On Mar 8, 1:09 am, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo <peter.potamus.the.purple.hi...@gmail.com> wrote: > technowit...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm currently using SeaMonkey 1.1.14. As of last week, when someone > > forwards me an email as an attachment, the attachment is not > > recognized. Its as if it has no clue what to do with the content type > > (Content-Type: message/rfc822) or recognize the boundaries between > > sections (text and images). So images show up as the encoded ASCII > > text and can't be viewed. I also have access to a web interface to > > view email and I can see it fine there. It's only if I view it from an > > email client on the PC that I have a problem. And it only occurs with > > forwarded emails. If someone sends an email and attaches a file (such > > as a jpg) it comes through fine. > > > I ran a couple of tests where I took an email someone had forwarded to > > me with images and forwarded it to myself as both an attachment and > > inline. I also tested sending the email by composing in html and as > > plain text. The results were consistent, if I select the "Forward > > Messages" as "Inline", I was able to view the forwarded email fine. If > > I select "Attachment" then I couldn't. I have my view settings set to > > "View as original html" and to "Display attachments inline". These > > haven't changed (nor does changing them allow me to view the forwarded > > emails). I thought at first that my firewall or virus software was > > corrupting the emails as the were being downloaded to the PC but > > turning them off didn't change anything. > > > So, any ideas or explanations as to why, suddenly, forwarded emails > > should be so problematic? Or what, if anything, I can do to fix the > > problem (other than having the sender re-forward the email inline > > rather than as attachment)? > > try View, Display Attachments Inline > > Otherwise, its a known problem that stems from the > person email program, probably they're using OE or > something MS based.
Nope. I'm having problems from someone sending me email from Thunderbird. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
