297194 - Temp files are created when forwarding documents - they do not clear

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Ron Caruana]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

Dear Sirs,  I received the following email from a business partner of mine in
Ireland.  I verified that what he said was correct.  These temp files get
created and do not delete using normal methods.   I had to physically access the
folders and delete manually.  Please advise, as I consider Thunderbird to be
MUCH superior to Outlook.  His email follows my signature.

Thank you

Ron Caruana


Hi Ron,
I've noticed recently that any messages that you forward to me that include
attachments are secreting themselves into sneaky temp folders on my hard
drive, like a virus. Now-they are not viruses or trojans or anything, but
they shouldn't be doing that- it takes up valuable disk space, plus they
shouldn't be putting them into hidden folders.Usually temp folders are
deleted on reboot, or when you hit the Disk Cleanup button-These files are
not getting deleted. Every time one comes as well , and it is read and
deleted it crashes Outlook-very bad, and has also been crashin Internet
Explorer. This has only started happening recently since you've changed your
e-mail client, and it doesn't happen when you attach things, only when you
are forwarding things with attachments. Just so you know, I'll be deleting
those forwarded ones unread. You might want to take a look at your own temp
folder as well-simply go to Tools/ Folder Options/ View/ and check  "show
hidden files". Then go to C/Documents and Settings/ (a folder of your
name-mine says Billy)/Local Settings/Temp and check out if you have stuff
there.  Just thought you'd like to know.

Billy

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

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