Add-ons
Reviews for Remove Duplicate Messages
295 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thunderbird Duplicate Message "Comparison Criteria Combinations" Chart :
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body
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send time / message id
send time / no of lines
sendtime / size
sendtime / subject / from and to /
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subject / size / message id /
subject / size / no of lines /
subject / size / from and to /
subject / from and to / message id / no of lines
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This add on is a life saver. I depend in it a lot.
It will be awesome if it works automatically every period of time
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Saved my life, thank you _so_ much.
One suggestion. In Options, comlement the ability to compare "Number of Lines in Message" with the ability to compare "Number of Lines in Message _Body_". That way when we have two messages with a different number of headers, we can ignore the difference.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very useful tool. Thanks!
One detail: the selection dialog proposes to move the deleted copies to Trash. However, I am using several accounts, and therefore several disctinct Trash folders. I was surprised to find al the deleted copies in the Trash of my Local Folders. Is it normal?
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
> If you're asking about choosing which message to remove - read/unread, bigger/smaller
Yes.
> this is possible using column sorting in the review dialog.
OK I see, at least for "size" which is what I need. Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This extension is definitely one of the best out there. I've just migrated from Thunderbird to Postbox and was disappointed that it isn't compatible :-(
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.7).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
nice idea, works ok.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.7).When using the number of lines as a comparison criterion, such two messages are indeed not dupes of each; if you remove this from criterion they will probably be determined to be dupes.
Also, there is a quick way to change the dupe check settings: Add the menubutton to the toolbar.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I think this alternate and the original both find the same duplicates when same options are used, I tested it on TB6. The trick is that this alternate version has even more options to search duplicates and some little things that make the life easier, mainly: resizeable window, clearer interface & recycle/delete option. Although it is marked as incompatible, it works perfect on TB6.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.7).Well, they're not so little, these things... for example, being able to sort by different comparison criteria affords you control over which message you would like to keep out of each set.
Anyway, the biggest difference, albeit not one visible to the user, is the fact that removedupes (alternate) is _Free_Software_. That means you have the legal right to improve upon it if I, say, get a job and don't have time to work on it.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
If you use IMAP, sometimes you copy twice the same emails. This software helps you to solve this matter, saving server space.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.7).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the best thunderbird addons I came accross! Its easy, intuitive and fast. It just works and never ever gave me any trouble. A very fine job!
There is one suggestion that I have though. Sometimes I need to copy (or move) large amounts of local mail to an imap folder. This often fails during the process because the copy function of thunderbird just isnt awesome. At that stage, some of the mails i selected have been copied, others havent and I have to start all over again because there is no way to tell which messages already made it to the server and which havent. The bad thing is that even when moving the messages, Thunderbird first copys all of them and then deletes the source, but only if the copy process was successfull.
Would there be any chance to modify removedupes, so that it can display dupes OR siglets. This would enable one to select all the messages that havent been copied/ duplicated yet. this would make removedupes also the only sync plugin for thunderbird and help out so many people struggeling with this poor TB copy function.This would be something that I am looking for for years and years!
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I've done a detailed writeup. See http://raywoodcockslatest.blogspot.com/2011/03/thunderbird-for-windows-transition-from.html
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.6).Thanks for the detailed review! Please read my reply regarding the points you raise, here:
http://pastebin.com/zEhR038q
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works pretty well, haven't had any issues yet and removed a ton of duplicates (especially in one of my RSS feeds). The only thing I've found thus far that I don't like is that the it's a little bit of a pain to setup. Perhaps adding a button with a dropdown menu that provides options. Included in that could be an option to scan all folders (since I don't keep all my email in one global folder I have to select the different main folders for each account).
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5). This user has a previous review of this add-on.You could just select the single 'Account Folder', the parent of the account's main folders (Inbox, Sent, etc.) - that works too.
As for a button - if every extension put its options in a button you would have endless clutter...
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works wonderfully as promised (and fast!) on Thunderbird 2.0.0.24
I like the way you can preview emails before deleting them.
First time using this, so I checked every email selected to see if they were duplicates.
Not a single false positive.
Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
worked great! exactly what I needed! Thank you very very much! The search is very fast, the search result window shows you very clear information to make sure what you will delete is really what you want to delete, and the extra options are very wise. Great
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Like very much that it displays duplicates first and then offers selection options. Worked very well for me.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
I am switching hosts and since I want to keep all the emails I have so far, I had to switch to POP3 (another TB nightmare). I ran this extension and I think it removed some, but it it left many more duplicates - yes, duplicates, same message.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5).I often get this complaint. And it's always the case that the messages are just similar, not the same: An extra newline, a few seconds time difference etc. Try using fewer comparison criteria...
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Can it be enhanced to compare a specific header? I use it to remove duplicate RSS items and the best would be if it compared the 'website' header
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I have been using this addon for quite some time. (One of the mail gateway through which I forward an e-mail
occasional hiccups and send duplicate messages, and thus I need to use addon like this.)
This addon works fine and quite fast.
However, since a few version back, I have noticed strange behavior.
It used to be that if I am looking at the latest messae in a folder, and
if I try to remove the dupes in that foloder only, after the removal of duplication, the
current focus (of the messages, that is) is near the latest message in that folder (module the
deleted message.)
In the current version, the focus is left on a very old message. Thus, I am left in an old message in my folder and
have to scroll down to get to the latest message. (Yes, I keep the latest message at the bottom in my usage.)
This has been noticeable since early summer(? I am not sure). But this pesky behavior is a little
irritating.
Otherwise, I will give a five star :-)
Thank you for the great addon.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is a fantastic tool that is really needed - particularly in a busy business environment.
There has been one change in behaviour recently. Running against a dovecot IMAP server with around a couple of hundred folders containing tens of thousands of emails, if we select "Review Search Results Before Deletion" everything works fine (although someone has to be here to press the button). If we un-tick this option, it finds no duplicates whatsoever. Nothing. Nada. I have tried playing around with all the other options but to no avail.
That's about the only failing I have found and it appears to be a newly introduced bug - older versions worked perfectly.
I'll give it 9/10 - it would have got 10/10 except for the minor hiccup.
Nigel.
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