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It seems Thunderbird (currently 38.6.0 on Windows 8.1 64bit on an Acer laptop) is still automagically updating itself, although I've already set the update policy from "ask" to "never".
Not recommended, I know, but I need Lightning as well, and there are always a few days after a Thunderbird update during which it happily declares Lightning could not be used with this new version of Thunderbird.
So my idea was to go from "automatic" updates to "ask" and do this manually only if Lightning was available for the new Thunderbird release. But not even "never" updating removes this issue.
Question 1 - How can I stop Thunderbird from updating? The setting seems to be ignored.
Question 2 - Right now, there is a Lightning 4.0.6 version listed to be compatible with TB 38.6.0, but it has no download link at [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Calendar/Calendar_Versions]. How am I supposed to download it?
Thanks for sheding some light on this!
virtualnobi
Posted 2016-04-21T06:18:22.063
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In the latest releases of Thunderbird, Lightning is integrated into the core so you don't need the extension, and so it isn't being updated. – Paul – 2016-04-21T07:17:02.630
https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/category/lightning/ – Paul – 2016-04-21T07:18:14.387
Lighting hasn't been updated since at least 2006. How do I know this because, the announcement was made back then, Thunderbird also received the same treatment by Mozilla. – Ramhound – 2016-04-21T13:35:59.823
@Ramhound: I use Thunderbird/Lightning in Linux. Mine was recently updated to V45, and Lightning shows as V4.7, updated 5/10/2016. I keep reading that Mozilla abandoned Thunderbird and Lightning, but that doesn't appear to be the case, although they don't seem to promote it on their web site. – fixer1234 – 2016-05-21T22:20:00.833