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Problems opening attatchments in already recieved mails

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Bertil Widmark
Bertil Widmark
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IF I TRY TO OPEN AN E-MAIL IN FOLDER "SENT" AND IT CONTAINS AN ATTACHMENT I WANT TO READ, I CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIL. NOW IT OPENS A WINDOW FOR SAVING THE FILE! I DO NOT WANT TO SAVE ANY FILE I WANT TO OPEN IT AND READ IT! TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG??I

I USE THUNDERBIRD 52.0.1 (32 BIT) WITH FIREFOX 62.0 64 BIT) ON ASUS ASPIRE F 15 WITH OS WINDOWS 10

IF I TRY TO OPEN AN E-MAIL IN FOLDER "SENT" AND IT CONTAINS AN ATTACHMENT I WANT TO READ, I CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIL. NOW IT OPENS A WINDOW FOR SAVING THE FILE! I DO NOT WANT TO SAVE ANY FILE I WANT TO OPEN IT AND READ IT! TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG??I I USE THUNDERBIRD 52.0.1 (32 BIT) WITH FIREFOX 62.0 64 BIT) ON ASUS ASPIRE F 15 WITH OS WINDOWS 10

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Open Tools/Options/Attachments/Incoming, click the Action drop-down for a type of attachment, e.g. jpg or pdf, and choose the kind of action you want when you click in an attachment. Select 'Use other...' and Browse to the app if it's not listed.