278046 - Nested files within saved emails - version 1.0 (20050111)

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Clive Andrew Sabey]

version 1.0 (20050111)
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Emails that have attachments which have been saved to HD can be reopened using 
TB to view the message but the nested files attached to the email can not be 
extracted.
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I have a n email with a pdf attachemt.
I save it using SAVE AS -->FILE to HD / disk.
I OPEN SAVED MESSAGE and the email body is showing but the pdf is only listed.
I can not extract the pdf from the email.
There is no lower attachment box at the bottom of the screen as in the 
original email before it had been saved.
The attachment is present inside the .eml (Viewed with OE)
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Clive

Comment 1

[Greg Sullivan]

Here is what seems like related behavior, where I cannot retrieve an attachment
that was attached to a saved email.

1. start an email with a binary attachment.
2. everything's fine -- you can save or open the attachment.
3. save the email as a file (File / Save As)
4. start a new email to yourself
5. attach the file that is the saved email, then send it.
6. when you open the attachment on this new email, once you've received it,
   it looks fine, and the original binary attachment is correctly listed, but 
   if you try to open it, you get the message: "Unable to save the attachment. 
Please check your file name and try again."

Why would anyone care about this?  In my case, it's because our company mail
server wraps email with binary attachments in a warning email that says
something about being careful of viruses.  When I try to open the email and then
the attached binary file, I get the above problem.  So this is actually an
important bug to me.

This is with Thunderbird version 1.0 (20041206) running on Win2K.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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