Attachment Reminder 0.3.8 - Mozilla Thunderbird Extension

Pros

• Attachment Reminder lets you know when you fail to attach a promised file
• Using a clever text pattern, Attachment Reminder looks for text that mentions attachments
• Attachment Reminder can avoid quoted text

Cons

• Attachment Reminder does not help you construct the regular expression or add more languages
• You cannot attach and send in one go with Attachment Reminder
• Attachment Reminder could be even smarter and check whether you've attached the right file

Description

• Attachment Reminder checks emails you compose in Mozilla Thunderbird for promised attachments.
• If it finds trigger words in message body or subject but no files, Attachment Reminder lets you add them before sending.
• Attachment Reminder can use regular expressions to specify the terms for which to look in, well, flexible terms.
• You can have Attachment Reminder avoid quoted text in replies.
• Attachment Reminder supports Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5/2.

Guide Review - Attachment Reminder 0.3.8 - Mozilla Thunderbird Extension

Even worse than getting all those attachments, admit it, is not getting them. Now you have to explain, in awkward letters, that you are "afraid" the promised file has gotten lost "somewhere". Wouldn't it be great if there was an add-on for Mozilla Thunderbird that reminded people to attach the documents they promise in their emails' bodies?

Attachment Reminder is just that extension for Mozilla Thunderbird. Using a text pattern, Attachment Reminder looks for terms like "attachment", "file", "enclosed" and "here's". Attachment Reminder uses regular expressions to flexibly match text. Unfortunately, it does not help you much constructing these expressions. A way to easily add equivalent strings in other languages would be nice, too.

Of course, there's no point in reminding people to attach files mentioned in a reply's quoted text. Attachment Reminder does the right thing and ignores quotations in its scanning. It can look in the "Subject" line, though.

When Attachment Reminder finds a trigger word but no attached files, it lets you know — and can take you right back to composing. An option to attach right from the alert and send in one go would be nice. Maybe Attachment Reminder could get really fancy and try to match, say, the attachment number, file type or even file name to what the email says.