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Created because I seem to be the only\none who has a need for this functionality or I'm somehow doing this the wrong way.\n\n### Development\n\n- Tools:\n\n    + Install [Extension Auto-Installer][3] add-on in Thunderbird\n    + [7 Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) for packaging the XPI\n    + Unix tools (wget, bash, ...) - [Cygwin][2] and [Msys2][4] does this for Windows\n      users\n    + Working Python installation\n\n- Workflow:\n\n    + Pull changes from repo\n    + Add some feature\n    + Start Thunderbird\n    + Run `./xpi.sh` or just `xpi` depending on the platform you're on to build the\n      `xpi` and install it in the currently running instance of Thunderbird which will\n      restart immediately since most Thunderbird extensions are [XUL][1] based\n\n### Installation\n\nOfficial channel: [addons.mozilla.org][8]\n\nThe toolbar button usually doesn't appear on first run meaning you'll have to right\nclick on the mail toolbar, click customize and drag and drop the icon to the toolbar\nas shown below:\n\n![](http://image.prntscr.com/image/129cf6049466423b9a92e1bd363dae5b.png)\n\n### Screenshots\n\n+ Toolbar button\n\n![](http://image.prntscr.com/image/a02fce8f0df54c9ba07e4a7bde86d436.png)\n\n+ Add-ons Manager\n\n![](http://image.prntscr.com/image/79e3b9332b23485f9c9918e63acc9db1.png)\n\n+ Preference Window\n\n![](http://image.prntscr.com/image/3ae8ebd02f724ccb958293fd18747e01.png)\n\n### Credits\n\nThe [Thunderbird API][6] is really poorly documented forcing you to rely on grepping\nthrough [Thunderbird's source code][5] and some well implemented Thunderbird\nextensions for working examples to build from. 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