263647 - Add Extension 'Virtual Identity' for TB/Moz Linux

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[rene]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040920 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040920 Firefox/0.10

Author name: Rene Ejury ([e-mail])
Extension name: Virtual Identity
Version: 0.1

Description: The extension adds a button beneath the senders address in the
Message Compose dialog. When pressed, you are able to change FullName, email
address and SMTP-Server for this single message.

Home page URL: http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity.html
XPI URL: http://www.absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity_0.1.xpi
Platforms: All
Target Application: Thunderbird 0.7 - 0.8

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[OstGote!]

current is v0.2.1, should work with TB 0.9 and Mozilla 1.7.3.

http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity.html
http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity_0.2.1.xpi

Comment 2

[rene]

Please read BUG-Information if you are using v.0.2.1.
http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity.html#bug-reports

Comment 3

[alanjstr]

Can you clarify for me?

Comment 4

[alanjstr]

So what is the release that should be added to UMO?

Comment 5

[rene]

(In reply to comment #4)
> So what is the release that should be added to UMO?
There is still the stupid bug with creating everytime a new directory while
using Virtual Identity on Windows in v.0.2.2, future versions will hopefully fix
this problem an might be released in the next weeks.
So maybe you add a link to the latest available version (see below) or wait a
while till this bug is fixed - thanks, rene.

Latest Version: http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/v_identity_latest.xpi

Comment 6

[alanjstr]

Did you get this fixed?

Comment 7

[rene]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Did you get this fixed?

short: No. (but its windows-related, linux works fine)
long: I didnt found any way to remove the folder on windows systems. Everytime
you create a new account (and thats what virt.ident. does temporaryly) the
account-folder is created. On linux (and therefore i hope on mac too) it could
be and will be removed by the extension. On windows this folder contains a file
junk.msf and the whiole folder is locked by thunderbird. It's not unlocked after
removing the account, only if you restart thunderbird you can remove the folder
(try to remove the folder with your explorer - same effect). And I didnt found a
way to remove the (any) folder from within thunderbird after restarting - maybe
thats a security thing.
So the only way to limit the number of created folders (on windows) is to limit
the number of temporary created virtual identity accounts - so I thought of
reusing (and changing) the accounts and dont remove them after a single mail was
send. But this means a completely new extension and at the moment I didnt had
the time to do this - this might change in the next weeks.

If somebody uses and likes this extension on windows or/and is able to solve the
problem, please feel free to contact me for additional information. -- rene

Comment 8

[alanjstr]

Please use the Developer Control Panel to upload your addon
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/developers/

Comment 9

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

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