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It's a Monday morning, we're sipping coffee and listening to jazz, and thinking about productivity and Thunderbird Add-ons!

We'd love to know what Add-ons help you get things done for our next productivity blog coming next week. (Also, I'll probably install all of them. You know, for research! - Monica) We love seeing your productivity tips and tricks, and we know you've got some great suggestions. So start your week off right and let us know!

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Joachim Weinbrenner
Joachim Weinbrenner
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Only 2 in use currently: `Copy Sent to Current` to directly safe sent mails in the preferred folder and `Dark Reader` because I am a dark mode lover 😎
Thanks for your great work!
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GenTollis
GenTollis
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Here's my list (in no particular order):
No Message Pane Sort - disables mouse clicks on the column headers so I don't re-sort my mail when I mis-click.
Lookout (fix version): opens winmail.dat files from Exchange/Outlook users
ThunderHTMLedit - adds an HTML tab in the composition window
*cloud - Filelink for Nextcloud & OwnCloud - makes sharing large files easy by integrating with Nextcloud
Owl for Exchange - lets my use Thunderbird with my work email
uBlock Origin - no ads
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TuxOnBike
TuxOnBike
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I use ImportExportTools to export my local archive Folders with their complete hierarchy.
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Victorhck
Victorhck
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just only use Thunderbird Conversations. That's the way I need to see the threads in my mailbox.
Would like to be available that way to see messages with no addons...
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Mr. Kindle
Mr. Kindle
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is Thunderbird for Android finally being released?
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Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴
Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴
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here are a few I always include in new installations :

* LanguageTool (premium)
* ImportExportTools NG
* Display Mail User Agent T
* Quicktext
* Tagger

And sometimes :
* LookOut (fix version)

I wish the LookOut functionality was default in TB!

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PondAI
PondAI
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I use only *cloud for FileLink. I'd also use uBlock Origin, but even though there's a version for Thunderbird on GitHub, it's not in the add-on store which makes it enough of an effort to push it to "later" constantly.
I also wanted to theme it, but there are hardly any compared to Firefox and Color extension doesn't create themes for Thunderbird. I also had very annoying theming issues with Flatpak.
Relevant Mozilla Connect Ideas:
connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/m…
connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/u…
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TheTomas
TheTomas
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Well if you are in need of a new task:

Please make it possible to use Thunderbird without any Browser-Engine and Addons. Just pure plain Text-Only Mails.

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Quentin
Quentin
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Thunderbird Conversations 🙏 🙏 that permits to see all related mails very easily. Very important in a context of a shared mail box, where you need to see quickly all received and send mails
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Quentin
Quentin
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And Expression Search !! Essential because the search engine is not efficient enough to have multiple criterias

We wrote a tutorial of different useful addons for our collegues here, if it's can be useful 🙂
In french 🇫🇷
librairie.grap.coop/books/mail…

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@quentind What a great resource you created! Thank you for making this - and for giving us recommendations here! :)
@Quentin
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Alexander Brăteanu 🇪🇺
Alexander Brăteanu 🇪🇺
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Mailmerge is super important addons.thunderbird.net/de/thun…
Cardbook is ... not good but the only way I found to sync contacts with nextcloud addons.thunderbird.net/de/thun…
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uhuru
uhuru
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@alexbrateanu dont think an addon is needed to sync contacts with nextcloud. Just copy the contacts url from nextcloud, and add it as a remote addressbook in thunderbird. Isnt this working for you?
@Alexander Brăteanu 🇪🇺
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uhuru
uhuru
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@alexbrateanu @nextcloud works fine over here using nextcloud url as carddav external addressbook in thunderbird.. (just tested it again to make sure :) )
both in latest versions, but using it for at least 2years (iirc).
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nextcloud documentation is probably outdated/old.. tbsync is not needed anymore, and lightning is included in thunderbird, not an addon.
@Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 @Alexander Brăteanu 🇪🇺
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Richard Broekman
Richard Broekman
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QuickFolders to easily move mails to folders that don't fit in the folder pane.

Quicktext for template answers or requests.

XNote++ to add notes to mails, e.g. why I didn't answer yet, what I need to look up before answering.

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LorenAmelang
LorenAmelang
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I use this in almost every session, for those messages I want to save, but are not recognizable from their generic subject lines:
addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/t…
#Thunderbird
#thunderbird
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timetunnel
timetunnel
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"CardBook": Because of its CardDAV/vCard support. The ability to sync the address book with other devices is essential and necessary. This should be an integrated feature of TB.

"Allow HTML Temp": Extremely useful, because some emails are HTML-only and I *have* to read them. Even more useful is that you can configure it to *not* load external images while viewing the HTML mail.

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Diogo Constantino
Diogo Constantino
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Darktheme, uBlock Origin, Language Tool, Full Adress Column (because I always want to see the email address).
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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To everyone who replied today, thank you! And to everyone reading this and thinking of replying, thank you in advance! The world is better with you and your input. :)
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vam103
vam103
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So using the nightly (Daily) build so a little hard to find add-ons that are compatible, but still
- Markdown Here Revival (for the maths rendering)
- Smileyfixer to save from Microsoft stupidity
- Unmangle Outlook Safelinks as above.
- *cloud for when tje AARNET had sensible file storage (they got rid of it)
- Arcus for encryption using Rust.
- Davmail - not technically a Thunderbird add-on but still useful to get to the Office365 Mail server.
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Mehrad
Mehrad
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I don't use addons because Thunderbird gives unrestricted access to all my computer and emails (according to Thunderbird itself), which is extremely invasive.

