Have you ever sent an email writing “in attachment you can find…” and then forgot to attach the file? Have you ever received such an email? I guess so. At least I had, many times. So, I’m invoking the LazyWeb and asking for an extension to the free software mail reader Thunderbird (link not working at the moment, use the cached version). A name for the extension can be NeverForgetAttachment but of course the creator will decide the name. How could the extension work? Version 0.1 will simply look for the words “attach” or “attachment” and, in case they are present and there is no attachment when the user clicks the send button, a small window such as the one you see in this post will popup and asks the user if she wants to attach a file. Following versions can even use some machine learning in order to learn which words (or combination of words) refer to an email with a desired attachment and which don’t and react consequently. This can especially be the case if the author don’t want to enter the relative “attach” word for every language in the world. Ok, I’m waiting for someone to create the extension, could this be you?
I just went to the LazyWeb with the intention of writing exactly this request! Here’s hoping…
Hi simon,
can you keep me posted if you note someone created this extension?
thanks!
I’m sorry I can’t help with the thunderbird extension.
I would just like to mention that Pegasus Mail has had this feature for quite some time.
http://www.pmail.com/
Was looking for the same thing. And for the ‘language’ problem, it can suffice that the user himself can enter the words that would indicatie the expected precense of an attachment.