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Join UsVersion 45.0beta, first offered to channel users on April 7, 2016
Add dropdown in compose to allow specific setting of font size.
Return/Enter in composer will now insert a new paragraph by default (shift-Enter will insert a line break)
Implement option to always use HTML formatting to prevent unexpected format loss when converting messages to plain text.
Mail.ru supports OAuth authentication.
Allow printing of individual contacts from context menu
Allow copying of name and email address from the message header of an email
AB quick search and contacts side bar will search nicknames
Allow editing of From when composing a message.
Fixed: When sending e-mail which was composed using Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters, unwanted extra spaces were inserted within the text.
Fixed: Grouped By view sort direction change was broken, plus enabled custom column grouping.
Fixed: New emails into a mailbox did not adhere to sort order by received.
Fixed: Box.com attachments failed to upload.
Fixed: Drag and drop of multiple attachments failed to OS file folder.
Linux builds for version 45.0b1 use GTK3, but are not offered for update because GTK2 will be used in future Thunderbird 45 versions. Fixed in 45.0b2.