FiltaQuilla Version History

23 versions

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Version 4.0b2 696.7 KiB Works with Thunderbird 112.0 - 115.*

First official Beta release for Thunderbird 115. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 115, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR115, please report them at FiltaQuilla issue 223


All new development for Thunderbird 115 will be published in as new branch of FiltaQuilla code, starting with a new major version number 4.*.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here


Improvements
  • [issue 223] Make FiltaQuilla compatible with Thunderbird 115.

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed ToneQuilla.jsm component (playback of sounds) by adding a background page. tested wav, ogg and mp3 playback.
  • Fixed updating version display in top panel of options screen (remove old version Proxy code)

Version 3.7.2 689.6 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 112.0

Version 3.7.2

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 112. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker


I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and 102 as long as possible.

All new development for Thunderbird 115 will be published in as new branch of FiltaQuilla code, starting with a new major version number 4.*. See [issue 223] (Make FiltaQuilla compatible with Thunderbird 115).

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here


Improvements
  • [issue 216] Allow special characters in file name, e.g. German Umlauts. So far most special characters in saved messages and attachments were automatially converted to phonetically similar ASCII characters to avoid file errors. You can now re-add letters that you want to preserve and you know that they work on your file system.

    This is achieved via a whitelist, which you can now enter on the actions tab.

Bug Fixes
  • [issue 180] Fix Archiving with Thunderbird 102.
  • [issue 217] Fixed a regression in 3.7 that broke the printing action - FQ now reads Print Delay correctly.

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.7.1 693.8 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 111.0

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 110. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker


I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and 102 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here


Improvements
  • [issue 216] Allow special characters in file name, e.g. German Umlauts. So far most special characters in saved messages and attachments were automatially converted to phonetically similar ASCII characters to avoid file errors. You can now re-add letters that you want to preserve and you know that they work on your file system.

    This is achieved via a whitelist, which you can now enter on the actions tab

Bug Fixes
  • [issue 180] Fix Archiving with Thunderbird 102.
  • [issue 217] Fixed a regression in 3.7.1 that broke the printing action.

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.7 689.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 111.0

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 110. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker


I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and 102 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here


Improvements
  • [issue 216] Allow special characters in file name, e.g. German Umlauts. So far most special characters in saved messages and attachments were automatially converted to phonetically similar ASCII characters to avoid file errors. You can now re-add letters that you want to preserve and you know that they work on your file system.

    This is achieved via a whitelist, which you can now enter on the actions tab

Bug Fixes

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.6.1 689.8 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 107.0

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 102. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker


I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and ESR 102 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

Maintenance 3.6.1

  • [issue 183] "Save Attachments To" alters attachment filename - this is in sync with naming conventions of the save attachment, in order to avoid invalid characters. Added more characters to whitelist:


    ( ) _ - + ' ! % and SPACE


    Also added an optional replacement character for spaces in filtaquilla options.


Improvements
  • Added help topics for reply with / forward with SmartTemplates
  • [issue 165] Support printing the same email multiple times

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed [issue 177] Attachments with illegal filenames are not saved correctly
  • Fixed [issue 135] Action of "Detach Attachments To" doesn't detach from message (only saves attachments)
  • Fixed [issue 178] Subject or Body (Regular expression) - missing Textbox

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.6 689.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 107.0

Version 3.6

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 102. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker


I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and ESR 102 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

Improvements
  • Added help topics for reply with / forward with SmartTemplates
  • [issue 165] Support printing the same email multiple times

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed [issue 177] Attachments with illegal filenames are not saved correctly
  • Fixed [issue 135] Action of "Detach Attachments To" doesn't detach from message (only saves attachments)
  • Fixed [issue 178] Subject or Body (Regular expression) - missing Textbox

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.5 687.8 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 - 102.*

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 102. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 102, especially custom search terms and actions could not be edited anymore. If you find any new problems, related to the update to ESR102, please report them at the FiltaQuilla issue tracker

I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 91 and ESR 102 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

Improvements
  • Added help topics for reply with / forward with SmartTemplates

Bug Fixes
  • [issue 167] Fixed: Playback of sounds not working in Thunderbird - Replaced sounds with ogg format. Thunderbird cannot play back mp3 files natively, please use the provided ogg files instead.

