Thunderbird 3.0 support?

[inchmurrun]

Any ideas when SpamSieve will support v3.0 of Thunderbird?

thanks!

[Michael Tsai]

Any ideas when SpamSieve will support v3.0 of Thunderbird?


No. Thunderbird 3 is still about nine months away from release. Hopefully as it gets more stable I’ll be able to get it working with SpamSieve.

[GCG]

No. Thunderbird 3 is still about nine months away from release. Hopefully as it gets more stable I’ll be able to get it working with SpamSieve.

Hi-
I'm currently using version TB 3.0a2pre (2008052603) as my default email reader. It appears to be quite stable. Any chance you might implement a SS support for TB 3.0 in the near future? Thanks.

[Michael Tsai]

Any chance you might implement a SS support for TB 3.0 in the near future?

I don’t know. It depends on whether Thunderbird’s junk plug-in interface has been fixed.

[christefano]

It depends on whether Thunderbird’s junk plug-in interface has been fixed.

Has this been fixed yet in Thunderbird? I'm eager to get SpamSieve working with Thunderbird 3.0b2.

[Michael Tsai]

Has this been fixed yet in Thunderbird? I'm eager to get SpamSieve working with Thunderbird 3.0b2.

Thunderbird 3.0b2 has made some significant changes to the plug-in interface. I’m currently trying to adapt to those, and then I’ll be able to see whether the plug-in loading problem has been fixed.

[christefano]

Thunderbird 3.0b2 has made some significant changes to the plug-in interface. I’m currently trying to adapt to those, and then I’ll be able to see whether the plug-in loading problem has been fixed.

That's great news! If you need help with testing, I'll be subscribed to this thread.

[allank]

I am a long time user of SS and swear by it! I just gave up on Apple Mail because of its quirky behavior with IMAP, and switched to Thunderbird. I had to use 3.0b2 because of its integration of the Apple Address Book (iPhone, MobileMe, etc., all use it).

So add my name to your list of very satisfied customers who are anxiously awaiting SS on TB 3.0b2.

Keep up the great work, Michael!

[Michael Tsai]

Unfortunately, I still have not been able to get Thunderbird 3 to load a junk filter plug-in.

[GCG]

Unfortunately, I still have not been able to get Thunderbird 3 to load a junk filter plug-in.

Hi Michael-

Thanks for your effort. SS is truly the best spam filter around!

[lordmiss]

I am a long time user of SS and swear by it! I just gave up on Apple Mail because of its quirky behavior with IMAP, and switched to Thunderbird. I had to use 3.0b2 because of its integration of the Apple Address Book (iPhone, MobileMe, etc., all use it).

So add my name to your list of very satisfied customers who are anxiously awaiting SS on TB 3.0b2.

Keep up the great work, Michael!

Exactly same situation here.

Please add my name also!!

[AOlbertz]

Exactly same situation here.

Please add my name also!!

YES! PLEASE! Me too!

[auribe14]

Another user here hoping for a 3.0 solution. Thank you.

[GCG]

Hi Michael-

As you know in TB 3 one can use an external program to check spam using either Spam Assassin or SpamPal. Any chance this scheme could be used with Spam Sieve?

[Michael Tsai]

As you know in TB 3 one can use an external program to check spam using either Spam Assassin or SpamPal. Any chance this scheme could be used with Spam Sieve?

No. That feature simply means that if SpamAssassin has already modified a message to show its spam level, Thunderbird can respect SpamAssassin’s judgement. There is no facility for Thunderbird to hand off the messages to an external program.

[aselder]

Keep up the great work Michael. SS is the best.

Just another volunteer to help with TB 3.0 testing/development in any way that I can.

[aselder]

Now that Thunderbird 3.0 is out, do they have the necessary hooks for junk mail filters? Hopefully they do, and we'll see SpamSieve for Thunderbird 3 soon.

