Rapleaf 4 Thunderbird Installation.
by Daniel on Nov.19, 2008, under Rapleaf 4 Thunderbird
After installing rap4tb as per a usual plugin there are an extra couple of steps required for it to work.
Go to http://www.rapleaf.com/developer/api_access
- If you haven’t registered with them do so (its free and you get to control what people see about you through their service)
- Copy your API key and paste it into the Rap4TB options window.
- Click OK
If you don’t do this correctly then the plugin wont work. You will get a message in the status bar saying ‘API KEY NOT VALID’
Stiill having problems why not try the forums.
-Daniel
5 comments for this entry:

November 19th, 2008 on 3:09 pm
The URL for the API key is returning the following message:
“Oops! Sorry, we can’t seem to find that page.”
Did they move the page for the API key? I’ll dig around a little bit and see if I can find it.
November 19th, 2008 on 4:28 pm
It looks like RapLeaf updated their web site, I’ve tracked down the correct url and the link above now points to the correct location.
-Daniel
February 23rd, 2009 on 8:17 am
check this link: http://www.mywot.com/scorecard/rapleaf.com
and see rapleaf.com is not trusted
February 23rd, 2009 on 7:22 pm
Arash,
Thank you for the link, I would disagree with most of the negative comments there are a little misguided. Rapleaf collate information about people that they have published to the world themselves, I personally have difficulty criticising someone for collecting publicly available information. Indeed it is one of the things I like most about rapleaf is that it makes people aware of what they reveal about themselves on social network sites.
-Daniel
May 17th, 2009 on 12:47 am
I have installed the add on but i do not have a status bar or anything any where. the plugin is installed and i do have an api key that i have added to the plugin. I just do not know how to get the status bar so i can actually use the plugin
jj