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Jonathan Kamens
Jun 13, 2012, 12:39:49 PM6/13/12
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The new Filelink feature in the new Thunderbird release,
which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
links, is totally freakin' awesome.
Major kudos to whoever added this new functionality. It's
brilliant!
(Now you just need to make the account setup process better
at reporting failures and not fail when there are special
characters in the user's password. :-)
which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
links, is totally freakin' awesome.
Major kudos to whoever added this new functionality. It's
brilliant!
(Now you just need to make the account setup process better
at reporting failures and not fail when there are special
characters in the user's password. :-)
V S Rawat gmoz
Jun 13, 2012, 2:02:58 PM6/13/12
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Thanks.
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Rawat
Steve
Jun 13, 2012, 2:59:47 PM6/13/12
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https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/filelink-large-attachments
V S Rawat gmoz
Jun 13, 2012, 6:01:05 PM6/13/12
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Rawat
weaxd...@gmail.com
Jun 14, 2012, 7:42:20 PM6/14/12
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yousendit with its 50 MB free limit is pretty useless. Will never use this feature.
Mark Banner
Jun 14, 2012, 8:14:54 PM6/14/12
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On 15/06/2012 00:42, weaxd...@gmail.com wrote:
> yousendit with its 50 MB free limit is pretty useless. Will never use this feature.
That is, of course, entirely up to you. You might want to check back in
> yousendit with its 50 MB free limit is pretty useless. Will never use this feature.
a couple of months as more providers will be available that might suit
your needs better.
Mark.
John H Meyers
Jun 14, 2012, 11:35:04 PM6/14/12
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On 15/06/2012 00:42, weaxd...@gmail.com wrote:
> yousendit with its 50 MB free limit is pretty useless.
Whether or not automated by Thunderbird,
> yousendit with its 50 MB free limit is pretty useless.
a variety of "free file hosts" may be found,
some of which accept up single files up to 5GB ( > 5000 MB )
even without signing up for an account (free or otherwise),
then one can copy the uploaded file's URL into one's outgoing message
(this obviously does not require Thunderbird at all,
and has been an easy and simple common practice for many years).
Filefactory.com is one such host, whose policy is
to keep files for at least 7 days for even non-registered users,
90 days for registered users (even free registrations),
and to renew the 7-day (or 90-day) holding period
every time the file is downloaded.
If you can convince people around the internet
to keep downloading any file you have uploaded,
you can even earn commissions on downloads.
<http://www.filefactory.com/help/about.php> (long page)
<http://support.filefactory.com/> FAQs
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Dave Warren
Jun 16, 2012, 2:00:58 PM6/16/12
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In the last episode of <jrafol$ifp$1...@jik3.kamens.brookline.ma.us>,
It was awesome, until they pulled Dropbox support.
Jonathan Kamens
Jun 16, 2012, 10:48:16 PM6/16/12
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Well, I can't comment on "pulled," since I never personally
saw a released version of TB with Dropbox Filelink support,
but I can tell you that the last time I checked the trunk
version of TB a few days ago, it had Dropbox support in it, as
well as Ubuntu One for that matter, so I assume that means
there will be Dropbox support in a released version within a
few months.
saw a released version of TB with Dropbox Filelink support,
but I can tell you that the last time I checked the trunk
version of TB a few days ago, it had Dropbox support in it, as
well as Ubuntu One for that matter, so I assume that means
there will be Dropbox support in a released version within a
few months.
WLS
Jun 17, 2012, 9:08:33 AM6/17/12
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Gecko/16.0 Thunderbird/16.0a1. Build ID:20120617030533
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Thunderbird (16.0a1) Daily | openSUSE 12.1 | KDE 4.8.4
Practice Safe Computing. Create user accounts for your OS.
Jonathan Kamens
Jun 17, 2012, 4:41:33 PM6/17/12
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WLS <wls1...@REMOVEyahoo.com> writes:
>Dropbox is not a choice in Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0)
>Gecko/16.0 Thunderbird/16.0a1. Build ID:20120617030533
Yup. Looks like they removed it on June 14 because they're
>Dropbox is not a choice in Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0)
>Gecko/16.0 Thunderbird/16.0a1. Build ID:20120617030533
moving it to an add-on:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763471
Lu Wei
Jun 18, 2012, 3:56:37 AM6/18/12
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On 2012-6-15 11:35, John H Meyers wrote:
> <http://www.filefactory.com/help/about.php> (long page)
> <http://support.filefactory.com/> FAQs
>
Thanks for the recommendation.
> <http://www.filefactory.com/help/about.php> (long page)
> <http://support.filefactory.com/> FAQs
>
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Regards,
Lu Wei
PGP key ID: 0x92CCE1EA
John H Meyers
Jun 25, 2012, 12:41:50 AM6/25/12
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On 6/15/2012 5:59 PM, Larry in AZ wrote:
> Waiving the right to remain silent, j...@kamens.brookline.ma.us
> to a separate directory as Eudora did.
