Thunderbird – Mail Tweak Add On

http://mailtweak.mozdev.org/

Mail Tweak

Mail Tweak is an extension for Thunderbird 2 (with partial support for Thunderbird 1.5 and Thunderbird 3). It provides a variety of fixes and enhancements.

TWEAKS:

Here is a list of all the tweaks the Mail Tweak extension provides.

Account Settings cleanup * Address lines Background color inheritance Bcc by default Collected reply Column heading lock Compact from folder properties * Configuration menu * CSS selector Dialogs menu Discard new message Disconnect when idle

Extension options/preferences Focus empty Subject * Folder icons Folder menus Folder pane auto-hide Hide Local Folders Image defaults Insert menu Keep a copy prompt Message font Mesage number Open folder

Permanent pen Personalize messages Preferences cache Search windows Send with no subject Splitter highlight * Status icons * Status message cache * Tag numbering * Tag tools Tree font Word count *

For more information on the Tweaks go here: http://mailtweak.mozdev.org/tweaks.html

MAIL TWEAK CSS TWEAKS:

A couple of the Tweaks in Mail Tweak require editing of the userChrome.css and userContent.css files. These are CSS selector and Folder icons

Find examples on this here: http://mailtweak.mozdev.org/mailtweak-css.html#folder-icons

INSTALLATION

1. Go to http://mailtweak.mozdev.org/

2. Select “Installation”

NOTE THE DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:

OPTION 1 : Open Thunderbird choose Tools – Add-ons from the menu bar. Drag the link below and drop it in Thunderbird’s Add-ons window.

Wait for the download, and allow the installation to proceed.

Restart Thunderbird.

OPTION 2: download and save the file to install later.

Right click on the link and select “save link as” and choose a folder on your hard drive to download to.

Start Thunderbird, then in Thunderbird choose Tools – Add-ons. Press the Install… button, and select the file that you saved.

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