AutoIt communicate with Thunderbird

[Maffe811]

Anybody got any knowledge about communicating with thunderbird?

I asked a friend for something to do and he said he could want a "new mail displayer"

Automatically display my emails from thunderbird within a small popup

"title here"

[Read][Later][Delete]

The code behind a later list and the gui is no problem.

But getting the trigger from a new mail, getting the title, opening the specifc mail upon clicking read and deleting the mail is something i can't figure out.

I read some example code for something, but i think it said it was C. I don't know C.

Anyone know how i should aproach this?

Do i have to get help building some sort of middle link in C ?

[water]

If you search for Visual Basic and how to access Thunderbird you should find solutions which could easily be translated to AutoIt.

[Maffe811]

okay, thanks!

[Maffe811]

After some searching all I can find from Visual Basic is people sending mail.

And most of them is using the command line to do so.

But i found a MAPI thing, but that doesn't do everything I need it to do, atleast thats what i understood.

And:

[The use of this function is discouraged. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows.]

And then I found something about XPCOM, but I didn't understand that.

And then I found this after not searching like a gibbon:

Which links to AutoItObject UDF and "mail event system".

And from there i am lost.

Could anyone take a look at the link or maybe do a quick google, cause im stuck.

Sorry if I ask alot, but so far what I've found is either no good, or to complicated for me.

[water]

The subject was over the head of the other user too.

It's not an easy task you try to solve.

Does it have to be Thunderbird? For MS Outlook I would recommend my OutlookEX UDF which allows to act upon events easily.

[Maffe811]

Yes, sadly. This is more a challenge than a task.

If it was just to automate some mail stuff, I would just ask him to get outlook.

But he doesn't need it, its just a challenge he made since i was bored. Im not bored anymore.

I'll look into Thunderbird add-ons or other Thunderbird interacting programs and see how they have done it.

Also look into making my own add-on to work as a middle man between AutoIt and Thunderbird.