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Note: All recommended plugins below work with Thunderbird 45, unless otherwise mentioned.
QuickFolders is a lifesaver if your inbox has a large collection of folders. It allows you to manipulate folders faster by turning them into bookmarked tabs.
Once you install QuickFolders, a new toolbar appears just below the Mail toolbar. Any folder you drag and drop onto this toolbar will appear as a bookmarked tab right there. That's not all:you can drag and drop any folder/email anywhere in your inbox with minimal time and effort.
With QuickFolders, you can use colors and categories to distinguish your tabs. You can also compress folders, search them, mark them as read, and automatically sort emails based on specific criteria. Given QuickFolders' extensive feature set, it may take you a while to figure out the best way to use the plugin, but it's worth the effort.
The free version of QuickFolders is robust and suitable for most users. You can upgrade to the premium version for $15. QuickFolders also works with a couple of other email clients:SeaMonkey and Postbox.
This plugin will surely save your time! With Quicktext, you can create templates for email content. Inserting them into your emails is as easy as using a keyword, keyboard shortcut, context menu, or toolbar button. You also have the option to customize templates using variables like names and email addresses.
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If you're happy with Quicktext, you might want to check out Quicktext Pro ($9), which adds features like template sharing and script support.
Contact tabs add a dedicated search field to the main Thunderbird window to help you find contacts with just a few keystrokes. It also allows you to create new contacts directly from the search box!
You can filter the contacts in your address books based on names, email addresses, chat accounts, notes, etc. To specify the default search criteria, click the “business card” icon in the search box. Here is a screenshot of what will be displayed:
If you install contact tabs, memorize the shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + E to highlight the plugin's search box in one shot.
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Better yet, have a handful of signatures to change, depending on the email account you're using and the recipient of the email. Install Signature Switch to create a predefined set of signatures. You can choose the right super fast every time you send an email.
After installing the extension, it appears in the context menu when you are writing an email. However, before you can start using it, you need to add at least one (default) signature from Tools>Add-ons>Signature switch>Preferences/Options . Look for the New to set up a new signature, and make sure the signature file is in .HTML format.
Of the complements Options In the dialog, you can assign custom keyboard shortcuts to turn signatures on or off and to cycle through your predefined set.
Sending mass email with a personal touch is easy if you have Mail Merge installed. Let's say you want to use Thunderbird to send a party invitation to 30 people. You could use the Bcc: in the Compose window to send the same email to all 30 recipients, but there is no automatic way to customize the email for each of them. That is unless you use a plugin like Mail Merge.
You'll find clear developer instructions on using the plugin on the Mail Merge page in the plugin gallery, so I won't go into them here.
With the plugin installed, you can use variables to convert a single draft email into any number of individual custom messages. For example, if you want to automatically address recipients by name, you can use a variable like First Name in the email draft and extract its values from a .CSV spreadsheet.
Mail merge creates a new email for each recipient and saves it in your outbox. It also replaces the variables with their appropriate values. There should be no mismatch between the variable name in the email draft and the corresponding column name in the spreadsheet.
The plugin is compatible with Thunderbird 45, but I had trouble getting it to work, probably due to a conflicting plugin.
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After installing the plugin, look for the QuickFilters Wizard button on the toolbar and click on it. Now the next time you drag and drop one or more emails into a folder, you'll get a prompt to set up a filter. Select one of the listed default criteria and press the Create Filter key ... button. Then you can add other attributes to refine the filter.
Of course, you can create a new filter even when the QuickFilter wizard is not active. Click on the Message Filters ... button on the toolbar to get started.
quickFilters gives you many other options for manipulating filters. For example, it allows you to clone filters, combine them, order/group them, and even isolate working filters in a specific folder.
XNote++ brings you Post-its for your emails. It is a simple plugin that allows you to create a sticky note via email; all you have to do is click the XNote++ toolbar button when you have an email selected.
The plugin is great for annotating vital information from emails:phone numbers, addresses, website links, promo codes, etc. It's also useful for adding reminders to help you keep track of emails.
If you've created a sticky note for an email, it appears when you select the message. It disappears if you click elsewhere on the screen and reappears when you select the message again.
Attach from Clipboard is a new extension, so you won't find it on the "top rated" and "most popular" lists yet. I decided to include it here because it's a useful, time-saving plugin worth giving a try.
The plugin allows you to attach images, files, URLs, etc. directly from the clipboard. This means you don't have to spend time locating a file in your desktop file explorer to attach it to an email.
After installing Attach from Clipboard and restarting Thunderbird, you can start adding clipboard entries to emails. Find the Attach> From Clipboard Option in the Compose window.
You will find the “attach from clipboard” option in the context menu of the attachment panel and under File>Attach in the menu bar as well.
