Adding a file share service to Thunderbird

[Steven Stern]

On 02/01/2015 08:43 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> 
> On 02/01/2015 04:11 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
>> On 02/01/2015 04:04 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>> On 02/01/2015 02:57 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>> On 01/31/2015 10:12 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>>>> Often I want to attach a file that is larger than what google will
>>>>> allow,
>>>>> a limit I configured in TB. And TB will prompt me to use a file share
>>>>> service.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is I do not want to use the 2 file share services that
>>>>> TB is
>>>>> showing,
>>>>> and none of the add-on have my preferred file share server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone somehow overcome this "apparent" limitation of TB, and
>>>>> configured
>>>>> TB to use a file share service other than what TB and the plugins
>>>>> (add-ons)
>>>>> provide?
>>>>>
>>>> It would help if you told us what your preferred file share service is.
>>>>
>>> I subscribe to a few free ones.
>>> But just for an example, try sendspace.com, among
>>> others.
>>> I see no way to make TB use sendspace and prompt me
>>> for my user id and passwd on the chosen provider,
>>> and upload the file I just tried to attach to a message,
>>> and if too large, TB prompts the
>>> user to use a share service.
>>>
>> I'm using Dropbox with it via the addon dropbox-for-filelink.  These
>> seem to be the only supported services:
>>
>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/filelink-large-attachments
>>
> I did indeed install dropbox, and restarted TB.
> It still does not show dropbox as one of the share
> services.
> So, perhaps you could clue me in on how to make it work.
> 
I installed this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/dropbox-for-filelink/

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-- Steve