361430 - Open attachment, edit it, re-open attachment, lose the modified file

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 220808

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier: 1.5.0.8 (20061025)

I just lost all my changes to a Word document because Thunderbird has overwritten my saved copy of an attachment!!!



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Double-click Word (.doc) attachment in mail message on POP3 mailbox.
2. Exit Thunderbird
3. Edit file, save it, quit Word.
4. Think: Oh, probably that file wasn't saved to the right directory. Let's see if I can find it. Hmm, it doesn't show up in Word's recent files. Maybe I can find out where Thunderbird puts if I re-open the attachment.

Actual Results:  
Thunderbird OVERWRITES the edited file (in the Temp dir) with the original and opens it.


Expected Results:  
Thunderbird MUST NEVER overwrite a file that has a newer date or different size than the attachment it is going to put into place.
At least I expect a confirmation (Yes/No) before overwriting.
Better be safe than sorry!

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 220808 ***