I am a big fan of Thunderbird 3.0.1 (ThB3). It is a great piece of open-source software; and as every Mozilla project it has a very active add-ons community. Take a look at the official add-on list. This list is quite exhaustive.. So here is my Top 5 Thunderbird Add-ons:
#1 Nostalgy
Nostalgy 0.2.23 by Alain Frisch: it adds a command-line support to Thunderbird, for moving emails or jumping to a folder.
- It makes non-repetitive task (such as sorting emails to different folders) quicker.
- It allows to reach folders you don’t even know where they are because you have too many of them.
- You can easily jump to folders even if they are collapsed (i.e. not visible).
#2 Quote Colors
Quote Colors 0.3 by Malte Ruecker: it displays message thread into colors. In other words, replace the >>> with a color regarding the conversation depth.
- At a glance it displays how many replies there are in the conversation thread without visual overload.
- You can focus on the content without looking to the >>> on the left side to get the conversation depth.
#3 ImportExportTools
ImportExportTools 2.3.2 by Wind Li: export/import emails from files or other mailbox systems.
- Perfect if you have email quotas and want to free some space.
- You can easily re-import mails if you get quota extensions
#4 Display Mail Route
Display Mail Route 0.3.1 by Jürgen Ernst: it adds a symbol (such as a country flag) regarding the route that took the email.
- Very intuitive and compact way to detect spam/scams without visual overload.
- Of course not enough to detect frauds, but one more indicator that does an IP lookup for you..
#5 AttachmentExtractor
AttachmentExtractor 1.3.5 by eviljeff : enhance email attachment extraction.
- Provides a download shortcut to your favorite download folders.
- Automatically renaming files to avoid replacing existing files.
#Future
I’ve been reviewing and playing around with lots of add-ons lately for the DLM 3.0 project. But even if most of them got good reviews/rates and were recommended by many people/websites, I just didn’t stick with them. That’s why in a future post, I will share my failed attempts, which can be as worthwhile as successful ones..
