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Xpunge Version History

27 versions

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These versions are displayed for reference and testing purposes. You should always use the latest version of an add-on.

Version 5.0.1 52.4 KiB Works with Thunderbird 128.2.0 - 131.*

NOTE: The rewrite of Xpunge to make it compatible with TB 128 was done by John Bieling from the Thunderbird team.

Xpunge 5.0.1 fixes a bug for emptying the trash of & compacting POP3 accounts. This bug was also preventing Xpunge from compacting or emptying the trash of other accounts, if they were configured to come after POP3 accounts in the MultiXpunge/Timer preferences.

NOTE: There is still an issue related to Exchange/Office365 accounts accessed via the Owl add-on. Emptying the trash or compacting the folders of such accounts does not work. And if you have emptying the trash of such an account enabled in the preferences, it prevents Xpunge from compacting the folders or emptying the trash of other accounts. As a workaround, you can remove such accounts from the MultiXpunge/Timer preferences. And use Thunderbird's menu actions to empty the trash and compact the folders of such accounts.

Since version 5.0.0, Xpunge uses the WebExtension local storage and performs a migration of the legacy (i.e. version 4.0.2 or older) Xpunge preferences to this storage system.

If you want to Xpunge a single account via the "Call Xpunge Now" menu option, you need to select the top-level account, it cannot be any subfolder like in previous versions. The "Call Xpunge Now" option is also available in the context (i.e. right-click) menu of any top-level account.

Please note that in this version, the Xpunge Preferences page is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 5.0.0 52.4 KiB Works with Thunderbird 128.2.0 - 131.*

NOTE: The rewrite of Xpunge to make it compatible with TB 128 was done by John Bieling from the Thunderbird team.

Xpunge 5.0.0 constitutes a major rewrite and makes Xpunge compatible with TB 128 and MailExtensions/WebExtensions. The options/preferences page of Xpunge has also been redesigned/rewritten.

Since version 5.0.0, Xpunge uses the WebExtension local storage and performs a migration of the legacy (i.e. version 4.0.2 or older) Xpunge preferences to this storage system.

If you want to Xpunge a single account via the "Call Xpunge Now" menu option, you need to select the top-level account, it cannot be any subfolder like in previous versions. The "Call Xpunge Now" option is also available in the context (i.e. right-click) menu of any top-level account.

Please note that in this version, the Xpunge Preferences page is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 4.0.2 85.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 115.0a1 - 115.*

NOTE: Xpunge 5.0.1 is now available and compatible with TB 128.2.0.

Xpunge 4.0.2 fixes a bug that sometimes prevented MultiXpunge from working when called via the Menu Bar menu item.

In version 4.0.0, I had to resize various elements in the options (preferences) page of Xpunge, as the layout was off in Thunderbird 115. If any elements in the Xpunge Preferences window do not display properly, please send me a support email.

Please note that in this version, the Xpunge Preferences page is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 4.0.1 85.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 115.0a1 - 115.*

Xpunge 4.0.1 fixes a bug that prevented individual folders from being compacted with MultiXpunge and the Timer.

In version 4.0.0, I had to resize various elements in the options (preferences) page of Xpunge, as the layout was off in Thunderbird 115. If any elements in the Xpunge Preferences window do not display properly, please send me a support email.

Please note that in this version, the Xpunge Preferences page is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 4.0.0 85.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 115.0a1 - 115.*

Xpunge 4.0.0 makes it compatible with Thunderbird 115.

I had to resize various elements in the options (preferences) page of Xpunge, as the layout was off in Thunderbird 115. If any elements in the Xpunge Preferences window do not display properly, please send me a support email.

Please note that in this version, the Xpunge Preferences page is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 3.0.0 77.2 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 102.*

Xpunge 3.0.0 makes it compatible with Thunderbird 91. It is also compatible with Thunderbird 102.

Some users are making claims that Xpunge does not work on Thunderbird 91 at all. That is not true, Xpunge 3.0.0 is already being used on Thunderbird 91 by thousands of users. If you have an issue with Xpunge, please send me an email using the support email link, and I will do my best to help you troubleshoot.

Please note that in this version, the options (preferences) page of Xpunge is available through the wrench icon in the Extensions tab of the Add-ons Manager (accessible through the "Add-ons and Themes" menu entry).

