This plugin is now deprecated in favor of https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-filelink
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ownCloud/nextCloud for Filelink makes it easy to send large attachments by uploading those attachments to any ownCloud or nextCloud server and inserting a link to the file into the body of your email.
ownCloud/nextCloud are popular storage services, and this add-on allows Filelink to make use of them.
1a) Download the provided .xpi release
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1b) Download the provided .xpi.zip release and unzip it
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1c) Zip all files from this repository such that the install.rdf and chrome.manifest are located in the root folder of the zip file. Change the file extension from .zip to .xpi.
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Open your Thunderbird, navigate to Tools->Add-Ons, choose "Install Add-On From File..." and select the .xpi file. After installation restart your thunderbird.
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Make sure that you have checked "Allow users to share via link" in "Sharing" section in your ownCloud/nextCloud admin page. If you also have "Enforce password protection" checked, make sure to fill "Password for uploaded files" field in next step
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Navigate to Edit->Preferences->Attachments and add an online storage on the outgoing tab. Select ownCloud from the list and type in your ownCloud url/credentials. If you want to save the attachments not in the root folder of your ownCloud account, then you have to modify the storage path, e.g. use "/mail_attachments/" if you want to save all attachments in the folder named mail_attachments.
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After setting up the account Thunderbird will ask you if you want to upload big mail attachments to ownCloud.
- ownCloud/nextCloud: 5.0.13 and newer
- Thunderbird: 13.0 and newer