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why is thunderbird automatically downloading "file" downloads from my phone?

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I keep getting pop up notifications on my Windows 11 laptop that "Thunderbird is downloading from my S23" , files like desktop.ini ,and often get popups that say "Download failed from S23" and 1) I didn't know that Thunderbird downloads files directly from my phone to my laptop and 2) I don't find anything in Thunderbird Settings to stop this anomalous behavior. This is new to me after 15 years of using Thunderbird.

One of the pop ups says "Learn more in Settings > Automatic file downloads." but I don't see that anywhere.

This must be easy, but IDK what todo to stop Thunderbird from doing this through my phone.

Thank you, Robert

I keep getting pop up notifications on my Windows 11 laptop that "Thunderbird is downloading from my S23" , files like desktop.ini ,and often get popups that say "Download failed from S23" and 1) I didn't know that Thunderbird downloads files directly from my phone to my laptop and 2) I don't find anything in Thunderbird Settings to stop this anomalous behavior. This is new to me after 15 years of using Thunderbird. One of the pop ups says "Learn more in Settings > Automatic file downloads." but I don't see that anywhere. This must be easy, but IDK what todo to stop Thunderbird from doing this through my phone. Thank you, Robert

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