Jim wrote:
I think this may explain it here. Every picture shows this
Content-Type
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="ATT00049.gif"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID:<00bc01c9e13f$7f193f00$7221D355@lynn>
that will squirrel the bird.
something you could 'try for the fun of it'. cerate a new subfolder and
*copy* email to it.
close thunderbird and then with a _plain_text_ editor, vi, kwrite, etc,
open email and change 'application/octet-stream' to 'image/jpeg'.
delete '.msf' file associated to subfolder and delete 'panacea.dat' in
your profile directory, '/home/jim/.thunderbird/????????.default/'.
reopen thunderbird and it will rescan your folders. then open email and
click attachment to see if it will open as a '.jpg' file.
i have done a lot of things to modify thunderbird emails, but never
tried above. it may work. it may not. if not, it is problem with
'octet-stream' coding attachment differently from what an 'image/jpeg'
would be.
Thanks guy for your help I learn something new today.
you are very welcome.
'live and learn. die and forget'. may you live long to forget plenty. :)
I could say in about 50 years I would know everything there was about
Linux,
to know it all.
my first round with linux was when red hat was on floppies and latter a
permanent install from cd. i am still learning and enjoying. :)
NOT!!!
perseverance.
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peace out.
tc,hago.
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