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Name: TB Header Tools Extension
GUID: {72C9D014-F94A-4f1a-8FD4-6F160DFE143B}
Author: Frank DiLecce (Ausdilecce)
Version: 0.6.6
Size: 20KB
Date: 2006-10-12
Compatibility: 0.5 - 2.0+
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An extension that allows one to change the subject and/or date of messages.



Any changes to header info will change the text to red ( like in the X-Categories value in the pic )
... This is so the user knows which values he has modified..
... If the user puts the value back to what it was before, the text color will revert to black

Headers you want *removed* from the message will appear disabled ( like X-Priority in the pic )..
...To remove a header, the user would simply click on the header's name ( click again to keep )
.. you can ONLY remove headers that contain "X-" ( because messages should ALWAYS have To, Date, Subject etc. )

Header ordering is done through a user pref... like
user_pref("hdrtools.headers.order", "Date,To,From,Subject,X-Categories");
...if a header does not exist on the list in the pref, that header will get inserted after the ones that are in the list

Headers that you do NOT want to see at all can be inserted into this pref
user_pref("hdrtools.headers.ignore", "Return-Path,Reply-To,X-Spam,MIME,X-Virus,X-Mime,X-MSMail");

Note that the ignore algorithm matches headers that contain the first couple letters of the items in the user pref
so .. using the ignore userpref above, if these two headers exist in your message
X-Spam-Status
X-Spam-Level
...BOTH will be ignored

The extension ignores the following headers for safety reasons:
Received, Message-ID, X-Account, X-UIDL, X-Mozilla, Delivered

New default headers ( that would appear in the dropdown boxes ( like X-Keywords and X-Custom ) are handled by
user_pref("hdrtools.headers.newdefault", "X-Categories,X-Keywords,X-Free");
.. if the header already exists in the message, the dropdown will NOT contain that header name.. (prevents duplicates )

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A modified version of TB Header Tools extension has been made for Thunderbird 3.

Original Author: Frank DiLecce (Ausdilecce)
Modified by: Rod Whiteley
Version: 0.7
Size: 23KB
Date: 2008-12-10
Compatibility: 2.9 - 3.*

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This post has been edited by Seamaiden: 20 January 2009 - 06:26 PM

[Seamaiden]

** MINI TUTORIAL **

First, set the extension's Options.



Then open a mail message whose headers you want to change. Go to the View menu, and look at the different options this extension adds to Thunderbird.



For this example, we'll add the X-Tag 'friends' to a message. We'll also add two X-Categories, 'spring flowers' and 'photos'.



To remove tags, go to View -> Remove X-Tags.
To remove categories, go to View -> Remove X-Categories.
If you want to remove some but not others or change additional information, then go to View -> Change Header Details.



If you click 'Edit Full Source', this window will close, and a new window will open displaying the source code of the message.

[burton]

The AMO plug-in at the top is unfortunately only until ver. 1, but since 2.0.0.16 I need a newer version. So I tried the link at the top, but that is just a ZIP-file with an install.rdf file.

How do I manage to get this add-on and is it safe? The link shows an *.xpi link which would be easy to install, but I get redirected to a ZIP location !?

This post has been edited by burton: 25 August 2008 - 08:49 AM

[MozUser1]

burton, on Aug 25 2008, 17:48, said:

The AMO plug-in at the top is unfortunately only until ver. 1, but since 2.0.0.16 I need a newer version. So I tried the link at the top, but that is just a ZIP-file with an install.rdf file.

How do I manage to get this add-on and is it safe? The link shows an *.xpi link which would be easy to install, but I get redirected to a ZIP location !?

Right click the *bottom* link marked 'download' and choose 'save link as...' it *is* an xpi file. Now just drag n drop it into any Thunderbird window to install then restart TB.

[Allen Halsey]

Excellent add-on! I have a suggestion:

I downloaded this extension after receiving an email with no subject. But when I brought up the Change Header dialogue box, there was no text box for entering the subject. I resorted to Edit Full Source to add the subject. For better handling of this common case, can the Subject text box always be present?

[Rod Whiteley]

Here's a version for Thunderbird 3.

I took the liberty of calling it version 0.7, because there are a few code changes, not just a bump. This means that you should use it with caution (that is, with backups).

 TB_Header_Tools_0.7.xpi (22.8K)
Number of downloads: 2153

This post has been edited by Rod Whiteley: 10 December 2008 - 11:01 AM

[CBA]

Allen Halsey, on Oct 24 2008, 18:13, said:

Excellent add-on! I have a suggestion:

I downloaded this extension after receiving an email with no subject. But when I brought up the Change Header dialogue box, there was no text box for entering the subject. I resorted to Edit Full Source to add the subject. For better handling of this common case, can the Subject text box always be present?