ATTENTION: Some users have reported an issue in Thunderbird 102, where email accounts are "forgotten" in the preferences of "MultiXpunge", so they are no longer being compacted or their trash/junk emptied. After upgrading to Thunderbird 102, please double check your current setup in all tabs of the preferences page of Xpunge. If your accounts/folders are still not processed by Xpunge, try reconfiguring Xpunge, by removing all your accounts/folders from the setup of Xpunge and adding them again.

ATTENTION: Some users have reported an issue in Thunderbird 91, where they install Xpunge 3.0.0 but MultiXpunge still does not work, with an error about "fixIterator" appearing in the Error Console. This is an issue with Thunderbird, not with Xpunge. The same users have reported that disabling and enabling Xpunge 3.0.0 again seems to solve the issue. So you might want to give it a try, if you have the same problem.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 2.1.1 74.9 KiB Works with Thunderbird 78.0 - 78.*

Xpunge 2.1.1 fixes a bug in the options page that prevented individual folders from being set up to be compacted.

Please note that in this version, the options (preferences) page of Xpunge is available through the "Tools --> Add-on Options --> Xpunge" Menu Bar entry.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 2.1.0 73.2 KiB Works with Thunderbird 78.0 - 78.*

Xpunge 2.1.0 is an attempt to quickly get Xpunge running in Thunderbird 78. Support for legacy extensions like Xpunge was removed in Thunderbird 78, which means that Xpunge has to be re-written as a MailExtension. While I am working on this re-write, I have made version 2.1.0 available so users can continue to work with Xpunge.

Due to limitations imposed by MailExtensions, Xpunge can only add one button in Thunderbird. So one of the two buttons provided by Xpunge in previous versions (called "Xpunge") is not available in version 2.1.0. You can invoke the functionality that used to be offered by that button through a menu entry: Tools --> Xpunge --> Xpunge --> Call Xpunge Now. The "MultiXpunge" button is still available.

Please note that in this version, the options (preferences) page of Xpunge is available through the "Tools --> Add-on Options --> Xpunge" menu entry.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 1.0.0 61.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 68.0 - 68.*

This release contains changes to make Xpunge compatible with Thunderbird 68. For older versions of Thunderbird, please download an older version of Xpunge.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.7.1 61.9 KiB Works with Thunderbird 60.0 - 60.*

This release fixes a bug in the preferences pages for MultiXpunge and the Timer that prevented the preferences from being saved.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.7 61.9 KiB Works with Thunderbird 60.0 - 60.*

This release contains changes to make Xpunge compatible with Thunderbird 60. Version 0.7 of Xpunge is compatible with Thunderbird 60 and above. For older versions of Thunderbird, please download an older version of Xpunge.

The option to open the preferences page of Xpunge in a dialog has been removed from the "Xpunge" sub-menu under the "Tools" menu. This is because the preferences page now opens in a tab and Thunderbird also adds it's own sub-menu (called "Add-on references") under the "Tool" menu, which contains a menu item to access Xpunge's preferences page.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.6 61.8 KiB Works with Thunderbird 5.0 - 52.*

This release contains a fix for the MultiXpunge/Timer options setup and functionality on Thunderbird 26 and some fixes for translations.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.5 59.4 KiB Works with Thunderbird 5.0 - 24.*

This release contains the oft-requested feature of emptying Junk folders. To accommodate the new functionality, the Xpunge preferences window has been redesigned a bit.

Translations included: Danish (da), French (fr-FR), German (de), Greek (el), Japanese (ja) and Russian (ru).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.4.3 65.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 5.0 - 17.*

This is a release compatible with Thunderbird 6. The functionality of version 0.4.3 is otherwise the same as that of 0.4.2.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.4.2 60.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 5.0 - 6.*

This is a release compatible with Thunderbird 5. The functionality of version 0.4.2 is otherwise the same as that of 0.4.1.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.4.1 60.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 3.0 - 3.1.*

This is a release compatible with Thunderbird 3.1. The functionality of version 0.4.1 is otherwise the same as that of 0.4. Four new translations have been added: Catalan (ca-AD), Danish (da-DK), German (de-DE) and Japanese (ja), in addition to the existing ones: Dutch (nl-NL), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Hebrew (he-IL), Hungarian (hu-HU), Russian (ru-RU) and Spanish-Spain (es-ES).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.4 51.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 3.0 - 3.1.*

This is a release compatible with Thunderbird 3. The functionality of version 0.4 is otherwise the same as that of 0.3.

