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How to see attachments in Thunderbird

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Giorgio Furlani
Giorgio Furlani

Hi everyone,

I’m new to Thunderbird. I’m using version 149.0.2 (aarch64), and I’ve noticed that when I receive one or more attachments, I only see a file called winmail.dat.

Is there a way to view the actual attachments, whether they are PDFs or other file types? Thank you!

Hi everyone, I’m new to Thunderbird. I’m using version 149.0.2 (aarch64), and I’ve noticed that when I receive one or more attachments, I only see a file called winmail.dat. Is there a way to view the actual attachments, whether they are PDFs or other file types? Thank you!

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david
david
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This article can assist: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-winmaildat-attachment

Giorgio Furlani
Giorgio Furlani Question owner

Hi David,

I saw this article, but the Lookout is not available for the current version. Does this mean I cannot see those attachments? Unfortunately, it's not feasible to contact everyone who uses that system and tell them what to do.

Thank you!

david
david
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Well, this is a problem created by the sender. Telling the sender is my first suggestion. the Lookout fix works with the ESR release. You can write to the developer to inquire when a new release might be available. There is also a website at https://www.winmaildat.com/ that may work for you. But this is not a thunderbird problem. I wish you well in resolving this.

sfhowes
sfhowes
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See https://github.com/TB-throwback/LookOut-fix-version/pull/137#issuecomment-4230788776

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