compose

This message composition window API first appeared in Thunderbird 67 (see bug 1503423).

Functions

beginNew([details])

• [details] (ComposeParams)

beginReply(messageId, [replyType])

• messageId (integer) The message to reply to, as retrieved using other APIs.
• [replyType] (string)

Values for replyType:

• replyToSender
• replyToList
• replyToAll

beginForward(messageId, [forwardType], [details])

• messageId (integer) The message to forward, as retrieved using other APIs.
• [forwardType] (string)
• [details] (ComposeParams)

Values for forwardType:

• forwardInline
• forwardAsAttachment

Types

ComposeParams

object

• [bcc] (array of ComposeRecipient)
• [body] (string)
• [cc] (array of ComposeRecipient)
• [replyTo] (string)
• [subject] (string)
• [to] (array of ComposeRecipient)

ComposeRecipient

string: A name and email address in the format “Name <email@example.com>”, or just an email address.

OR

object:

• id (string) The ID of a contact or mailing list from the contacts and mailingLists APIs.
• type (string) Which sort of object this ID is for.

Values for type:

• contact
• mailingList