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It has been ... a long while since I programmed the extension load bits for the Virtual Identity. With Virtual Identity you can create an identity while writing an email in Thunderbird, without using the usual settings interface on the fly '. It's really handy if you have your own domain and use different email addresses for different recipients, for instance to preventDefault spam.

But, the extension was not compatible with the upcoming Firefox 2.0. And as much as I like the program, I missed the often requested feature to scan headers for reply addresses. So I had to change it. And what a long way, at the end I decided to write the whole thing once again. Viola, there it is, the preview is ready and can be downloaded virtual_identity-0.4.0pre-mz + tb.xpi

Features of the new version:

• smoother integration into the Thunderbird interface
• use specified mail headers for Smart Reply feature (needs installed enigmail mnenhy or extension)
• allow saving of drafts / templates keeping stored Virtual Identity (requires Thunderbird 2.0)
• compatible with Thunderbird 2.0

sounds good? Ok, than try it, and please report any bugs or problems. And feel free to contact me if you like to translate the extension in your language ...

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A new Thunderbird is on the horizon (v 0.2b1) and some e-mails reminding me of updating the Virtual Identity extension (see [1] , [2] ) for usage with the new release. As usual, it's time to solve some problems and go trough the list of bugs, so I did. And I added some features too.

• the smart-reply window was sometimes hidden by other windows. Changed the behaivior to wait for the MessageComposeWindow shown to up till a decision in the Smart Reply-dialogue which made.
• smart-reply till now only Compared email adresses, not the full names beneath them. But sometimes the email address is always the same, but the full name changes for different recipients. Sun changed the behaivior.
• In Thunderbird 2.0b I am able to retrieve at URI of the original email while editing a draft. So its possible to extract the former transmitter address. Which means: Now with e-mails on virtual identity can be saved and edited afterwards, without any problems.

For a testing phase I released a beta version of the upcoming extension, feel free to try it and please report any problems or suggestions. You can find this release under http://absorb.it/hacked/thunderbird/virtual_identity-0.3.5b-mz+tb.xpi

The "Paragraph Style drop-down menu inoperable if installed Virtual Identity"-bug is open still, see my entry into the XULPlanet forum . Any help appreciated!

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