Thunderbird Add-On

Introduction

The 'PowerFolder Thunderbird Add-On' is an integration for PowerFolder into Thunderbird..

This Add-On is designed to make mailing a lot more comfortable with PowerFolder.

The 'PowerFolder Thunderbird Add-On' will upload attachments from E-Mails to a PowerFolder server per WebDav and generate download links for them.

The recipient will get an E-Mail containing download links for the specified attachments.

Sharing files with E-Mails has never been easier.


Get Add-on

  • Navigate to settings 
  • Click on extensions
  • Type PowerFolder in the search field

  • Install the add-on from plugin store

  • Add the plugin

  • Now you can manage the add-on

  • Navigate to Thunderbird settings
  • Click on composition 
  • Navigate down to the attachment section 
  • Click on add "PowerFolder" 
  • User can set the file size to upload

Configuration

  • Configure the PowerFolder account and click on save

File-Links as Email Attachments

  • Create an email and upload an attachment 
  • Click on "Link"

  • Wait till the upload is finished and send the email containing the file link to download

Thunderbird Uploads

The uploads can be found under the user account in the folder "Mail Attachments", sorted with date and time.

(warning) After deleting the data in mail attachments, the file-links are also unavailable and the recipent is unable to downoad the attachments.