Jim wrote: > I think this may explain it here. Every picture shows this Content-Type > > Content-Type: application/octet-stream; > name="ATT00049.gif" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-ID:<00bc01c9e13f$7f193f00$7221D355@lynn> that will squirrel the bird. something you could 'try for the fun of it'. cerate a new subfolder and *copy* email to it. close thunderbird and then with a _plain_text_ editor, vi, kwrite, etc, open email and change 'application/octet-stream' to 'image/jpeg'. delete '.msf' file associated to subfolder and delete 'panacea.dat' in your profile directory, '/home/jim/.thunderbird/????????.default/'. reopen thunderbird and it will rescan your folders. then open email and click attachment to see if it will open as a '.jpg' file. i have done a lot of things to modify thunderbird emails, but never tried above. it may work. it may not. if not, it is problem with 'octet-stream' coding attachment differently from what an 'image/jpeg' would be. > Thanks guy for your help I learn something new today. you are very welcome. 'live and learn. die and forget'. may you live long to forget plenty. :) > I could say in about 50 years I would know everything there was about Linux, > to know it all. my first round with linux was when red hat was on floppies and latter a permanent install from cd. i am still learning and enjoying. :) > NOT!!! perseverance. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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