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LDF/MDF attachments makes Thunderbird hang up

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When receiving e-mails with attached mdf/ldf files (SQL 2005/2012 databases) and sometimes xml files (more rarely) Thunderbird hangs up when viewing the message and when trying to save attachments.

I am using latest Thunderbird x64 on Windows x64 Pro.

When receiving e-mails with attached mdf/ldf files (SQL 2005/2012 databases) and sometimes xml files (more rarely) Thunderbird hangs up when viewing the message and when trying to save attachments. I am using latest Thunderbird x64 on Windows x64 Pro.

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Thunderbird is probably trying to display the attachments inline. Go to the View menu then uncheck the option Display Attachments Inline

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Nope, doesn't help.

Looks like the similar to bug 736951/197956.