Ready for TB 68+?

[elhennig]

Is this addon ready for the usage with Thunderbird 68 and higher (or probably 67)? If not, are there plans to update it?

[quenton89]

Agree -- lets at least know if its planned!

[dugite-code]

Note the commit 31292a5 "add src/manifest.json for TB69, note: not fully work yet"

The upgrade to 68+ takes a fair amount of work, no doubt it will come eventually.

[ghost]

+1

[gael1980]

+1

[Tealk]

I would also like to have the update, thanks :)

[tbeitter]

This would be awesome, I feel lost without this plugin :)
I'd happily insert some coins if that would be helpful.

[quenton89]

There doesn't seem to be any movement at all on this -- very concerning to me as my whole email handling (I have about 8 accounts I need to handle) depends on this add-on :(

I would gladly donate $20

[tbeitter]

@wangvisual could you say anything on this topic? Maybe you could just contact me and we could talk about what's needed to get this super helpful plugin back to work. Thanks!

[quenton89]

I see nothing happening -- Wang Opera has three addons, none have been updated for the new Thunderbird, and no comments from the developer for many months on any of them.

[ScottHiser]

Time permitting, it would be worth branching this or contributing. With a single developer working on something it should be concerning because life (and death) happens and a project can abruptly end.

[quenton89]

I agree, but you'd have to get in touch with the developer first!

[timmaj]

I would also appreciate any news – or suggestions for alternatives, should there be none. Thanks!

[quenton89]

I have spent many hours trying to see how I might do the half-dozen things I do with this addon in other ways, so far I have found nothing.

[chris-hoe]

Hey, that's promising - a sign of life from wangvisual! :-)
Wang Opera, please share your plans for this super useful plugin with us. Looks like there are quite a few enthusiastic users willing to support the required update to TB 68+ either with some money or by actually taking part of the work!

[troyerj]

I'm lost without this....folders are filling up, didn't even realize how much I was doing with it until it stopped working!!

[zetan503]

Just installed Mint 19.3 and it came with Thunderbird 68.2.2
Awesome Auto Archive successfully collected 40gigs of monthly email back to 2014.
But the plugin says no longer supported.
Any luck adopting it to TB 68? Where do we send starbucks gift certs?

[Infinality]

For people who aren't afraid of code, I've had success with this utility:
https://github.com/lefcha/imapfilter

Took a couple hours for me to figure out how to code my rules using examples online, but it works.

[GiacomoCocchella]

Looking to src code, it seems that Wang knows the problem because there are changes related to 68.x version. I see there is a beta 0.9 version but I don't know if it's working in the last thunderbird (manifest.json reports compatible but you never know... it's just a string... anyone has tried it?) and how to install a beta version. Thank you.

[franktheforgetful]

Looking to src code, it seems that Wang knows the problem because there are changes related to 68.x version. I see there is a beta 0.9 version but I don't know if it's working in the last thunderbird (manifest.json reports compatible but you never know... it's just a string... anyone has tried it?) and how to install a beta version. Thank you.

I've installed 0.9 beta but it remains disabled, i've tried to edit the manifest to change the TB compatibility range but that also did not help.

[acidofil]

+1 :) its a great addon

[francwalter]

Before updating to TB 68+ I wanted to know if there would still be this Add-On working.
After reading this issue, my hopes are gone. No comment and update since a while from the developer :(
OK then, I will stay on TB 62 some longer.
Or anybody knows a working replacement for this Add-On?

EDIT: I just found AutoarchiveReloaded, for TB 68+, which seems to be under active development and seems to do the job (I need), to automatically move older mails to a local store, to keep the online mail account small enough.

[biovolt]

I also don't see any movement here.
Can you use AutoarchiveReloaded to archive a different account?

[francwalter]

Can you use AutoarchiveReloaded to archive a different account?

Especially that it is doing. You need to configure all accounts first (default is no autoarchve at all). But you cannot choose folders in your account, just all the mails in your accounts older than x days. And it relys to the archive settings of TB in the account setting. So the archive folder is to set there!
Seems that this Add-On is quite basic and not that rich-featured than wangvisual's, but I guess for me it should be enough.

[biovolt]

Thank you @francwalter
I still hope @wangvisual fix his plugin for 68+

[quenton89]

After waiting for months, I have given up.
I have managed to get Thunderbird to do some of the things, some I will do manually.
I don't love it, but wanted a couple of the things that 68+ gives me.

