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Reviews for Mail Redirect
144 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I support this Add-ons on on my theme.
I expect the version that supported TB3 early.
Thanking you in advance.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I support this Add-ons on on my theme.
I expect the version that supported TB3 early.
Thanking you in advance.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great add-on, but I was notified today that it's not compatible with Thunderbird 2.0.0.21. Is there some kind developer out there, if not the author, who will update this extension?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I subscribe tu AuthSMTP's suggestion. I have to scan recivd emails and send forward them to colegues depending on the content. It's pretty anoyig to place the original sender into the "replay-to" so when the colegues hit "reply" the mail goes to the oiginal sender instead of me.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I find the add-on very handy in particular when I send emails to a large number of friends (usually using BCC). When I later notice that some of them was missing on the list, I can simply re-send the original email (including any attachments) to the new recipient(s).
Yet this scenario brought up a privacy issue (at least for version 0.7.4):
For each *multi-line* email header, all its lines but the first one are simply copied from the original email. This is a severe
privacy problem for multi-line sensitive headers like BCC, where all the following lines of this header are still visible in the bounced email!
I've corrected this with the code patch given below. You can download the patched version from http://home.arcor.de/j-i-t/mail_redirect-075-DvO-tb20x.xpi
Two further observations.
* Would be nice if the title of the window in which the bounced email is
"composed" does not just just say "Mail Redirect" but also gives the
email subject, as done by the usual "compose" window. This is helpful
e.g. when there are multiple compose windows open.
* To me, the choice between "Resent-To", "Resent-Cc", and "Recent-Bcc"
is superfluous and confusing - is there any difference concerning the
visibility of the new recipents' names? If not, just offer Resent-To.
--- chrome/content/mailredirect-compose.orig.js 2008-12-25 19:55:17.000000000 +0100
+++ chrome/content/mailredirect-compose.js 2008-12-25 19:55:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -1373,7 +1373,9 @@
if (inHeader) {
// dumper.dump("!! reading new buffer -- leftovers.length="+leftovers.length);
- buf = leftovers + aScriptableInputStream.read(1024);
+ buf = leftovers + aScriptableInputStream.read(50000); // hoping that
+ // 50000 characters are sufficient even for large multi-line headers
+
leftovers = "";
while (buf.length > 0) {
@@ -1418,6 +1420,22 @@
// terminate the line with CRLF sign, not native line-endings
line = buf.substr(0, eol+1-eol_length) + "\r\n";
buf = buf.substr(eol+1);
+ while(buf[0] == " ") // multi-line header, extends over several lines
+ {
+ eol_r = buf.indexOf("\r");
+ eol_n = buf.indexOf("\n");
+ if (eol_r != -1 && eol_n != -1) {
+ eol = eol_r>eol_n ? eol_r : eol_n;
+ } else if (eol_r != -1) {
+ eol = eol_r;
+ } else if (eol_n != -1) {
+ eol = eol_n;
+ } else {
+ eol = buf.length-1;
+ }
+ line += buf.substr(0, eol+1); // for simplicity, leave native line-endings
+ buf = buf.substr(eol+1);
+ }
// dumper.dump("line=>>"+line+"
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Mail Redirect works perfectly, but I have a problem using an authenticated SMTP server with strict anti-spam rules. It requires the "From" header to be an authorised address. What would greatly enhance the program would be the ability to customize the headers. E.g. The original "From" header becomes a "Reply-to" and the user can specify a default "From" header to go in the bounced message. I hope this makes sense.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Works pretty well, but you cannot move from one address line to the next by keyboard, only by mouse. You can enter by manual typing every address with commas between them, but in that case, autocompletion only works for the first address. This is a pain. I'm using this for redirecting family email to my two siblings and sometimes other people. It's a pane not to have normal return/tab character handling.
Also, that feature someone mentioned where it puts junk in your mail about redirecting sounds like a pain, something I'd only want as an option. Not a good thing to force on users. I haven't noticed that yet, but I'm afraid I will next time I update.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Everything works nice but version 0.7.4 now adds an icon to subject column indicating the message was redirected. Probably it is rather useful but not for me.
I used it to send my mail back to POP3 server after I accidentally deleted it (as recommended in Mozillazine KB). All the messages got this icon and I had to manually edit Inbox file to get rid of them (I cleared all X-Mozilla-Keys fields).
It would be nice to have an option to disable marking messages as redirected for current or all operations.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as advertised !
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I only miss the possibility to have redirect as a filter action too.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very useful extension, i searched this feature since a long time
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This Add-on is gorgeous and adds a missing functionality. I upgraded TB to 2.0.0.16 an downloaded the existing version of Mail Redirect and everything is working fine, quick. Great, Keep up working, Pawel! :-)
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
This add-on is great for the office. Stops the return email to the wrong person. Saves so much time, but has stopped working with Thunderbird update 2.0.0.16.
Can it be updated so we can continue using a great add-on.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great tool!
would be ideal if it was possible to also configure a default address
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
What it does, it does very well!!
However, there are 2 standard Tbird features which this add-on should support, and presently doesn't.
1) Be able to set the Priority of the redirected mail.
2) Be able to request a return receipt.
These are standard features when sending email.
Other than missing those 2 features, this is a great add-on!!
Not yet rated
Quoting jsghagan...\r\nI see two more features:\r\n1. as mail filter\r\n2. every folder its own mail redirect, when a mail comes in it is bounced as decribed in the folder\'s preferences.\r\n\r\nVery usefull add-on. My compliments.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Would be great if the redirection could be an option in the list of available actions in message filters.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I couldn't live without this add-on. Thank you very much, this is a life saver.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.4).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
You can find a version for Thunderbird 2.0 of this great add-on here:
http://blog.kaputtendorf.de/archiv/2007/11/29/mail-redirect-for-thunderbird-20/
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
It does work well, but there are two things I think can be improved.
1. When you do a regular reply or forward there is an arrow that shows up at the beginning of the subject. It would be nice to have a similar arrow that means redirect.
2. When the person receives the redirected email, it does not say who redirected the message. That would be handy for people who use thunderbird at the office.
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