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Questions tagged [thunderbird-addon]

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How to get Thunderbird to nicely format Markdown?

I like Thunderbird for my email along with plain text. I disabled HTML emails and generally write most of my stuff in markdown anyway. So I'm looking for a way, to get Thunderbird to display markdown formatted plain text mails nicely when I view…
Brutus
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How can I make a filter for calendar/event/appointment invites in Thunderbird 38.2+

I would like to tag all incoming mails which include a calendar invite. Then I would like to move them into a different folder. I tried the method described in this answer, but it doesn't work: I tried a find a header named "Content-Type" with the…
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Thunderbird with external editors possible?

The known add-on external editor says it is compatible with Thunderbird 5. But the latest Thunderbird is version 31.1.0 already. Is it still usable? Or is there any other add-on that can enable editing emails in an external editor for Thunderbird?
qazwsx
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Create contact list by extracting recipients from e-mails

In 2012, on Thunderbird, I used an add-on to create an address list by extracting all recipients found in emails folders. But, I have reinstalled everything, and I do not remember how I did it... Similar questions have no satisfactory answer: How…
oHo
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Can multiple reminders be set as default in Thunderbird?

Is it possible to set Thunderbird so that when a new calendar item is added, multiple reminders can be created, by default? For example, the first reminder might be for two days in advance, to prepare for an event, and the second reminder 30 minutes…
DrMoishe Pippik
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List all Starred messages in Thunderbird sidebar

In Outlook, I can see all messages marked as Follow-up in the sidebar: Is it possible to do the same with Thunderbird? Is there an extension that does that? Having a special folder that shows all Starred, or having the Starred messages appearing on…
Nuno
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Visual indication of email recipient categories while composing a mail in Thunderbird

In Thunderbird, when I'm composing a mail, I would like some visual feedback regarding who I'm sending email to, in broad terms. A typical use case is to clearly distinguish whether my mail is being sent only inside my organization or not. Here's an…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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How can I add an old email as attachment in replying to a more recent email in Thunderbird?

I would like to attach an old email as attachment in replying to recent email in thunderbird. How can I go about achieving the same? I can go to Message-->Forward As--> Attachment in the old email but doing so I loose context of the current email. I…
Geek
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Compress an attachment in my mailclient inside my INBOX?

I got a lot of emails with uncompressed formats (like bmp, txt, ...) that I want to keep inside my IMAP-inbox, so I can access them from all my devices (Windows, Linux, ios, Android). Those emails take much disk space and bandwidth on synchronizing.…
rubo77
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Thunderbird: always sort emails by date

In Thunderbird, I have my messages sorted by date, in descending order. The newest message is on top. That is probably the most common setup. Now my problem: Very often, when I want to click on the newest email (first from top), it happens I click…
Martin Vegter
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Trying to convert HTML files to EML

I am trying to import some messages from my old mail client to thunderbird v24.3 (so that they will sync into gmail). I have all the messages saved as .html files as this is the only option I was given on export from that mail client. I have tried…
Anna
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Hyperlink to certain mail message

I want to be able to create a hyperlink to a certain email message. My client i thunderbird. I found this script https://addons.mozilla.org/en-uS/thunderbird/addon/thunderlink/?src=userprofile and after installing it as well as adding the…
user1603548
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Thunderbird: addon to show "Received from"

Is there some Addon for Thunderbird, which will display the "Received from" information from the email header? Ideally, I would like to be able to see the whole route where the email has traveled before it was delivered to me. But most importantly,…
user1968963
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Accessibility-Tweak in Thunderbird: How to prevent accidentally selected text from getting replaced when typing?

I'm trying to make my 97 years old grandma's laptop(Ubuntu 20.04) more accessible for her. She often is frustrated because mail text that she has written in Thunderbird message compose window vanishes. Disabling the touchpad and using an external…
Anton S.
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Print email attachment from specific sender automatically

I would like to filter my incoming emails in Thunderbird in a way that the attachment (invoice as pdf file) is printed automatically without additional confirmation or pop ups. The email body should not be printed, only the attached pdf file. Is…
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