blackstrip / tb-correctidentity

Source of the Mozilla Thunderbird extension "Correct Identity"

Thunderbird Add-on "Correct Identity" (V2.x.x)

This add-on now works with Thunderbird versions > 67.

It's a perfect alternative/continuation

• of the original (version 1.x.x) Correct Identity
• to Flexible Identity

which don't work anymore because Thunderbird switched to new Plugin API framework called WebExtension.

The add-on comes in 5 different languages. Here is a screenshot of the settings window:

Installation

This add-on update is not yet available at the official Thunderbird add-on store, but will be avialable soon on the update channel (https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/thunderbird/addon/correct-identity/).

Steps for installation (local build):

1. Download this repository
2. In the repository folder, execute ./make_xpi.sh to create an .xpi file
3. Open Thunderbird, go to /Add-ons/, and click /Install add-on from file/
4. Choose the .xpi file in the repository folder

The .xpi files come in two flavours:

• correct_identity_vX.Y.Z.xpi is a version which could (in theory) be released to the official Thunderbird add-on store
• correct_identity_vX.Y.Z_dev.xpi has the same content, but has no limitation on the highest supported Thunderbird version ("strict_max_version"). Use this version to test this add-on on newer Thunderbird versions not known at date of the add-on release. (Feedback welcome).

The add-on can now be configured in the add-on manager tab.

Alternatively you can directly download an .xpi file from the "Releases" section.

Development & Contributing

1. Fork this repo and download it with git pull
2. Call ./make_xpi.sh in the repo
3. In Thunderbird, Menu /Extras/ → /Development Tools/ → /Debug Add-ons/
4. /Load temporary Add-on/ and select the .xpi file
5. Then you can press /Reload/
6. …
7. Send us a pull request!

Note that you have to generate a .xpi file with the same name whenever you change the source code. You can use a file watcher like inotify to automate this.

In Menu /Extras/ → /Development Tools/ you'll also find a dev console and more debugging tools.

Acknowledgment

Many thanks to @dennisverspuij, the original author , and to @ldreier who ported this add-on to Thunderbird 67!

Trivia

Before this fork:

Here is the old version of Correct Identity which doesn't work on Thunderbird versions > 67.