Is it possible to interop with Thunderbird using C#?

Question

Here's the latest hurdle in my ongoing quest to automate my job:

• All email in the company goes through 4 different email adresses, switching randomly back and forth (with a note attached in the global share: please set "keep email on server")
• All logic related to email is contained in a nice big Thunderbird profile, which gets copied back and forth to new machines; this includes sorting invoices into 5 different "folders", the list of VIP adresses to send notifications, and the VIP level of those customers
• I only need the contents of those folders (the attachments, anyway)

The question: is there a way to ask Thunderbird for those attachments and lists from C#? Alternatively, can Outlook be set up to synchronize with Thunderbird? Where do I start reading?

Ditching Thunderbird is not an option right now, I need to keep up with changes to the VIP list.

P.S. I will set up a real email server right after Monkey saves me enough time to convince people about it.

Answer 1

Even though I have never used it, I guess it should be possible through XPCOM.

More information about XPCOM here:

http://xpcomviewer.mozdev.org/

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Development_resources

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Calling_Thunderbird_from_other_programs

Hope this helps

Adriano