As much as I admire (and use) Eudora,
for all its under-appreciated gifts,
I have to say that automatic "detaching" has many faults:
o Detaching may become permanent, even when not so desired.
o Deletion of some attachments causes incorrect associations
to form between messages and other attachments, or attaches
some files to newer messages instead of to the correct originals.
o Moving message stores, even to a new computer (e.g. XP -> Win7)
weakens the ability to work with the attachments of older messages
(in some Mac computers it even destroys it).
o Trying to combine message stores leads to
attachment file name collisions, each of which
causes dissociation of at least one attachment.
o Eudora can not save and forward an original "source" message
(e.g. "Content-Type: message/rfc822") because of the very fact
that it has "ripped apart the original and discarded various parts,"
particularly headers of some MIME parts and entire "alternative" parts,
nor can it, for the same reason, ever reconstruct, re-send,
or properly forward the original message.
o TB's mail storage is in the sole format that all internet email systems
understand completely, because it's exactly as it was fetched from servers
to begin with, while Eudora's is not conducive to being transplanted
to any new location, nor to "the cloud."
For those who want TB to split off attachments anyway,
either automatically or manually,
there was an "attachment extractor" plugin. However, it also
reveals a fundamental instability of the entire software model,
in that it has not kept up with new TB versions, it's original author
apparently got tired of maintaining and updating it,
it had bugs and deficiencies, etc.
Having become dependent on certain of your add-ons,
all it now takes is an innocent "check for updates"
to cause a 500 pound alligator, despite all your attempts
to keep it at bay with an "ask me before downloading/installing" fence,
to come crashing right through that fence and involuntarily update you,
potentially leaving you wounded and unable to keep a vital add-on working.
Eudora is the solid old car with heavy steel bumpers that lasts forever;
Thunderbird is made of plastic and foam that crushes if even tapped on,
but who cares -- you replace it with a new model every few weeks anyway,
even if only because this week it added more cup holders.
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> Waiving the right to remain silent, j...@kamens.brookline.ma.us
> (Jonathan Kamens) said:
>> The new Filelink feature in the new Thunderbird release,
>> which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
>> links, is totally freakin' awesome.
> More awesome would be to decode and save attachments
>> The new Filelink feature in the new Thunderbird release,
>> which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
>> links, is totally freakin' awesome.
> to a separate directory as Eudora did.
As much as I admire (and use) Eudora,
for all its under-appreciated gifts,
I have to say that automatic "detaching" has many faults:
o Detaching may become permanent, even when not so desired.
o Deletion of some attachments causes incorrect associations
to form between messages and other attachments, or attaches
some files to newer messages instead of to the correct originals.
o Moving message stores, even to a new computer (e.g. XP -> Win7)
weakens the ability to work with the attachments of older messages
(in some Mac computers it even destroys it).
o Trying to combine message stores leads to
attachment file name collisions, each of which
causes dissociation of at least one attachment.
o Eudora can not save and forward an original "source" message
(e.g. "Content-Type: message/rfc822") because of the very fact
that it has "ripped apart the original and discarded various parts,"
particularly headers of some MIME parts and entire "alternative" parts,
nor can it, for the same reason, ever reconstruct, re-send,
or properly forward the original message.
o TB's mail storage is in the sole format that all internet email systems
understand completely, because it's exactly as it was fetched from servers
to begin with, while Eudora's is not conducive to being transplanted
to any new location, nor to "the cloud."
For those who want TB to split off attachments anyway,
either automatically or manually,
there was an "attachment extractor" plugin. However, it also
reveals a fundamental instability of the entire software model,
in that it has not kept up with new TB versions, it's original author
apparently got tired of maintaining and updating it,
it had bugs and deficiencies, etc.
Having become dependent on certain of your add-ons,
all it now takes is an innocent "check for updates"
to cause a 500 pound alligator, despite all your attempts
to keep it at bay with an "ask me before downloading/installing" fence,
to come crashing right through that fence and involuntarily update you,
potentially leaving you wounded and unable to keep a vital add-on working.
Eudora is the solid old car with heavy steel bumpers that lasts forever;
Thunderbird is made of plastic and foam that crushes if even tapped on,
but who cares -- you replace it with a new model every few weeks anyway,
even if only because this week it added more cup holders.
--
ingenierostec...@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2012, 4:03:50 PM7/1/12
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philippe...@gmail.com
Oct 10, 2012, 11:18:14 AM10/10/12
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On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:39:49 PM UTC+1, Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> The new Filelink feature in the new Thunderbird release,
>
> which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
>
> links, is totally freakin' awesome.
>
>
>
> Major kudos to whoever added this new functionality. It's
>
> brilliant!
It does not, however, handle forwarding/replying already attached files, witch renders it less handy for my use (catch all attachments whether I attached them myself or not). It should prompt to link each time you try to send a mail with attachment, yours or otherwise.
> The new Filelink feature in the new Thunderbird release,
>
> which automatically converts large attachments into YouSendIt
>
> links, is totally freakin' awesome.
>
>
>
> Major kudos to whoever added this new functionality. It's
>
> brilliant!
Still, good work.
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