Do i nned to configure it to do so

Open Config. editor from Options/Advanced/General and double-click the preference mail.inline_attachments.text to true.

thank you now will I see the text as an attachment instead of with note pad

I went to the text message i receied after doing what you suggested the only options that i git was notepad or save file. it did not open directly see my attachment those are te only choices o am given to open it

so it will not open directly in thunderbird

i  always havwe  to use either note pad or save file

this is how the text message and how i received it in notepad ' Can it be opened directly from thundebird

Do you have Display Attachments Inline checked under View? Did you restart TB after changing the pref.?

yes in line is checked and yes i closed out and restarted Thunderbird

 under attachments in the  side column   the  choices  i get are attachments  always ask  save file  use notepad default use other  delete action.  the text message was from before  i  changed to true   so  i went to it  again after the change   and  still went to notepad.. I am using a windows pc not  a  cell phone. I am getting Thunderbird  through  comcast.  I hve a lot of my contacts as texts as well as  emails. I sent them  atext through Thunderbird and  you see the    text   i got back in note pad

not sure why it is coming this way does not open directly either i save it to desktop which still opens in note pad or directly to notepad

I have HTML checked should i use plain text

i have it as western not unicode does that matter

i had changed unicode to western now how do i put it back

I don't think it matters if it's unicode or western, or what you have for View/Message Body As. Send yourself a message with a text attachment created in Notepad. If it shows inline, it means the text sent from the phone as an attachment is not properly defined with the correct content type: you should see Content-Type: text/plain in the source (Ctrl+U).

i have no way to send a text to myself

no cell phone. and  am not  sure  i totally understand what you mean about the  not sure i quite understand what you mean about the source and where to see it

Send an email to yourself with a text file attachment created in Notepad - nothing to do with cell phones.

Select the message sent to you from the phone, in your first picture, press Ctrl+U to view the source.

sorry for being so dumb i do not understand what you wnt me to do what phone i have no phone sorry i do not know how to do this I habe outgoing set to unicode in coming to western

do not know how to send a text

is there a way to remotely connect and have you do it. I hardly use notepad never use it

re: sorry for being so dumb i do not understand what you wnt me to do what phone i have no phone

It has nothing to do with phones as we are discussing Thunderbird and emails. But someone sent you a text message from a phone and you received it in Thunderbird as an email with an attachment. Select the message sent to you from the phone, in your first picture, press Ctrl+U to view the source or click on 'More' button and select 'View Source'

as sfhowes says about the 'view Source' info. If it shows inline, it means the text sent from the phone as an attachment is not properly defined with the correct content type: you should see Content-Type: text/plain in the source (Ctrl+U).

WE do not need to see all the stuff at the top as that contains headers, it is only the information that is shown below the 'FROM, SUBJECT, TO, DATE' headers. Post image showing all that info.

i have attachment as in line

ans have all icoming  contact as html not plain text not sure what you mean by view source where is is it how do  i find view source.  Thanks but  Thunderbird is getting more and more complicated with every  new  version

re: i have attachment as in line But do you have both of the following set as True ? Menu app icon >Options > Options >Advanced > 'General' tab Check both of these are set as 'True'

• mail.inline_attachments
• mail.inline_attachments.text

The image you supplied from a while ago at the begining of this question says Attachments: Size unknown If this is still the case then Access Config Editor again and set this as 'False'.

• mail.server.default.mime_parts_on_demand

re :not sure what you mean by view source where is is it how do i find view source. I advised you where it is. 'View Source' has always been in the same place, so nothing has changed in decades. Select the message sent to you from the phone, click on 'More' button and select 'View Source' - see image. It will open in a new window.