# Empty 'em

This is a simple Thunderbird extension that empties all _Junk_ and _Trash_
folders. The extension provides a menu item (`Tools` -> `Empty 'em`) and a
toolbar button to do so.

## Background

In Thunderbird, I usually have around half-a-dozen email accounts set up. Most
of them [Gmail](http://gmail.com) accounts. Very often, Gmail's Junk filter
catches tons of Junk email and populates the _Junk_ folders in Thunderbird.
After manually cleaning up the _Inbox_ folders and deleting unwanted email, the
_Trash_ folders are also populated.

Manually going through all the _Junk_ and _Trash_ folders to empty them, is
tedious.

That is what prompted me to write this extension. I hope someone out there
finds it helpful too.

# References

* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_extensions
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_extensions/Demo_Addon
* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_extensions/Building_a_Thunderbird_extension