[biovolt]

Hi @wangvisual
Please give as an update on what your plan is.
Even if the plan is to not fix it, then we know if we need to wait or move on.

[ScottHiser]

There's some pretty significant changes to Thunderbird, so it's a lot of work to expect updates especially for a free add-on. Looking forward at Thunderbird, it appears there are going to be some significant updates in version 70. So, Thunderbird is getting better, but a lot of add-ons that make it really awesome are not going to work. This could cost Thunderbird some market share.

For anybody who can, reviewing the developer area and trying to chip in and help out would be great. I've taken a look but I'm very limited on time for the next several months. It would be nice to branch this, help Wangvisual out, then see if updates can be merged back in.

[tbeitter]

@wangvisual could you say anything on this topic? Maybe you could just contact me and we could talk about what's needed to get this super helpful plugin back to work. Thanks!

Just to repeat @wangvisual: I'd be happy to help funding the development to get a working plugin for current Tbird versions, I just need to know a $$number to check if it is possible. Thanks a lot!

[jules-o]

I'm another who'd gladly donate if this fabulous addon can be updated to 68+
Nothing else does what I need and it'd be a big pain to do it all manually. Have reverted back to TB 60 for now, just to keep using Awesome.

[franktheforgetful]

I've made a small donation to provide some motivation :)

[quenton89]

Not until we hear something from the developer -- just a note that its being worked on -- there has been nothing for months.

[careca1970]

@wangvisual has been a great contributor to Thunderbird community until now.
He already said that he has time constraints to maintain all his projects after so big "improvements" (in fact a mess) in TB's free API.
So that he seems to be willing to "re-write" his add-ons to match every thing again.

Myself, I made him some $-contribution.
Please guys, show your gratitude to his nice work, and spend any small amount to compensate his working time.
I am sure @wangvisual will try to make it run again!

[1500cc]

TB 78 is around the corner and it would make more sense to shoot straight for TB78 compatibility ?

[biovolt]

I think the Corona Virus got @wangvisual
There has been no activity or anything from from @wangvisual here

[franktheforgetful]

I think the Corona Virus got @wangvisual
There has been no activity or anything from from @wangvisual here

Come on now :) BTW he did raise an issue on another project on 22/March.

[franktheforgetful]

It may help cope with the withdrawal from this extension:

In TB 68 it has been introduced the capability to run filters periodically:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864187

while it certainly can't compensate for all the capabilities of this extension, especially given that filters are not "folder aware", I think it still can come handy.

[elhennig]

It may help cope with the withdrawal from this extension:

In TB 68 it has been introduced the capability to run filters periodically:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864187

while it certainly can't compensate for all the capabilities of this extension, especially given that filters are not "folder aware", I think it still can come handy.

That is true, it helps, the folder awareness of filters can be addresed with FiltaQuilla addon. The hierarchical copy action is missing for me!

[pik-256]

According to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864187:

Currently the periodic filters only run on Inbox folder so it is not possible to run them on other folder.

So FiltaQuilla is no solution.

[1500cc]

I believe with TB 78 release the goal will be for TB 78 compatibility skipping TB 68 ?

[dmfiel]

Yes, with TB 78 add-ons will have to be MailExtensions, https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/updating/tb78. AAA is currently setup as a legacy extension, so it will have to be extensively re-written to work under 78.

However, I do have the extension working now on 68.11.0. @wangvisual had already done 99% of the work, but hadn't set the compatible version to allow it to install. I also fixed a problem where long rule lists didn't scroll properly.

I've been running this without issues for a week, but use it at your own risk. If you dare, you can find the add-on here: https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

[chrober]

Hi dmfiel,

I've been running this without issues for a week, but use it at your own risk. If you dare, you can find the add-on here: https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

I'd really like to try this, but it fails to install:

I am running Thunderbid 68.11.0 (64-bit, Win10).
Do you have any suggestions how to get it working?

Best regards, Christoph

[chrober]

OK, I got it working. My mistake was to right-click and choose "Save link as" in the directory listing of https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/tree/master/beta

Pressing the "Download"-button after following the link to the file gave me the correct xpi-File.

[renoth]

Now by TB has upgraded to 78 and it stopped working even with the patch from dmfiel. Sad times.

