549903 - When one attached email (.eml) is opened, all attachments from original email are listed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 559532

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Chris Denesha]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 GTB6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3

If you have been forwarded several emails (.eml files) as attachments, and open one of them from the attachment pane, the newly opened email will list all attachments from the original email (previous window). In addition, it will inspect all attached emails from the original email and list any attached files they contain in the attachment pane.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set 'Forward Messages As Attachment' in prefs
2. Forward to yourself several emails. Be sure some have attached images or other file types.
3. Open the new email, or the one from the Sent folder.
4. Open one of the attached .eml files.
Actual Results:  
Attachment pane now contains not only all of the attachments from the original email, but also any attachments those emails had.

Expected Results:  
Just the email itself, with any of its own attachments in the attachment pane.

If you open another .eml attachment from the second email, the same happens to this new window.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

I'm sure this is a dup - but isn't this handy if the recipient would like to save any of the nested attachments?

Comment 2

[Chris Denesha]

I did a fairly thorough search first and didn't find it.

The behavior was quite confusing to me. If I open a saved email I expect to see that email only with its attachments. I then know what I've read. I discovered this on an email where three of the forwarded emails each had attachments (pics) with the same name but different resolutions - I just could not tell what email had what in it!

thanks,

chris

Comment 3

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

I can't find the dupe.

I can't reproduce on Windows 7 using STR in comment #0 and

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2pre) Gecko/20100315 Lightning/1.0b2pre Lanikai/3.1b2pre ID:20100315032110

Comment 4

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I can't find the dupe.
> 

You looked in closed bugs ?


Chis can you try with Tb3.1b1 ?

Comment 5

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > I can't find the dupe. 
> You looked in closed bugs ?
closed bugs too.

Comment 6

[Chris Denesha]

Still exists in Lanikai

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2pre) Gecko/20100302 Lanikai/3.1b1

chris

Comment 7

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Still exists in Lanikai
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2pre)
> Gecko/20100302 Lanikai/3.1b1
> 
> chris

Chris, the steps to reproduce is exactly that described in comment #0?

Comment 8

[Chris Denesha]

Yes, although step 2 can be clarified. It should instead read:

2. Forward to yourself one email consisting of several emails as attachments. Be sure some have attached images or other file types.

I believe I selected several emails then chose to Forward.

I have Parallels so I'll try to reproduce under XP.

chris

Comment 9

[Chris Denesha]

Occurs in XP:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4

also in XP:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2pre) Gecko/20100302 Lanikai/3.1b1