Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by TheSa|nt on Sept. 8, 2026 ·

Four stars, but used to be five! This has absolutely been one of my favorite extensions for Thunderbird. I just use it for personal use, but it heavily helps with classes, general communication, and responses to repetitive surveys or interactions with certain companies I send feedback to (building my responses out into a template that easily breaks everything down). I also use it for my signatures and other similar uses. I absolutely love this.

So why the drop of a star? It used to support a series of menus above the body of the message window, below the formatting tools. This allowed for quick access to all of the categories and snippets. But it has since been deprecated, I guess. Sadly, I was heavily programmed to using it this way, and now you have to use the right-click context menu, which suddenly feels like a severe handicap, limping around on a single deformed leg. It slows down my speed of things greatly for some reason. The process used to feel like a natural reflex, but now it makes my brain hurt as I try to reprogram myself after all this time. It isn't working, though :(

I still love the extension. It gives me everything I need for snippet access. I just miss the menu system.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by TheSa|nt on April 27, 2016 ·

Thank you minisystems gbr for taking the time to break it all down in your post. I too was panicked as I have dozens upon dozens of custom templates setup that simply vanished in the latest TB45 update. Now they are all back and the world is at peace for me :). Obviously also another thanks to WizKid as this is still one of my absolute favorite extensions for Thunderbird.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.9.11.6). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by TheSa|nt on March 16, 2015 ·

Thank you for making such a usable plugin for Thunderbird. I have been using the crud out of it over the last year or so and have had nothing but a great experience.

The only thing I wish was added, was the ability to assign contacts or contact lists to a template. In my personal life, I send out a TON of repetitive emails for various events (ie, hikes, movie gatherings, etc) and what not. I can just imagine if someone used it for work. Being able to auto-fill a contact or list would be beyond cool (with a checkmark for To, Cc, or Bcc for that selection).

Again, two thumbs up and thank you for such a great plugin. These are the things that brought me to using Thunderbird. :)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.9.11.5).