How can I open up an attachment without saving it every time I open up an attachment
Every time I open an attachment, the attachment saves to my computer and I have to delete it at the end of the day. Is there another way to view the attachment without saving it?
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In Thunderbird,
- select the email with attachment,
- right click on the attachment and choose 'Open'.
- A small window opens asking what to do with the file.
- choose 'Open with' and select ' the appropriate program from the list'
- if it is not in the list, click on 'Browse' to allow you select the correct .exe program.
- select to 'do this automatically for files like this from now on'
- click on OK
I'm using a mac, I'm holding the control key and it is continuing to download the attachment. Is there a way to preview the document without it downloading on to my computer.
Mac OS automatically downloads anything you open into the download directory anyway. I have not seen any way to stop it (even if I wanted to).
There is an addon called 'Conversations' which can allow a preview of a pdf document.
In my windows version there is the Option to choose where to save files. In Windows: Tools > Options > Attachments > Incoming tab
In a Mac, I believe there is a slight menu difference, so they would be here: Thunderbird > Preferences > Attachments > Incoming tab either: Save files to...and select a common directory for all. or : Always ask me where to save files
RE: MAC Located some info on choosing where the file is saved, which will offer you some control. I've not tested this as I do not have a Mac. The default behavior for Thunderbird is to use the Desktop when “opening” attachments. There’s a preference which determines how Thunderbird chooses the download directory.
The values for this are 0, 1, or 2 which respectively correspond to the Desktop, the Downloads, or a Custom folder.
- browser.download.folderList
If you set the preference to 2, then Thunderbird will try and use the folder that is defined in the preference:
- browser.download.dir
Thunderbird > Preferences > Advanced > General tab click on 'config Editor' button. it will say be careful :) In top search type: download Look for these lines:
- browser.download.folderList=2
- browser.download.dir=/path/to/folder/to/save/attachments/in
double click on the line to open an editing window.