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Thunderbird - Change default email 'save as' extension

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Electron
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Saving an email as '.txt' allows the content to be checked without the risk of triggering a 'nasty'. The default 'Save as' uses '.eml' but it would be handy to allow the default to be changed to '.txt' as I've never yethad cause to save an email as '.eml'.

Saving an email as '.txt' allows the content to be checked without the risk of triggering a 'nasty'. The default 'Save as' uses '.eml' but it would be handy to allow the default to be changed to '.txt' as I've never yethad cause to save an email as '.eml'.

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sfhowes
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I don't know of any way to change the default to txt, but another possibility is to install ImportExportTools and choose the text format from the message right-click menu.

http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html