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No Message Pane Sort

No Message Pane Sort prevents accidental resorting of the message pane by disabling mouse button clicks on the column headers, thus, locking the sorting order of your emails.

It is still possible to sort messages by ctrl-clicking the header.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (61)
3,922 users

Darko

Simple dark mode (theme) for your Thunderbird messages.

FastAddons.com/#darko

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (36)
3,816 users

Attachment Viewer: view in a tab, slideshow

View attachments in TB
Images, office files, mp3, mp4, text, js
Use Dropbox viewer for 175 file types (in v4)
* Docx, xlsx, pptx, pdf preview
* Slideshow of images
* Zoom/drag
* Rotate/flip image
* Download dialog with thumbnail of image

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (20)
3,609 users

G-Hub Lite

Google Tabs for Thunderbird! G-Hub Lite supports Calendar, Contacts, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Maps, Search, & Voice. Need Google Workspace support (formerly G Suite)? Check out G-Hub Pro: https://www.schiffner.com/index.php/software/g-hub-pro

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (24)
3,322 users

Old (classic) Icons

This replaces the new monochrome icons with the old/classic colorful icons. Uses the code from Phoenity Icons and the graphics from older Thunderbird versions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (36)
2,989 users

Blinking Alert Requires Restart

Adds blink feature to the new-mail alert.
You can also disable auto-hiding of the alert.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (28)
2,645 users

Colored Folders Requires Restart

Add colors to your folders in Thunderbird!
Must-have for better organisation + intuitive and speedy workfow...

This is project "Color Folders" (originally by Fisheater), corrected, resurrected, restaurated, extended and republished.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (150)
2,583 users

Spam Scores

Displays spam scores according to mail headers. Supports spam/ham score headers of Rspamd, SpamAssassin and MailScanner. The add-on adds a column with the overall spam score to the mail list view and shows details of any matched spam/ham rule.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (22)
2,263 users

changeQuote

It's an extension that changes the format of reply header.
You can choose between the standard Thunderbird reply header, a detailed reply header or a Customized reply header.
You can configure it in the Tools ->Add-on Preferences -> changeQuote.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (27)
2,222 users

Hide Local Folders Requires Restart

Removes the "Local Folders" entry from the folder pane.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (47)
1,529 users

Link in Tab

Link in Tab allows you to:
- Left click => open link in new tab
- Left double-click => open link in browser
- Middle click => open link in browser and close current tab

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (5)
1,503 users

Get All Mail Button for TB78++

Adds a toolbar button to get all new messages for all accounts in Thunderbird. When clicked, it does the same as the default button "Get Messages" dropdown menu entry "Get All New Messages".

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (16)
1,500 users

Start with Inbox

Selects the latest message in the Inbox after start of Thunderbird.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (24)
1,442 users

Config Button

Adds a Config button, opens about:config in a tab.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (3)
1,363 users

Signature sync for Gmail

This extension allows you to automatically use your signature from Gmail accounts in Thunderbird. No longer need to maintain two separated signatures!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (9)
1,291 users

Auto Profile Picture

Upgrade your Thunderbird experience with intelligent and clearer sender visualization that transforms how you identify and manage emails — making email management smoother and more intuitive.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (34)
1,287 users

KeepRunning

Once you close Thunderbird you will no longer be able to see your new emails. This plugin keeps Thunderbird active in the background, meaning you can still receive your new emails after closing the app. Use this when the app is in the startup.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (11)
1,208 users

Show InOut

Adds some columns to the tableview. One shows an indicator wether a mail is incoming or outgoing, other shows the sender, the recipient(s) or the correspondent(s). Columns can be shown as name only, address only or both.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (43)
1,168 users

Toggle HTML

Adds a Toggle HTML button

Rated 4 out of 5 stars (8)
1,166 users

Proton Calendar Toolbar Button

Adds a Proton Calendar button to the toolbar. The button simply opens a new tab with the https://calendar.proton.me webpage.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars (10)
1,104 users