[dmfiel]

I've updated my version to load with all versions of TB68, so it works with 68.12.0 now:
https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

[dugite-code]

Yes, with TB 78 add-ons will have to be MailExtensions, https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/updating/tb78. AAA is currently setup as a legacy extension, so it will have to be extensively re-written to work under 78.

However, I do have the extension working now on 68.11.0. @wangvisual had already done 99% of the work, but hadn't set the compatible version to allow it to install. I also fixed a problem where long rule lists didn't scroll properly.

I've been running this without issues for a week, but use it at your own risk. If you dare, you can find the add-on here: https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

I've had success porting the Lookout add-on with extensive help from @jobisoft using the Experiment wrapper API found here https://github.com/thundernest/addon-developer-support/wiki

It's an intermediate step to getting legacy add-ons ported completely over to TB78. It may be possible to do the same for this add-on.

[jobisoft]

I am happy so see, that @dugite-code did not give up and made his Lookout add-on available for TB78. It is literally my job to support add-on developers in this process. I can provide assistance on our add-on developer community channels:
https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/community

If you are stuck somewhere and your code is in a public repository, I can have a look and send you pointers.

Thanks for your efforts.

[joanamate]

Thanks a lot for this!!! Working on my TB68.12 too! Missatge de dugite-code <[email protected]> del dia dl., 21 de set. 2020 a les 3:36:

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Yes, with TB 78 add-ons will have to be MailExtensions, https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/updating/tb78. AAA is currently setup as a legacy extension, so it will have to be extensively re-written to work under 78. However, I do have the extension working now on 68.11.0. @wangvisual <https://github.com/wangvisual> had already done 99% of the work, but hadn't set the compatible version to allow it to install. I also fixed a problem where long rule lists didn't scroll properly. I've been running this without issues for a week, but use it at your own risk. If you dare, you can find the add-on here: https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi I've had success porting the Lookout add-on with extensive help from @jobisoft <https://github.com/jobisoft> using the Experiment wrapper API found here https://github.com/thundernest/addon-developer-support/wiki It's an intermediate step to getting legacy add-ons ported completely over to TB78. It may be possible to do the same for this add-on. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#118 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOHYBTXP4B5DCUWJLTGHFWLSG2U2XANCNFSM4ISMYI4A> .

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[SpinDreams]

Hi Guys, love this plugin, if you can please make it work with 7.x that would make my day.

[francwalter]

Development for autoarchive has obviously stopped :(

[troyerj]

I've updated my version to load with all versions of TB68, so it works with 68.12.0 now:
https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

Will it still load if I upgrade to 68.12.1? Do you think it is good for all 68.12.x upgrades?

[dmfiel]

Yes, it's set to work through 68.99:
https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

And, FYI, I do plan to continue working to upgrade for TB78 eventually. It is a huge effort, because 78 changed the way dialogs are shown, preferences are saved, and how add-ons interact with TB through API calls. Plus, the add-on people are debating about how add-ons will work long-term, so there may be even more changes coming. And work/life has been overwhelming lately, so I haven't had time to work on AAA at all.

[troyerj]

Yes, it's set to work through 68.99:
https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

And, FYI, I do plan to continue working to upgrade for TB78 eventually. It is a huge effort, because 78 changed the way dialogs are shown, preferences are saved, and how add-ons interact with TB through API calls. Plus, the add-on people are debating about how add-ons will work long-term, so there may be even more changes coming. And work/life has been overwhelming lately, so I haven't had time to work on AAA at all.

That's awesome, I thought I'd read in one of the releases you'd added the 68.12.x capability but couldn't find it.

As to TB78 - I think we are all just glad someone has taken this on and I completely sympathize with the work/life. Drop us a note every now and then to let us know how it's going!

[jules-o]

Yes, it's set to work through 68.99: https://github.com/dmfiel/autoarchive/blob/master/beta/awsomeAutoArchive-0.91-tb68.xpi

And, FYI, I do plan to continue working to upgrade for TB78 eventually. It is a huge effort, because 78 changed the way dialogs are shown, preferences are saved, and how add-ons interact with TB through API calls. Plus, the add-on people are debating about how add-ons will work long-term, so there may be even more changes coming. And work/life has been overwhelming lately, so I haven't had time to work on AAA at all.

I know this is an old thread but just wanted to jump in to say THANK YOU for this. I had been sticking with a very-out-of-date Thunderbird purely to keep this addon, as I can't find anything else that comes close to what I need, but eventually had to give in to the automatic update. Found your version and it works like a charm. Thank you so much.