Translations included: Dutch (nl-NL), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Hebrew (he-IL), Hungarian (hu-HU), Russian (ru-RU) and Spanish-Spain (es-ES).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.3 49.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

This is the first major release in a while and introduces a few new features: the timer can now also be set at a specific time every day, a confirmation dialog can be displayed when Xpunge or MultiXpunge is called, there are buttons in the Preferences window to add/remove all accounts from the list of accounts to be processed, Xpunge and MultiXpunge can now be called from the menu too.

Translations included: French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Hebrew (he-IL), Hungarian (hu-HU), Russian (ru-RU) and Spanish-Spain (es-ES).

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

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Version 0.2.3 52.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

This is just a minor release, to make the extension compatible with TB 2. The functionality of 0.2.3 is exactly the same as that of 0.2.2.

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Version 0.2.2 52.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

The homepage for Xpunge has changed so this release includes the correct address. Lots of things are in the ToDo list but not enough time to implement anything for this release.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

Supported locales: English (en-US), Chinese-Traditional (zh-TW), Croatian (hr-HR), Danish (da-DK), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Italian (it-IT), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl-PL), Russian (ru-RU), Slovak (sk-SK), Spanish-Spain (es-ES) and Ukrainian (uk-UA).

Please read the "Developer Comments" on the main page before installing this extension.

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Version 0.2.1 52.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

This release introduces small improvements, such as not showing Newsgroup accounts in the trash folder lists and a new icon for the "MultiXpunge" button that is easier to distinguish.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

Supported locales: English (en-US), Chinese-Traditional (zh-TW), Croatian (hr-HR), Danish (da-DK), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Italian (it-IT), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl-PL), Russian (ru-RU), Slovak (sk-SK), Spanish-Spain (es-ES) and Ukrainian (uk-UA).

Please read the "Developer Comments" on the main page before installing this extension.

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Version 0.2 51.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

This release introduces two new major features. A timer has been added that automates the functionality of the extension and there is now the capability to select individual folders (in addition to whole accounts) for compacting with the "MultiXpunge" button.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

Supported locales: English (en-US), Chinese-Traditional (zh-TW), Croatian (hr-HR), Danish (da-DK), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Italian (it-IT), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl-PL), Russian (ru-RU), Slovak (sk-SK), Spanish-Spain (es-ES) and Ukrainian (uk-UA).

Please read the "Developer Comments" on the main page before installing this extension.

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Version 0.1.7 30.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

This is a bug fix release. Two harmless (i.e. no data loss) bugs have been discovered and corrected, and more locales have been added.

Please take a look at the release notes for more information.

Supported locales: English (en-US), French (fr-FR), Greek (el-GR), Italian (it-IT), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl-PL), Portuguese-Brazilian (pt-BR), Slovak (sk-SK), Spanish-Spain (es-ES) and Turkish (tr-TR).

Please read the "Developer Comments" on the main page before installing this extension.

I have also made available a beta version of Xpunge that includes a timer feature for automating the functionality provided by the extension. Take a look at the corresponding entry in the comments section.

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Version 0.1.2 22.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

There are no major changes in this release. The new additions are button tooltips (for the toolbar buttons) and some locales.

Supported locales: en-US (English), fr-FR (French) and el-GR (Greek).

Please read the "Developer Comments" on the main page before installing this extension.

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Version 0.1 19.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

This version introduces a second toolbar button that offers the functionality to process multiple email accounts with just one click. It also makes the two functions ("Empty Trash" and "Compact Folders") optional, both for a single account and for multiple email accounts.

Please read the "Developer Comments" on this page before installing this extension.

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Version 0.0.3 6.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5b2

Updated compatibility with Thunderbird 1.5b2.

A revamped release with customizable features and the functionality to process multiple email accounts with one click is coming soon. Follow the "MultiXpunge" link in the Developer Comments for a preview.

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Version 0.0.2 7.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5b1

This is the initial release.

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