Thanks,

Andrew

[Michael Tsai]

Now that Thunderbird 3.0 is out, do they have the necessary hooks for junk mail filters? Hopefully they do, and we'll see SpamSieve for Thunderbird 3 soon.

I don’t think situation has changed since the Thunderbird 3 pre-releases, so I would not expect it to work with SpamSieve anytime soon.

[Gilles99]

I don’t think situation has changed since the Thunderbird 3 pre-releases, so I would not expect it to work with SpamSieve anytime soon.

Well that's unfortunate, I like SS and certainly would like to use it with Thunderbird.

Just hope you do find a way to integrate SS with Thunderbird

[aselder]

Rats.

Hopefully it gets fixed in the future.

Keep up the great work Michael.

[rlwhalen]

I don’t think situation has changed since the Thunderbird 3 pre-releases, so I would not expect it to work with SpamSieve anytime soon.


Unfortunately, if one updates to Thunderbird 3.0 there is no way to go back unless one has a fresh backup. The installer informs you that the SpamSieve plug-in has been disabled at the end of the install.

SpamSieve saves me a lot of time each day by filtering 60-80 junk mail messages each day. I hope this can be fixed!

Robert

[laugher]

You can downgrade to TB2. Just re-install TB2 and all your configuration, mail and addons are re-instated.

The link to TB2 is no longer published but you can download the latest version from;

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.23/

Choose win (for Windows) or mac (for Mac OS X) and go to the language of your preference. e.g. for English, go to eng-us (US) or eng-gb (Great Britain/UK).

On Mac OS X, just drag the TB2 app into your Applications folder, overwriting your TB3 app. Voila! Downgrade success!

[rlwhalen]

Laugher,

Thanks for the link. I downgraded back to Thunderbird 2.0 and all my current mail received in 3.0 did indeed appear.

Robert

[afterhours]

SpamSieve has been a good, old friend for years. I've recommended it to many clients (along with Thunderbird). Many of those clients understood when I recommended against updating to beta packages.

But T-bird has grown up a bit with version 3, and it's been out quite a while. I have a choice: I can tell clients that they need to stay with a version that is quite long in the tooth now so they can keep using SpamSieve (or buy licenses if their offices expand in the future), or they will have to give it up to use the more current Thunderbird.

Surprisingly, most question WHY they should stay with T-bird v2. They look at me askance if I suggest SpamSieve is the only remaining reason. They ask if I recommend tools that don't keep up with current shipping products or that they should stay with technology now deprecated to the dust bin. It's difficult to argue with that.

SpamSieve will need to continue to evolve to stay relevant. I hope someday, it does.

[Gary Robinson]

I'm thinking of switching from Gyazmail to Thunderbird... Any progress on interoperability with Thunderbird 3?

Thanks,
Gary

[Michael Tsai]

I'm thinking of switching from Gyazmail to Thunderbird... Any progress on interoperability with Thunderbird 3?

No. When and if there is progress I will be sure to post here.

[christefano]

Any news now that Thunderbird 3.1 is out?

[MX5Bob]

Is SpamSpieve ever going to work with Thunderbird 3.x? If not, I might as well uninstall it. While it fails to launch when T-bird is launched, it still quits when T-bird quits. All told, it's not doing anything but taking up space and processing cycles.

[Michael Tsai]

Is SpamSpieve ever going to work with Thunderbird 3.x?

I do not currently know of a way to load a junk mail plug-in into Thunderbird 3, although that isn’t to say that this will never be possible.


While it fails to launch when T-bird is launched, it still quits when T-bird quits.

It should only quit when Thunderbird quits and there are no other mail programs running, so I wouldn’t expect this to cause problems. However, there’s a preference (http://c-command.com/spamsieve/manual-ah/quit-when-mail-client-q) to turn this off if you want.

[aselder]

Just saw that Thunderbird 5.0 got released. Keeping my fingers crossed that thye have made it possible for SpamSieve to work.