Thunderbird plugin #488

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tahoe-lafs · 2008-07-03T00:44:43Z

zandr commented

2008-07-03 00:44:43 +00:00

It would be very cool to be able to use Tahoe to transmit file attachments in email.

The idea is that we'd have a Thunderbird (and maybe Mail.app? or Outlook) plugin that provided an alternate 'attach' button.

Clicking said button would allow a user to select a file or files. The 'attach' button in this dialog would cause the following:

Upload selected files to the mesh.
Append the tahoe URL to text of the email message.

This probably requires that we implement sharing slots as described in #152, since the user won't want to be blocked waiting for the upload.

Designing a postfix filter to accomplish the same function is left as an exercise for the reader.

It would be very cool to be able to use Tahoe to transmit file attachments in email. The idea is that we'd have a Thunderbird (and maybe Mail.app? or <gasp> Outlook) plugin that provided an alternate 'attach' button. Clicking said button would allow a user to select a file or files. The 'attach' button in this dialog would cause the following: Upload selected files to the mesh. Append the tahoe URL to text of the email message. This *probably* requires that we implement sharing slots as described in #152, since the user won't want to be blocked waiting for the upload. Designing a postfix filter to accomplish the same function is left as an exercise for the reader.