Closed Bug 238638 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Inline forward converts text in body into attachment (text/enriched)

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 65159

People

(Reporter: melodie, Assigned: mscott)

Details

Attachments

(1 file, 2 obsolete files)

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (20040207) (French language pack)

when I transfer an email in thunderbird containing text and html (originating 
from a Mac using Mail)the text in the body automatically becomes an 
attatchement

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open an email from a source that will provoke the same problem
2.press transfer
3.

Actual Results:  
the text in the body of the message became an attatchement. When the message 
is saved and previewed the text is returned to the body. when the message is 
saved and opened the text becomes an attatchement

Expected Results:  
the text in the body of the email should have remained in the body of the email

I don't know much about programming; maybe this will help 

1)in my options I request the text of transfered emails to be kept in the body 

2)(from originating message source code):
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3-987853387
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613)
-Apple-Mail-3-987853387
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset=WINDOWS-1252;
	format=flowed
3)when I save the message after transfer but before sending,if I preview the 
email the text is in the body and in an attachement 

4)when I open the saved email, the text is only in the attatechment

5) the attatchement source is listed as C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\Local 
Settings\Temp
Reporter (melodie): Please attach to this bug a sample message that exhibits the 
problem (save it as a .EML file and use the Create New Attachment link above).
Attached file sample transfer message as requested (obsolete) —
ATTN: I am now on: Thunderbird version 0.7.3 (20040803) but still the same
problem.

ATTN: To save the message I did:
select message, transfer message, save message.
When I go to save it, I only have 2 options - html or all file types.
Once I have saved it as .EML, I see nothing in the message when I repoen it
(opens automatically with OE6) - no title, no content.
I cannot force thunderbird to open it.

Or would you prefer that I save the message as I received it (and not as I
would send it, after having pressed the "transfer" button?)
Attached file sample transfer message as requested (obsolete) —
ATTN: I am now on: Thunderbird version 0.7.3 (20040803) but still the same
problem.

ATTN: To save the message I did:
select message, transfer message, save message.
When I go to save it, I only have 2 options - html or all file types.
Once I have saved it as .EML, I see nothing in the message when I repoen it
(opens automatically with OE6) - no title, no content.
I cannot force thunderbird to open it.

Or would you prefer that I save the message as I received it (and not as I
would send it, after having pressed the "transfer" button?)
Attachment #156957 - Attachment is obsolete: true
> When I go to save it, I only have 2 options - html or all file types.

When the Save dialog opens, you should have four options under File Type: html, 
plain, .eml or "All".  The file you attached is an HTML file, not an email 
message file.  But:


I'm not sure what you mean by "transfer" -- I presumed you mean the "Send" 
button, but on re-reading, I think you mean the "Forward" button (by default, 
there are three buttons in a row: Reply, Reply to All, Forward).

There are two modes to Forward: "Inline" and "As attachment".  The default mode 
is specified in   Tools | Options | Composition, right at the top of the page.
It sounds like you have "As attachment" selected but want "Inline."

If this is correct, please mark this bug:    Resolved|Invalid

Note, also, that if you have your preference set to "Inline" but you have a 
particular message that you want to forward "as attachment", you can do that via 
the menus:   Message | Forward > [Inline | As Attachment]
Attached file The mail source
Received from Melodie in email:
===============================
I do mean "forward" and not "send". [...]

All other emails (except those for which I posted the bug, ie that were
originally sent to me from a Mac using the software called "mail") forward the
message correctly ie the message is "Inline" and not an "Attachment".
===============================
Attachment #156958 - Attachment is obsolete: true
This multipart/alternative message consists of two parts:
  --Apple-Mail-7--330846815
  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

  --Apple-Mail-7--330846815
  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
  Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1

TB displays the text/enriched part.  When forwarding, that is the part that gets 
used for the message body; however, since Moz/TB doesn't know how to *edit* 
text/enriched, the part is treated as just an attachment to the mail.

The forwarded mail will contain the information, and it will be seen if the 
attachment is displayed inline in the recipient's client.

Workaround: before forwarding the message, use
   View | Message Body As | Plain Text
Then the forward will use the text/plain part as the message body, which can be 
edited and so will be shown in the body of the new message.

See also bug 234980.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 65159 ***
Severity: normal → minor
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
OS: Windows XP → All
Hardware: PC → All
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Summary: "transfer" converts text in body into attachment → Inline forward converts text in body into attachment (text/enriched)
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