Step-by-step explanation on how to build an extension for Thunderbird.
The following documentation provides help for creating extensions for the Thunderbird email client. There are similarities with Firefox extensions, but there are also differences that may confound the starting Thunderbird developer. This documention series focuses on Thunderbird.
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Warning: This content is for older versions of Thunderbird. Much of it may no longer be relevant. See developer.thunderbird.net for newer information.
DocumentationGetting started with ThunderbirdA brave, young developer wants to develop an add-on for Thunderbird. These links to help through this journey.
The Gloda databaseThunderbird has a subsystem called Gloda. Gloda stands for « Global Database », and creates Thunderbird-wide relations between objects. Gloda provides concepts such as Conversations, Messages, Identities, Contacts. All these concepts are related : a Conversation contains Messages which are linked to Identities (from field, to field) which are themselves part of a Contact: indeed, a contact has multiple identities. Typical use cases for Gloda: find all messages whose subject matches [search term], find all messages from [person], find all messages in the same thread as [a given message], find all messages involving [person], etc. etc. Gloda is extremely powerful and is used heavily by add-ons such as Thunderbird Conversations. Learn more about Gloda:
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