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Adding items to the files & attachment section

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joerg.geissler
joerg.geissler

Hi,

I use Thunderbird 152.0.1 (64-Bit) and I only have three items in the files & attachment section of general settings (JPG, PDF, Excel). How can I add more items, for other file types? Is there an easy way to do this or does this mean I have to deep dive into the configuration of Thunderbird?

And would it be possible to add an item to declare that website links in e-mails have to be opened with Firefox in private mode, which is not the standard browser on my machine?

Thx!

Hi, I use Thunderbird 152.0.1 (64-Bit) and I only have three items in the files & attachment section of general settings (JPG, PDF, Excel). How can I add more items, for other file types? Is there an easy way to do this or does this mean I have to deep dive into the configuration of Thunderbird? And would it be possible to add an item to declare that website links in e-mails have to be opened with Firefox in private mode, which is not the standard browser on my machine? Thx!

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Lin
Lin
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Re. the first part... If you're sent an attachment that's not already listed among the known file types. when you attempt to open it you'll be presented with a dialog box (see the attached image) asking whether whether you want to Save it or Open with a program. After that it will appear in the Files & Attachment list (not sure but I think it won't show until you restart Thunderbird.)

Re. the second part... I see that it's been discussed here before, but I don't find a definitive answer. I did find this discussion on another forum that clams to have a solution that does involve some deep diving. I can't vouch for how well it works, or even if it works:

https://superuser.com/questions/1775149/open-links-from-thunderbird-with-non-default-browser

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