    You can convert your own sound files to ogg with the Software freac (Free Audio Converter)
  • [issue 164] Fixed: Edit fields for search terms / actions not displayed in Thunderbird 102 when dialog loads
  • Raised minimum version to 91.0
  • Improved Icon coloring for file pickers in filter editor - these now support dark themes in Thunderbird 102.

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.4 857.1 KiB Works with Thunderbird 74.0 - 92.0a1

Version 3.4

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 91. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 91, for instance the filteraction "match" function has been replace with "matchAction" and changed parameters.

I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 78 and ESR 91 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

Improvements
  • [issue 126] Add ability to archive messages from filters
  • [issue 152] Support printing via PrintingTools NG by Christopher Leidigh.
  • [issue 153] Implement new filter action "Forward with SmartTemplate" and "Reply with SmartTemplate". SmartTemplates adds a plethora of functionality, such as replacing text or quote headers from the quoted email and also adding / removing recipients and cleaning subject lines.
    Works from SmartTemplates version 3.11 forward.
  • [issue 102] Run Program: New option to transmit parameters as UTF-16 format in order to correctly submit non-latin characters such as cyrillic.



Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

If you are interested in automating writing emails, I want to encourage you to try out SmartTemplates which is a substantial time saver for daily email composition tasks.

You can now also donate directly here.

Version 3.3 882.1 KiB Works with Thunderbird 74.0 - 92.0a1

Version 3.3

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 91. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 91, for instance the filteraction "match" function has been replace with "matchAction" and changed parameters.

I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 78 and ESR 91 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

Bug Fixes
  • [issue 130]
    Fixed: print automation is not working with Thunderbird Version 91.2.1
  • [issue 142] Fixed: Add sender to list shows no results in the List / Account dropdown.
  • [issue 144],[issue 131]
    Fixed: Save Message as File doesn't work with illegal filename characters in subject as "\", ":", "*", "|" or "?". These are now replaced with "-". Diacritics and special characters are replaced with phonetic equvialents. Case is now preserved, I assume that most file systems nowadays support this.

Improvements
  • [issue 145] Filter value / "text area" is narrow and won't expand #145

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 3.2 880.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 74.0 - 92.0a1

Version 3.2

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 91. FiltaQuilla had to have some necessary changes for Thunderbird 91, for instance the filterAction "match" function has been replace with "matchAction" and changed parameters.

I will try to keep the latest version on ATN compatible with both Thunderbird 78 and ESR 91 as long as possible.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

  • [issue 111] Make FiltaQuilla compatible with Thunderbird 91
  • Added option to set regexp for case insensitive match by default
  • [issue 115] Added body regexp match
  • [issue 53] Support saving files with Mime encoded subjects and file names with cyrillic / other characters.
  • Options are now accessible via wrench symbol in Add-ons Manager
  • Check the new Issue Tracker for open problems and to add feature requests.
  • Added Russian locale by ashed @ github

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 3.1 877.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 74.0 - 87.0

Version 3.1

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 78. Again, FiltaQuilla had to be largely rewritten for Thunderbird 78, because support for some key technologies was deprecated by Mozilla (bindings was central to making the filter editor work, so there were numerous days of work and guessing necessary to get it back on track. Many thanks to John Bieling from Thunderbird for helping especially with the very problematic Filter Editor.

