General desktop questions

[Ted Roche]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Alex <mysqlstudent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> - How can I attach a file to an email in Thunderbird that is on a
> samba share? I've mounted the share in the file browser, then dragged
> it over to the email, but Thunderbird responds with a permission
> denied type of error, like the file either isn't accessible in
> Thunderbird, or is only shared from within the File Browser. I've also
> tried going through Thunderbird, but there doesn't appear to be a way
> to connect to a network share, only the local disk.
>

You can find the files through the Thunderbird Attach menu option by
browsing to your home folder (/home/alex, for example) and searching
for the .gvfs directory. You may need to hit Ctrl-H to show hidden
files in the dialog or Ctrl-L to edit the path. You can then navigate
to /home/alex/.gvfs/YourShareName/path/to/yourfilename.


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