mail database but you won't be able to see them. The e-mails corrupt your database and once Thunderbird compresses the database it will delete these e-mails.

New beta versions feature a fix for the problem, an official version is expected in December.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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