Romain Vuillemot

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..