Going forward most bugfixes / new features will be exclusively available for Thunderbird 78 - but there may be some minor backports for Thunderbird 68. The reason for this is that through architectural changes on the Mozilla code platform the code for Thunderbird 68 and earlier is substantially different.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

  • Check the new Issue Tracker for open problems and to add feature requests.
  • [issue 94] Feature Request: Add ToneQuilla (sound notifications) functionality to FiltaQuilla. Removed some of the larger sounds and added the following sounds from notificationsounds.com (CC license):
    maybe-one-day-584, hold-your-horses-468, scratch-389, your-turn-491, knob-458, worthwhile-438, scissors-423.
    The default location which the provided sounds are unpacked into is in profile/extensions/filtaquilla. You can either add your own sounds there for convenience or point to sounds in other locations.
  • [issue 95] Support instant apply for changes in Options Window.
  • [issue 89] Fixed: Options missing in Add-ons Manager. The settings for FiltaQuilla have been moved to the ... menu on the Add-ons Manager and removed from the tools menu going forward.
  • Completed strings in Swedish locale
  • Fixed a problem with the German translation for "do not notify"
  • [issue 97] Printing in background should not enable global setting 'print.always_print_silent' permanently.

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 3.0.3 140.2 KiB Works with Thunderbird 74.0 - 78.*

FiltaQuilla is now compatible with Thunderbird 78. Again, FiltaQuilla had to be largely rewritten for Thunderbird 78, because support for some key technologies was deprecated by Mozilla (bindings was central to making the filter editor work, so there was numerous days of work and guessing necessary to get it back on track. Many thanks to John Bieling from Thunderbird for helping especially with the very problematic Filter Editor.

Going forward most bugfixes / new features will be exclusively available for Thunderbird 78 - but there may be some minor backports for Thunderbird 68. The reason for this is that through architectural changes on the Mozilla code platform the code for Thunderbird 68 and earlier is substantially different.

If you would like to support FiltaQuilla with donation you can now do so here

  • Check the new Issue Tracker for open problems and to add feature requests.
  • [issue 64] Make FiltaQuilla compatible with Thunderbird 78 ESR. The gruelling detail on all the necessary work can be read there.
  • All bindings were replaced with pure JavaScript. This affected editing all conditions that FiltaQuilla adds to the Filter Editor.
  • Printing didn't work anymore </p>
  • [issue 45] Fixed "Move later" / "Copy as Read" For Thunderbird versions > 64
  • [issue 76] Fixed detach attachments - if the attachment was already removed then no empty file is generated, but a message is shown in error console showing the "last seen location" where the attachment was originally detached to.
  • Fixed behavior of opening FiltaQuilla page jumping to in-page links when a tab with the same basic URL is already shown
  • 3.0.1 - version bump because I had to rerelease 2.1.2 fixing a syntax error in manifest.json
  • 3.0.3 - fixed firstRun code so that support site is loaded on install / update

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters - FiltaQuilla is a better location for extending Filter behavior - specifically adding new types of Actions and Conditions.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

You can now also donate directly here.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 2.1.2 93.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 68.0 - 73.*

Going forward most bugfixes / new features will be exclusively available for Thunderbird 78 - some changes may be backported to Thunderbird 68. The reason for this is that through architectural changes on the Mozilla code platform the code for Thunderbird 60 and earlier is substantially different.

  • Currently working on a version for Thunderbird 78 - you can already get prereleases on my github. Complete conversion is discussed at [issue 64]
  • 2.1.2 fixed a problem in manifest file (stric_max_verseion) that wouldn't allow it to update existing versions.
  • 2.1.1 added strict_max_version to avoid this Add-on being installed in Tb78 - where it would be incompatible
  • Added Icons and fixed look on Address book picker in Filter Editor
  • Corrected a string in german locale from "Nicht ändern" to "Nicht benachrichtigen"
  • [issue 67] Help links in options dialog were misdirected to the wrong page

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters. FiltaQuilla is a good location for extending Filter behavior.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license..

You can now also donate directly here.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 2.0 93.1 KiB Works with Thunderbird 68.0 - 73.0

Version 2.0

Made Compatible with THunderbird 68. FiltaQuilla had to be largely rewritten for Thunderbird 68, with substantial help from Paweł Tomulik.

