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<p>68 beta is available - our precursor to ESR 68. So now is a good
time to start testing, so that your potential issues might be
fixed when version 68 initially ships, and rather than after it
ships.<br>
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<p>If you haven't tried a beta lately expect many changes. And
although 68 is close to being feature complete, it still may have
rough edges. Cumulative release notes are not yet available, but
should be available soon.<br>
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<p>Most add-ons will not work - report issues to those authors, not
in Thunderbird bug reports.<br>
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<p>Version 68 introduces profile (data) protections, so you may see
related warnings depending on how you are using beta and
profiles. <b>Please read </b><b><i>release notes: </i><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0beta/releasenotes/"><i>https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0beta/releasenotes/</i></a></b><b><i>
</i>so you know all the details and gotchas, like:<br>
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<li><u><b>Note - </b></u><u><b>Thunderbird 68 beta may not
recognise an existing profile. Workaround: start with the
profile manager option -p.</b></u></li>
<li><u><b>Note - </b></u><u><b>Thunderbird 68 beta may display a
message "You've launched an older version of Firefox" and
will not allow opening a specific profile. Workaround: start
with option --allow-downgrade.</b></u><b> </b>(it's
profile downgrade "protection" inherited from Firefox)<u><b><br>
</b></u></li>
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<p>If you have a support request post at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird</a></p>
<p>If you see a bug, report at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird</a>
and please include good details, steps to reproduce, and specify
version 68. <br>
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