From 89cef9d7acd85828ddfbb1375fac1e805bd03cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno BARBIER <brubar.cs@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:33:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] org-faq: links with thunderbird: Add cb_thunderlink

---
 org-faq.org | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/org-faq.org b/org-faq.org
index 0410d368..4c2d0c8f 100644
--- a/org-faq.org
+++ b/org-faq.org
@@ -2051,6 +2051,42 @@ so the following recipe is obsolete:
 Notice that this link uses Message-ID to reference a particular
 message as well.
 
+*** Using the =cb_thunderlink= add-on
+The add-on =cb_thunderlink= for Thunderbird allows to generate direct
+links from emails inside Thunderbird. You can then teach org to repon
+these links.
+
+  1. In Thunderbird, install the =cb_thunderlink= add-on.
+
+  2. In the options page of the =cb_thunderlink= add-on, add a new link
+     type, name it =org= with the following value:
+
+          #+begin_example
+          [[mid:$msgid$][$author_name$: $subject$ ($date_iso$)]]
+          #+end_example
+
+  3. In your emacs init file, add the following lines:
+          #+begin_src elisp
+          (defvar thunderbird-app nil
+            "The absolute path to your thunderbird application.")
+
+          (defun thunderbird-message-with-id (message-id)
+            "Open the given email. MESSAGE-ID is the message id."
+            (start-process "thunderbird" " *thunderbird*"
+                           thunderbird-app
+                           (concat "mid:" message-id)))
+
+          (org-link-set-parameters "mid" :follow 'thunderbird-open-message-with-id)
+          #+end_src
+
+
+In Thunderbird, to copy a link to an email into the clipboard, open
+the contextual menu, click the =cb_thunderlink= entry and choose the
+entry named =org=. Then paste the link in your org file, and, click it
+to re-open the email.
+
+
+
 * Plain Lists
   :PROPERTIES:
   :CUSTOM_ID: Plain-Lists
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