Going forward most bugfixes / new features will be exclusively available for Thunderbird 68. The reason for this is that through architectural changes on the Mozilla code platform the code for Thunderbird 60 and earlier is substantially different.

  • Check the new Issue Tracker for open problems and to add feature requests.
  • Added links to the quickFilters page for supporting the development team.

Support My Work

As I am often asked about added features for filter conditions and actions for my Add-on quickFilters this is a good location for extending Filter behavior.

If you want to support the FiltaQuilla project, please install quickFilters and
purchase a quickFilters Pro license.

I am keeping the license for FiltaQuilla as GPL 3.0, free to download and use.

Version 1.5 80.9 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.49.*, Thunderbird 52.0 - 60.*

Version 1.5
  • Completed Dutch translation - thanks to Markh van BabelZilla.org
  • Completed Swedish translation - thanks to A. Regnander - Phoenix
  • Fixed issue #9 Error in Console - Services.prefs.getStringPref is not a function - affecting older versions of Thunderbird.
  • Added debug option for future trouble shooting.
  • Added support icons for filter actions and search terms: these open dedicated topics on the support pages.
  • Added back inheritpane service module.
  • Raised minimum version to Thunderbird 52. It is likely that the next version will be minimum 60, once it starts to support Thunderbird 68 to be future proof for 2020.

Version 1.4.1 69.7 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.49.*, Thunderbird 45.0 - 60.*

Fixed a problem with minver. Still compatible with Thunderbird 60.3 / ESR

Version 1.4 69.7 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.49.*, Thunderbird 45.0 - 60.*

Made compatible with Thunderbird 60
Added localisation (German locale)
If you want to help with translation into your language, check on:
https://www.babelzilla.org/index.php?option=com_wts&Itemid=0&type=show&extension=5774
(you will need a Babelzilla Login for this)

Version 1.3.2 53.5 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.30.*, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 45.*

This version fixes broken filter actions MoveLater and CopyAsSend caused by changes in recent versions of Thunderbird

Version 1.3.1 53.5 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.30.*, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 38.*

Version 1.3.1 fixes an error that prevented filter actions that train the junk filter.

Version 1.3.0 53.5 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.30.*, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 31.*

Bug fixes.

1. Fixes issues in printing
2. Adds optional file type when saving message

Version 1.2.0 53.0 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.1.*, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 24.*

Provides compatibility with Thunderbird 5.0

Fixes:

bug 313 Non-ascii characters don’t work in subjectRegEx

bug 843 Remove lower case from headerRegEx (which prevented certain headers from being properly processed)

New Features:

Search term: Folder Name

Custom action: Save Message to Folder

Custom Action: Move Later

Version 1.1.0 50.0 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.1a1pre, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 3.2a1pre

Fixes:

A core bug that prevented custom searches from working in non-filter contexts was fixed in Thunderbird 3.0.5/3.1 beta 2.

A core feature was added, beginning with Thunderbird 3.1 beta 2, that allows IMAP filter actions that need the message body to work. This FiltaQuilla version adds support for that term.

Enabling of filter actions and search terms was divided into separate pages to prevent issues with view overflow.

New features:

Custom action: javascript and javascript (needs body)

Custom action: detach attachments from message (requires Thunderbird 3.1 beta 2 or later)

Custom action: Suffix to subject. Previous action "append to subject", which was misnamed, was renamed to "prepend to subject" though existing defined actions will still work.

Version 1.0.1 49.0 KiB Works with SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre - 2.1a1pre, Thunderbird 3.0b3pre - 3.1a1pre

This revision fixes three bugs:

Fixed: M164 Filter action “Run” fails with second after-the-fact action

Fixed: M165 RegEx search term has no method to add flags like case insensitive

Fixed: M166 Custom search term values are not appearing in customize view