Thunderbird_architecture

Thunderbird_architecture
Account manager 
   如何遍历所有账号

Accounts Include information about how to get and change account settings. Identities How are identities saved in the preferences? Servers How are servers saved in the preferences? Folders  ? Message database  ? Message headers How do you get the account for a message? How do you change headers and how they're displayed in the UI? Messages How do you stream a message to see its contents? How do you create and use message selection listeners? nsIMsgDBView This drives the thread pane. Compose window How do you manipulate and extend the compose window? Address book How do you iterate across address books? Search them? Modify or add entries? Delete entries? standard8 knows about this stuff. See  for some helpful information. General What is the process of sending a message (possibly automated)? Filters When and how does TB invoke filters? How could one add additional filter rule types?

Samples

We need some good samples. These should include:

Iterating over all folders in all accounts See  to get started. Opening a database and iterating over its message headers See  to get started. Streaming a message See  and  to get started. Parsing a message See  as a starting point.