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Attachment disappear in forwarded maessage after long editing

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WojtekC
WojtekC

Hello,

When I forward message with some attachments, new windows opens, with e-mail and attachments, and I can open and review them. If I edit (or not) that message, for no more than couple minutes, I can send it without problems.

But if I left windows open for some time (let say more than 10 minutest, but I not figured out exact amount), I can't view attachments. If I double-click on icons, nothing happens. If I try to send that message, I get message about missing file.

I've noticed, that after opening new window with forwarded message, attachments are copied to %TEMP% folder as nsmail.pdf (or jpg or something). After some time (10 or more minutes as mentioned before) these files disappear, and then problem begins.

The same problem occurs with MAPI generated message with attachment.

Problem tested at two PCs, one PC with 32bit viersion of TB and IMAP, and another with 64bit and POP.

Hello, When I forward message with some attachments, new windows opens, with e-mail and attachments, and I can open and review them. If I edit (or not) that message, for no more than couple minutes, I can send it without problems. But if I left windows open for some time (let say more than 10 minutest, but I not figured out exact amount), I can't view attachments. If I double-click on icons, nothing happens. If I try to send that message, I get message about missing file. I've noticed, that after opening new window with forwarded message, attachments are copied to %TEMP% folder as nsmail.pdf (or jpg or something). After some time (10 or more minutes as mentioned before) these files disappear, and then problem begins. The same problem occurs with MAPI generated message with attachment. Problem tested at two PCs, one PC with 32bit viersion of TB and IMAP, and another with 64bit and POP.

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Lin
Lin
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This is not my experience. I think I would have noticed such behavior over my many years of using Thunderbird in many versions on many operating systems. And I just tested it again now: I forwarded a message with several JPG and PDF attachments, but I waited about an hour before I actually sent it. Everything was sent and received as expected. The temporary copies of the attachments were eventually deleted... after the message was sent.

I think there's something else going on here.

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