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Tunderbird nightly builds as of 2019-05-18 and later, including recent Betas and version 68.x release candidates, contain experimental supported for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging Off-The-Record messaging (OTR)]. | Tunderbird nightly builds as of 2019-05-18 and later, including recent Betas and version 68.x release candidates, contain experimental supported for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging Off-The-Record messaging (OTR)]. | ||
However, the OTR feature is disabled by default. | However, the OTR feature is currently disabled by default. | ||
== Installing the external OTR library == | == Installing the external OTR library == | ||
Using the feature requires the [https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/ OTR library], | Using the feature requires the [https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/ OTR library]. | ||
<b>As of 2020-03-04, nightly Thunderbird builds include the required OTR library. If you downloaded a recent nightly build from thunderbird.net, you may skip the remainder of this section.</b> | |||
If you're using a Thunderbird build that excludes the required libraries, you must install them yourself. The installation steps depend on the platform you're using, please use them on your own risk, you should verify that you trust the origin of your downloads. | |||
On Linux, your distribution probably offers the libOTR library. | On Linux, your distribution probably offers the libOTR library. | ||
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== Enabling the OTR feature == | == Enabling the OTR feature == | ||
Because OTR is disabled by default, you need to manually enable the OTR feature once: | |||
Use preferences/advanced/config editor, search for chat.otr.enable and change it to true. Then restart Thunderbird. | Use preferences/advanced/config editor, search for chat.otr.enable and change it to true. Then restart Thunderbird. | ||