But if I would have used any addons, it would have been the featured addon "DKIM Verifier" (which I don't understand why needs full access to my computer):

addons.thunderbird.net/EN-US/t…

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Nick G
Nick G
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Folder Account is my most important addon, as I need some folders to have different default From addresses.

I also used Manually Sort Folders but unfortunately it's no longer maintained so doesn't work with recent TB versions. I'd like to see the ability to change folder order manually incorporated into standard TB functionality.

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R. L. Dane
R. L. Dane
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None yet! Its pretty great as is!

I do use a theme, "Grey and grey," on my secondary profile to distinguish that window from my main one.

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Carlos Saltos
Carlos Saltos
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I've used to use GPG enigma add on but now it's included out of the box with Thunderbird so nowadays I used as it is and very powerful
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Ian H
Ian H
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Quite a few!
Compact Headers
Compose Responsive Images
LookOut (fix version)
Message Header Toolbar Customize
Remove Duplicate Messages
Safelinks Cleanup
Smileyfixer
uBlock Origin
URL Link
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Stefan Fendt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
Stefan Fendt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
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Speed? Again? Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate your work, but with the latest releases Thunderbird is *extremely* slow/lagging when dealing with more than one mail using IMAP.

Even K9 is faster (on a much slower CPU with much less RAM). K9 on my smartphone even outperforms Thunderbird (Ryzen Threadripper with 128GB) when deleting (or marking as "read") 50+ messages from my IMAP inbox...

Please fix this.

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@stefanfendt Is there any chance you're having this slowness with the quick filter? There's a workaround in Comment 5 on the bug report below, and improving performance via upgrading the message database is a top priority this coming year.

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

@Stefan Fendt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
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Stefan Fendt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
Stefan Fendt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
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I never directly noticed a connection to the quick filter but it's not impossible, I'll check this. Thanks for the tip!
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Evan
Evan
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In rough order of usefulness:
Markdown Here Revival - Absolutely mandatory: Compose in markdown then convert to formatted.
tbkeys - Just to make ctrl-D to delete email. (Can't find site, might have to try tbkeys-lite.)
Quick Folder Move
mailmindr - Similar to the snooze feature in gmail.
External Editor Revived - Edit emails in external editors such as Vim, Neovim, Emacs, etc.
EditEmailSubject MX - github.com/cleidigh/EditEmailS…
ThreadVis - Perhaps not particularly essential but comes in handy occasionally.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@evmcl Thanks so much for all your recommendations - and putting them in order! That was definitely a nice touch.
@Evan
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HerrThees
HerrThees
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Filtering mails on the server itself is sooo cool, so the only Add-on I use, is the Sieve extension.
Sadly, the official version of the add-on doesn't longer work with "the new" Thunderbird.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@herrthees I know they switched to a standalone app model - I hope that's something you're still able to use!
@HerrThees
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Etam
Etam
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  • "Quote Colors & Collapse" - absolutely required for reading mailing lists.
  • TbSync + CalDAV and CardDAV provider - for syncing with Nextcloud.
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Monoka
Monoka
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The most important Thunderbird productivity add-on for me is certainly:

• QNote (or the similar XNote++) substantially increases my productivity!

followed by:
• Send later
• Correct Identity
• EDS Calendar Integration (essential on Linux/Gnome)
• Birthday Calendar

They all should be default in #Thunderbird!

#thunderbird
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@GerryT Thanks for the recs, and for singling out QNote as especially helpful! I know a Notes functionality is still on our minds, and Calendar is at the top of our list for attention this ESR cycle!
@Monoka
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Ronny Adsetts
Ronny Adsetts
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I'm using Nostalgy++, because hundreds of customer email folders, Simple Mail Redirection, for bouncing emails to the right org. recipient, and Provider for Google Calendar. I was using more addons in the old days but most can no longer work because of the underlying Mozilla changes to how plugins worked.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@RonnyAdsetts I don't know if you caught our Office Hours about Add-ons (tilvids.com/w/rBtybsahUqqBPWAY…) but one of our goals is to make it easier for Add-on developers to update their projects. And thanks for the recommendations!
@Ronny Adsetts
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Ronny Adsetts
Ronny Adsetts
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that's a goal I like the sound of! Addons really make Thunderbird properly productive for me. I'll take a look at the office hours, thanks.
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Kohan Ikin
Kohan Ikin
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Ooh - actually my ultimate Productivity add-on for Thunderbird is Priority Switcher, which lets you set the priority of an individual message (so you can sort your inbox by priority - *your* priority, not set by the sender):

addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/t…

BUT the add-on doesn't work with modern Thunderbird! One reason I also use Postbox 7, I was able to successfully port the Priority Switcher plugin there.

I would LOVE to get this working on Thunderbird Linux, or built-in to TB!

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@kohan I wonder if there's any way to revive development on it? Our Add-on developers' mailing list might be a good place to start! thunderbird.topicbox.com/group… and for ideas to built-in features, there's always Mozilla Connect! connect.mozilla.org
@Kohan Ikin
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tops
tops
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it never occurred for me to look for a download manager addon. Poor connectivity here makes downloading podcasts from RSS feeds a hit and miss affair. Easy access to the underlying Firefox download manager would be a huge boon for me.
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@tops This would be a good suggestion for Mozilla Connect (connect.mozilla.org/) or maybe even the Add-on developer mailing list? (thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…)
@tops
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T
T
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please please let us disable everything if we so wish. I don't use Thunderbird as a calendar, chat, contacts app or rss reader. And yet there's no way to disable.
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