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Autimatically open downloaded attachments in Thunderbird

ErichNeuhold
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Since some time agao (may be after an update) Thunderbird stopped to open downloaded attachments. I have to save them at first and then open them. A very incomvenient featue. Please help to go back to the old process.

Erich Neuhold erich.neuhold@univie.ac.at

Since some time agao (may be after an update) Thunderbird stopped to open downloaded attachments. I have to save them at first and then open them. A very incomvenient featue. Please help to go back to the old process. Erich Neuhold erich.neuhold@univie.ac.at

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TB will only open attachments automatically if they are image, text or html files, and only then if you have View/Display Attachments Inline checked.

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ErichNeuhold
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That has solved my Thunderbird problem but Firefox now only allows to store downloads via imbedded links. At earlier times I could choose between save and open. Not any more and I cannot find any parameter adjustments to change that.