Review for Dictionary Switcher for Thunderbird by Tobias Kuban
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works like a charm with my "Deutsches Wörterbuch (de-DE), alte Rechtschreibung" Add-on. https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/deutsch-alte-rechtschreibung/
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