MinIO Filelink plugs MinIO — or any S3-compatible storage — into Thunderbird's built-in "Filelink" feature. Instead of attaching a large file directly to your email, Thunderbird uploads it to your MinIO server and inserts a download link in the message.

Key features:

Any MinIO/S3 server, private or public — …

We've just published MinIO Filelink, a Thunderbird extension that changes how large attachments are sent by email.

The problem

Big attachments are awkward: many mail providers cap message size, large files bloat mailboxes on both ends, and — for a company handling sensitive documents — every attachment sent is a copy …