Thunderbird w/ Webmail
Is there anything that's basically a webUI for thunderbird?
I've been keeping my mail in thunderbird for years now, but I'd rather be able to pull mail from ISPs/Gmail/etc. and combine them in a single place. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the Thunderbird database to show me my mail.
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Is there anything that's basically a webUI for thunderbird?
I've been keeping my mail in thunderbird for years now, but I'd rather be able to pull mail from ISPs/Gmail/etc. and combine them in a single place. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the Thunderbird database to show me my mail.
email thunderbird webmail
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I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
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Dec 17 at 0:35
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Is there anything that's basically a webUI for thunderbird?
I've been keeping my mail in thunderbird for years now, but I'd rather be able to pull mail from ISPs/Gmail/etc. and combine them in a single place. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the Thunderbird database to show me my mail.
email thunderbird webmail
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Is there anything that's basically a webUI for thunderbird?
I've been keeping my mail in thunderbird for years now, but I'd rather be able to pull mail from ISPs/Gmail/etc. and combine them in a single place. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the Thunderbird database to show me my mail.
email thunderbird webmail
email thunderbird webmail
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I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 17 at 0:35
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I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 17 at 0:35
I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 17 at 0:35
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
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You can come sorta close to what you describe, but not exactly. You can't access the Thunderbird database from a webmail service because it doesn't work in that direction. So if you download your messages with POP3, delete them from the provider server, and then do stuff to them in Thunderbird, the result isn't accessible from a web service.
You would need to keep your messages at each provider's server and do the work there through Thunderbird and a webmail service as "front-ends" using IMAP. Thunderbird can do that, and some webmail providers can also. I'm pretty sure Gmail is one that can act as an email client for other providers' emails.
So you would set up say Gmail similar to how you set up Thunderbird, using IMAP to interface with the other provider accounts. You would then have the equivalent of a single access point, usable from both Thunderbird and, in this example, Gmail.
Note that this applies only to new messages and old ones still on the providers' servers. If you wanted to include old messages that are now only in Thunderbird, you would need to do something like resend them to yourself.
edited Dec 17 at 4:55
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@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
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Dec 21 at 3:40
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You can come sorta close to what you describe, but not exactly. You can't access the Thunderbird database from a webmail service because it doesn't work in that direction. So if you download your messages with POP3, delete them from the provider server, and then do stuff to them in Thunderbird, the result isn't accessible from a web service.
You would need to keep your messages at each provider's server and do the work there through Thunderbird and a webmail service as "front-ends" using IMAP. Thunderbird can do that, and some webmail providers can also. I'm pretty sure Gmail is one that can act as an email client for other providers' emails.
So you would set up say Gmail similar to how you set up Thunderbird, using IMAP to interface with the other provider accounts. You would then have the equivalent of a single access point, usable from both Thunderbird and, in this example, Gmail.
Note that this applies only to new messages and old ones still on the providers' servers. If you wanted to include old messages that are now only in Thunderbird, you would need to do something like resend them to yourself.
edited Dec 17 at 4:55
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@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
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You can come sorta close to what you describe, but not exactly. You can't access the Thunderbird database from a webmail service because it doesn't work in that direction. So if you download your messages with POP3, delete them from the provider server, and then do stuff to them in Thunderbird, the result isn't accessible from a web service.
You would need to keep your messages at each provider's server and do the work there through Thunderbird and a webmail service as "front-ends" using IMAP. Thunderbird can do that, and some webmail providers can also. I'm pretty sure Gmail is one that can act as an email client for other providers' emails.
So you would set up say Gmail similar to how you set up Thunderbird, using IMAP to interface with the other provider accounts. You would then have the equivalent of a single access point, usable from both Thunderbird and, in this example, Gmail.
Note that this applies only to new messages and old ones still on the providers' servers. If you wanted to include old messages that are now only in Thunderbird, you would need to do something like resend them to yourself.
edited Dec 17 at 4:55
Appleoddity
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answered Dec 17 at 1:08
fixer1234
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@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
add a comment |
You can come sorta close to what you describe, but not exactly. You can't access the Thunderbird database from a webmail service because it doesn't work in that direction. So if you download your messages with POP3, delete them from the provider server, and then do stuff to them in Thunderbird, the result isn't accessible from a web service.
You would need to keep your messages at each provider's server and do the work there through Thunderbird and a webmail service as "front-ends" using IMAP. Thunderbird can do that, and some webmail providers can also. I'm pretty sure Gmail is one that can act as an email client for other providers' emails.
So you would set up say Gmail similar to how you set up Thunderbird, using IMAP to interface with the other provider accounts. You would then have the equivalent of a single access point, usable from both Thunderbird and, in this example, Gmail.
Note that this applies only to new messages and old ones still on the providers' servers. If you wanted to include old messages that are now only in Thunderbird, you would need to do something like resend them to yourself.
edited Dec 17 at 4:55
Appleoddity
7,06121124
answered Dec 17 at 1:08
fixer1234
17.8k144581
You can come sorta close to what you describe, but not exactly. You can't access the Thunderbird database from a webmail service because it doesn't work in that direction. So if you download your messages with POP3, delete them from the provider server, and then do stuff to them in Thunderbird, the result isn't accessible from a web service.
You would need to keep your messages at each provider's server and do the work there through Thunderbird and a webmail service as "front-ends" using IMAP. Thunderbird can do that, and some webmail providers can also. I'm pretty sure Gmail is one that can act as an email client for other providers' emails.
So you would set up say Gmail similar to how you set up Thunderbird, using IMAP to interface with the other provider accounts. You would then have the equivalent of a single access point, usable from both Thunderbird and, in this example, Gmail.
Note that this applies only to new messages and old ones still on the providers' servers. If you wanted to include old messages that are now only in Thunderbird, you would need to do something like resend them to yourself.
edited Dec 17 at 4:55
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answered Dec 17 at 1:08
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answered Dec 17 at 1:08
fixer1234
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answered Dec 17 at 1:08
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@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
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@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
@Appleoddity, thanks. Definitely need more coffee.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 5:20
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
So, If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm thoroughly in the territory of "you need to write your own", then?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 21 at 3:14
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
@StackTracer, if your requirement is to access and use the Thunderbird database from a web app, I'm not aware of anything that does that. My answer was that you can accomplish essentially the same result easily with existing tools, just a different mechanism.
– fixer1234
Dec 21 at 3:40
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I'm confused... what are you trying to do here? Do you want to use Thunderbird with your webmail accounts? For purely "webmail" accounts, that isn't possible, but most ISP's and Gmail allow SMTP and/or IMAP access to their email accounts which is something Thunderbird can do.
– acejavelin
Dec 17 at 0:05
@acejavelin, no, basically the opposite of that. I currently have thunderbird working to download mail from my ISPs. I want to have some kind of webmail frontend that can access the thunderbird database to show me my mail. Does that make more sense?
– Stack Tracer
Dec 17 at 0:35