Mail Redirect :: Reviews :: Add-ons for Firefox

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Engin Ozkan on Dec. 28, 2015 · permalink

A standard feature that should have been present in Thunderbird. Luckily, this add-on comes to the rescue, and does the job well. I also like the fact that it does not mess around with the mail, and is a true "redirect".

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.7).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Кот on Oct. 22, 2015 · permalink

Very useful for me. Does exactly what it should. Thank you!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.7).

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by shinzon on Sept. 17, 2015 · permalink

For years now this add-on has used "bounce" in the description, as in "Allow to redirect (a.k.a. "bounce") mail messages to other recipients." "Bouncing" has a very clear meaning in English tech circles when discussing email. It means bouncing back to the original sender.

This add-on doesn't do that, and it's very confusing for people searching for an add-on that does bounce. You can look at the previous reviews and find others that have installed this add-on, only to be disappointed that it doesn't do what they think it should do based on the description.

The developer needs to change the description to remove the word "bounce" completely and save us all a lot of time and confusion.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.7).

by Pawel Krzesniak (Developer) on Sept. 17, 2015 · permalink

"bounce" was also used in mutt mail client. That's why, years ago, I put this term in the description.
Now mutt use "remail" rather than bounce. We will change the description in the next update. Thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Bill @ PEARL on Aug. 20, 2015 · permalink

Thanks, this is a much needed Add-On; providing a feature that should been in the stock T'Bird issue.

One small detail in need of attention is that no redirect option appears in the 'Perform These Actions' drop down in the 'Filter Rules' dialogue

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.5).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Syspsi on April 22, 2015 · permalink

Great Addon!!! Would be perfect if supports Office 365 accounts.
:-(

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.5).

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by andyBoyUK on April 16, 2015 · permalink

I mostly wish to redirect (bounce) an email to the sender, but the senders email address does not appear in the box, I have to insert it myself, a message that the mail was not required could also be added.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.5).

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on April 17, 2015 · permalink

Sorry, but this extension is not for this purpose. To bounce back letting the sender think the address is unknown, would require complete other logic (and doesn't have much use for spammers anyway) and changing the message by saying the mail was not required is also not according to the specs of redirecting. You should use a normal reply message for that.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Julio Martin Luna on April 2, 2015 · permalink

Muy buena !...

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.5).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Bremenpl on Feb. 1, 2015 · permalink

Hey, this is a great addon. It would be only greater if there were an additional button when reading message to redirect-to.

EDIT: Thanks!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.5).

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on Feb. 3, 2015 · permalink

Hi,
You can customize either the toolbar or the message header box of a reading window/tab to show the Redirect button. See also the screenshots as displayed here on the add-ons site.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Karl M on Oct. 20, 2014 · permalink

This is one of the core functions of a good mail client. Thanks a lot to the developers for this great add-on.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.4).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by david on Oct. 14, 2014 · permalink

This is a great addon and provides a function that is vital to business users. It worked fine with Daily 35, but I updated today to Daily 36 and the Redirect button works but there is no message to redirect and cannot assign a recipient. I think this same scenario happened somewhere back around version 24. I know this post may be a bit premature, but since it worked fine with 35, I wanted to share my experience. I also, in realizing how important I value this addon, just made a contribution and encourage all users to do so. If we want this feature to continue, let's all support it. I should have done this years ago. Thanks.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.4). This user has a previous review of this add-on.

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on Oct. 15, 2014 · permalink

Thank you for your review and for your contribution! Development of this add-on doesn't rely on contributions (otherwise I would have quit long ago :-)), but it's always nice to see reward for your work, both in terms of a positive review as in a contribution.

This problem was caused by bug 1001090 being solved in Thunderbird 35 and I have fixed it in Mail Redirect 0.8.5...
<https://bugzil.la/1001090>

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by pros on Sept. 3, 2014 · permalink

VERY GOOD and useful AddOn, used in the last years with pleassure.

Now, since TB V31.x (Maybe earlier, dont know) the Redirect Button was inactive, greyd out.
Cant press the Redirect Button.
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I couldnt find a Way to answer below your Answer.
I meant the Button in the redirect Window
and as you mentioned, i have a default recipient,
and it worked after i have deleted the default recipient.

Thank You for this Hint !

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.3).

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on Sept. 3, 2014 · permalink

Hi pros,
Thank you for your review!
There's a Redirect button on the main window, to open the redirect window and there's a Redirect button on the redirect window to send the message. Which one doesn't work?
The latter is grayed out when you have default recipients, but that bug should be fixed in Mail redirect 0.8.4.
Onno
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Version 0.8.4 has been approved a few days ago, so you can use the default recipients again the way you used to do...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by wortfilter on July 31, 2014 · permalink

thanks a lot - good job!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by GerZah on July 22, 2014 · permalink

0.8 still works nicely, but it messes up the status bar and renders it unusable. – Find me on Twitter @GerZah and I'll send you screenshots. If you want me to test beta versions, let me know.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8).

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on July 31, 2014 · permalink

Hi GerZah,
This problem is now fixed in version 0.8.3. It seems that the code to check if the Mail Redirect button should be enabled was called to soon during start-up, causing this problem. I've added an extra check and this should work again.
You can download version 0.8.3 from the developers page or from the mailredirect website.
Onno

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by mdemontbron on June 24, 2014 · permalink

Great idea. I installed it but when I sent a test email to my Thunderbird adress there was nothing in my sent mail folder and no emails were sent to the adresses I set the addon to forward the emails to. Why isn't it working??

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.8).

by Onno Ekker (Developer) on June 24, 2014 · permalink

Redirected messages are only saved when you save sent messages for the account with which you redirect. This is also shown as a tooltip in the options dialogue of Mail Redirect.
You can check your account settings under Tools → Account Settings → <account> → Copies & Folders.

Also not all ISP's save redirected messages. Especially Gmail doesn't do this, because the redirected message has the same Message-ID as the original message and Gmail doesn't allow more than one message withe the same Message-ID. If you want to see your redirected or other sent messages with Gmail, you'll have to configure your account to store the sent messages under your Local Folders…

With the information you filed in the review I cannot tell why the redirected message wasn't received at the address you send it to. Please file a ticket on the website or send a mail to the mailing list to get more support on this issue.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Topoldo on June 4, 2013 · permalink

I have this extension installed since ever ;-)
But I was never successfull with redirect of messages to lists and unfortunately I have many of them being sysadmin :-(.
I followed the suggestion of the developer a couple of post below to put the name of the list in between <> but in my hands it doesn't work. A message of error appears.
BTW today an update to mail reedirect version 7.7 was installed automatically on my computer (with icons fitting the TB standard theme). The test reported above was done also with this last version whichi is not present neither here nor in the usual developer page.
Wher is located now? TIA
Topoldo