I use version 0.6.6 with TB 2.0.0.19pre and it works fine. On the missing subject, maybe you missed scrolling down the dialogue box? Just a thought...

[CBA]

Rod Whiteley, on Dec 10 2008, 13:54, said:

Here's a version for Thunderbird 3.

I took the liberty of calling it version 0.7, because there are a few code changes, not just a bump. This means that you should use it with caution (that is, with backups).

TB_Heade...ools_0.7.xpi

Once you feel your modified version 0.7 works 'safely', let us know. Unless there is a working Header Tools Extension for TB 3, I'm staying with TB 2.xx...

This post has been edited by CBA: 11 December 2008 - 12:48 AM

[Frank1]

Hello,
I like this extension. I am running version 0.6.6.
"The extension ignores the following headers for safety reasons: X-Mozilla" and others.

I understand that adding incorrect values to the X-Mozilla-status and X-Mozilla-Status2 headings may be dangerous, but I believe I understand the values that can be applied without problems.
I understand that these could be edited by the use of the Edit Full Source button, but I would prefer to do this in the main window.
Is there a way to make these headings visible and editable in the main window?
Thanks

[amystko]

Rod Whiteley, on Dec 10 2008, 19:54, said:

Here's a version for Thunderbird 3.

I took the liberty of calling it version 0.7, because there are a few code changes, not just a bump. This means that you should use it with caution (that is, with backups).

TB_Heade...ools_0.7.xpi

My question is, if you have noticed and corrected the following error:

The 0.6.6 version deletes my messages from time to time.
It happens only, when I try to modify the header and
new messages are retrieved from my mail server in
the same time

If I press OK (in TB H... tool dialog), nothing happens.
If I finally press CANCEL, the edited message disappears.
It looks like the edited message is marked as deleted
in the mail file, but the new version is not added to the mail file.

This post has been edited by amystko: 10 April 2009 - 01:57 PM

[samjam]

It would be great if as well as editing the email html, it could edit the html email as rich-text - like editing in drafts and saving in drafts works, but editing and saving in any folder.

[dglp]

Can this be set to add headers on-the-fly?

I want to add a header or subject line prefix to every message depending on address variables, then tag it or thread it according to the header.
Can this be set up to do that automatically as messages arrive, rather than by hand?

[Gandalf99]

I installed 0.7 on TB3 but it doesn't seem to work (B3 & B4). When I select the menu option to "Change Header Details" no window appears. It's as if I didn't select the menu item. Anyone have any ideas? I really relied on this when using TB2.

In case anyone's actually working on this extension, I'd also like to see it as a right click option instead of having to go to the menu.

[Philip Chee]

Gandalf99, on 23 October 2009 - 06:42 AM, said:

I installed 0.7 on TB3 but it doesn't seem to work (B3 & B4). When I select the menu option to "Change Header Details" no window appears. It's as if I didn't select the menu item. Anyone have any ideas? I really relied on this when using TB2.

In case anyone's actually working on this extension, I'd also like to see it as a right click option instead of having to go to the menu.

The APIs changed substantially in Thunderbird. Unless the author is still active I wouldn't put much hope that this extension will be updated for TB3.

Phil

[Ray Stevens]

Rod Whiteley, on 10 December 2008 - 11:54 AM, said:

Here's a version for Thunderbird 3.

I took the liberty of calling it version 0.7, because there are a few code changes, not just a bump. This means that you should use it with caution (that is, with backups).

TB_Heade...ools_0.7.xpi

I was able hack TB_Header_Tools_0.7-Rod_Whiteley-tb3.xpi to fix the GetDBView() error seen when attempting to use it with Thunderbird 3.0:

In hdrtools.js, globally replace GetDBView() with gDBView.

I have attached a .xpi file with my modifications. I bumped the rev number to 0.7.1. I successfully used this new 0.7.1 rev on an x86_64 linux box, with this rev of Thunderbird:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091209 Fedora/3.0-4.fc12 Lightning/1.0pre Thunderbird/3.0

Other potentially useful notes/warnings:

• The "Change Header Details" action is available in the "Messages" pulldown menu from the main TB toolbar.
  
• The source code comments warn that two built in functions (onMsgLoaded and createNewHeaderView) are replaced, which could of course cause buggy behavior in newer versions of Thunderbird, if the built-ins have changed. Re-read Rod's warning above about using this extension.

Attached File(s)

•  TB_Header_Tools_0.7.1-tb3.xpi (22.63K)
  Number of downloads: 1285

This post has been edited by Ray Stevens: 15 January 2010 - 12:22 PM