Delayed sending is a powerful feature to have in an email client. Thunderbird's built-in Send Later feature allows you to send messages to the Outbox folder with a keyboard shortcut. The problem is that you have to send these unsent messages. by hand later. This is where the Send Later plugin comes in handy:it allows you to send messages automatically on a schedule.
To schedule an email, hit Thunderbird's default “send it later” shortcut (CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER ) when the cursor is inside the email content box. This displays the scheduling options you can see below.
In the Send to field, using the placeholder text as an example, enter the date and time you want the email to go out.
Then you will see the Send around ... the button is activated. If you click this button, the message ends up in your Drafts folder and is sent at a time you choose. Note that you can also schedule the email for, say, “15 minutes later”.
Let's say you click the Put in Outbox button instead of Send Around ... button. The message is then sent to the Outbox folder and sent along with any other unsent messages. Open the preferences section of the plugin to modify the intervals at which unsent messages should leave the outbox.
With Personas Plus you can give your email client a makeover. The plugin gives you an easy way to change the appearance of Thunderbird with colorful or “battery” themes.
When you install the plugin, Thunderbird automatically gets a new background and new colors for the user interface. That's the new default “persona” at work, added by Personas Plus.
Click on the People toolbar button to display links to plugin preferences and themes that come bundled with the plugin. You will be able to preview themes as soon as you select them from the menu. Look for the Custom persona menu item if you want to create one or two themes of your own.
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2. Allow Temporary HTML:Allows you to temporarily enable HTML by email.
3. MinimizeToTray revived (Windows, Linux) - Minimize mail windows to system tray. It also works with Firefox..
4. Nostalgia:Add keyboard shortcuts to switch between folders and panes, move/copy messages, etc.
5. Provider for Google Calendar:Sync Lightning with Google Calendar and Google Tasks. Lightning comes integrated with Thunderbird by default.
6. Mail Redirection:Allows you to redirect/forward emails to one or more recipients. This is not the same as forwarding.
7. Auto Address Cleaner:Automatically remove display names from email addresses in To: , Cc: , and Bcc: fields. May cause conflict with mail merge plugin.
8. QuickNote – A lightweight, tabbed extension that adds a note-taking feature to Thunderbird. Auto save notes.
9. Master Password + - Adds enhancements to Thunderbird's built-in Master Password feature. With this plugin, you can lock Thunderbird with a timer or lock the current window with a toolbar button.
10. CardBook - Adds a CardDAV compatible address book to Thunderbird.
11. BorderColors GT – Assigns a unique color to the Compose window based on the From: Email address, to help with easy account identification.
12. Menu Filter – Adds support for hiding menu items you never use. Note that you cannot rearrange menu items.
13. Classic Toolbar Buttons:Restores the small toolbar buttons that came with versions prior to Thunderbird 15. Also offers other toolbar tweaks.
14. CategoryManager 2:Allows you to classify Thunderbird contacts and send emails to all members of a particular category at once.
15. Tab Wheel Scroll:Allows you to change tabs by scrolling with the mouse wheel.
16. Search as list:Shows the search results as a list.
17. Manually sort folders:Allows you to reorder folders and accounts in the folder panel.
18. ThunderHTMLedit:Allows you to edit the HTML source of the email content within the Compose window.
19. Search Results Sort By Date Not Relevant [No Longer Available] - Makes “sort by date” the default (instead of “Sort by relevance”) for search results.
20. Subject Manager - Allows you to collect, manage, and reuse subjects from composed emails.
21. AutoCopy 2:Automatically copies the selected text to the clipboard and pastes it into the text boxes with the middle button.
22. Safe Addressing - Ensures you're not sending emails to the wrong recipients.
23. Slim Add-ons Manager:Show more add-on entries at once in the Add-ons Manager by reducing the height of each entry.
24. Simple Locale Switcher:Allows fast switching between different languages for the user interface.
25. Plugin Manager - Version Number:Shows the version numbers of installed plugins in the Plugin Manager.
Several once quite popular plugins have not been updated in over a year, are not compatible with Thunderbird 45, or are no longer as effective. We've kept these plugins off our list, but we'll name five of our favorites here, in case you want to keep track of these plugins when they come around again.
Thunderbird es flexible y de código abierto. Es como VLC para el correo electrónico:un favorito perenne entre los usuarios de computadoras, independientemente de su elección de sistema operativo Mac, Linux o Windows:Ya no importa más [Opinión] Mac, Linux o Windows:Realmente ya no importa más [ Opinión] Cada año importa cada vez menos qué sistema operativo utilice, porque todos los años pasamos más tiempo en nuestra computadora usando solo el navegador. Y los navegadores son multiplataforma. Quiero tener ... Leer más. Con tantos excelentes complementos para aumentar su poder, Thunderbird solo mejora.
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Escrito originalmente por Aibek Esengulov el 15 de mayo de 2007..
