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The known add-on external editor says it is compatible with Thunderbird 5. But the latest Thunderbird is version 31.1.0 already. Is it still usable? Or is there any other add-on that can enable editing emails in an external editor for Thunderbird?

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  • Emacs can handle e-mail without using an external program like Thunderbird, but I don't know if it's possible to integrate Emacs and Thunderbird. – lawlist Sep 09 '14 at 15:36
  • I'm aware of Mutt and Emacs. I need to use Thunderbird as an entry point and fire up Emacs only for editing. – qazwsx Sep 09 '14 at 18:25
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    It seems to have broken recently (Thunderbird 31.1.1), where it can be configured but nothing happens when trying to use it (`Ctrl-E` or via the Tools menu). – blueyed Sep 24 '14 at 22:45

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One possibility is to install muttator (you may want to build a later version), and push Ctrl-i when composing to call the editor. The default editor is gvim, but you can change the default editor by add the following to ~/.muttatorrc (create one if the file does not exist):

set editor=your_editor
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