TBird has blocked a file?

[MurrayCarte]

The code generated is for html. you paste it directly into your signature/stationery.

[ACFairbanks]

Hi,

Well, I just tried that, and the result is just that the pages of code appear in my outgoing email.

I certainly appreciate your kind efforts, but this is why God gave us TB V.45.8.0. It works fine, and I don't have to take on another part time job in order to update.

All the best, and thanks again,

A.C.

[tanstaafl]

hhttp://www.bigfastblog.com/embed-base64-encode ... ne-in-html and https://sendgrid.com/blog/embedding-ima ... ils-facts/ give examples of how to embed a base64 encoded image. However, I haven't been able to find anything that documents using a filename argument with a Data URI like the comment in the bug report, so that Thunderbird converts the image for you. i.e. data:image/png;filename=xxx.png;base64,...

[ACFairbanks]

Hello again,

I thank you for your suggested links, but they each point to things that are far beyond my depth.

I'm not a techie, I'm just a pathetic TBird user. With TB V.45.8.0. together with the Stationery add-on V0.8.6.2 I could easily switch between email pages as I needed 'em.

With the "update" to V52.1.0 that common need seems all but impossible. There may be solutions out there, but at this point, those I have tried all fail when I apply my limited skills.

I have not had this experience with TB "upgrades" before, and unless upgrading becomes much easier I will just stick with V45.8.0 which seems to provide all I need.

All the best, and thanks again,

A.C.

[MurrayCarte]

Hello again,

I thank you for your suggested links, but they each point to things that are far beyond my depth.

I'm not a techie, I'm just a pathetic TBird user. With TB V.45.8.0. together with the Stationery add-on V0.8.6.2 I could easily switch between email pages as I needed 'em.

With the "update" to V52.1.0 that common need seems all but impossible. There may be solutions out there, but at this point, those I have tried all fail when I apply my limited skills.

I have not had this experience with TB "upgrades" before, and unless upgrading becomes much easier I will just stick with V45.8.0 which seems to provide all I need.

All the best, and thanks again,

A.C.

Roberto Zingales wrote

Only old Stationery templates had the images removed from thunderbird.
New templates saved in stationery (created from thunderbird) are not affected.

[ACFairbanks]

Hello,

I understand the words "New templates saved in stationery (created from thunderbird) are not affected."

But need to know how that is done:

Would I have to be running TB V 52.1.0? Would I have to run Stationery V 0.8.6.2?

Could I just create the stationery I want using an HTML Editor, and then simply save it in the Stationery Add-On in the newest version of Thunderbird?

Thanks for any further detail on how to do this,

A.C.

[ACFairbanks]

Hi,

I just installed TB V 52.1.0? with Stationery V 0.8.6.2.

Next, I tried using the stationery template that worked properly with my earlier version of TB, but, of course, it displayed that the logo in the stationery was blocked.

Next, I tried to use the Stationery add-on HTML editor by pasting in the HTML code. But when I tried to click to Save, or Save As, nothing happened. That is, no dialog opened to allow me to enter the name of the newly generated template.

Then, I tried editing an existing template (that is, one that appears as Blocked) but that gives me the same result. That is, there is no obvious way to save the new template.

If, in fact, there is a way to do this, I would certainly appreciate a detailed description of the method.

Many thanks, as before,

A.C.

[MurrayCarte]

Hi,

I just installed TB V 52.1.0? with Stationery V 0.8.6.2.

Next, I tried using the stationery template that worked properly with my earlier version of TB, but, of course, it displayed that the logo in the stationery was blocked.

Next, I tried to use the Stationery add-on HTML editor by pasting in the HTML code. But when I tried to click to Save, or Save As, nothing happened. That is, no dialog opened to allow me to enter the name of the newly generated template.

Then, I tried editing an existing template (that is, one that appears as Blocked) but that gives me the same result. That is, there is no obvious way to save the new template.

If, in fact, there is a way to do this, I would certainly appreciate a detailed description of the method.

Many thanks, as before,

A.C.

Hi

I remember using that add on. (Now I use something different.)

This page describes the steps of how to make an html file to use as stationery.

• Create your stationery in Thunderbird
• In the compose window, when you have everything set up how you want your stationery to appear, then go to file save as file
  navigate to where you want your stationery html file, and save
• Thunderbird saves the images as embedded base64 in the file.
• You dont have to use another program/web service to make base64 code as Thunderbird does this for you.

I tested and saved to my desktop from the thunderbird compose window. I looked at the code and see this where my logo appears:

Code: Select all

<img
src="data:image/gif;filename=logo.gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAQQAAABaCAIA..."
          alt="logo" height="90" width="260">

I shortened the base64 code above because it takes up a lot of space...

[MurrayCarte]

To add to the above post: you can open your stationery and unblock the files. Then click file, save as to save the stationery as html.

This would convert your stationery, embeding the images in the html file.

I have tested this, but I am using Quicktext. I am not using the Stationery addon. Quicktext is not the same as the Stationery add on, but I would bet that the above steps would convert your stationery.

[ACFairbanks]

Hi again,

With your kind help, it seems that I am finally having some some success with this nonsense.

All the best,

A.C.

[timlast]

I too had the same problem using QuickText. Each time I used a QuickText shortcut that included the company logo, it would block the file until I clicked to accept it. Here's what I did:

1) I created a new email using QuickText. As usual, TB blocked the logo image. I clicked the "Options" button and unblocked the image.
2) Click: File | Save as | Template
3) Close the email you just created
4) On the left, change the view to "Unified Folders" and choose "Templates"
5) Click on your newly created template
6) Hit Ctrl + U to view message source in HTML
7) Copy all the html that is there and paste it into your QuickText template
8) Close QuickText or else it won't let you do the next step
9) Double-click the TB template created in step 2 to start a new email with that template.
10) Double-click on the image and copy the image location.
11) Open back up your QuickText template and find src="[paste here between the quotes]"
12) Save your QuickText template and Voila! Problem solved.

Hope this works for you like it did for me.

[LexonPaul]

Hi,

I just installed TB V 52.1.0? with Stationery V 0.8.6.2.

Next, I tried using the stationery template that worked properly with my earlier version of TB, but, of course, it displayed that the logo in the stationery was blocked.

Next, I tried to use the Stationery add-on HTML editor by pasting in the HTML code. But when I tried to click to Save, or Save As, nothing happened. That is, no dialog opened to allow me to enter the name of the newly generated template.

Then, I tried editing an existing template (that is, one that appears as Blocked) but that gives me the same result. That is, there is no obvious way to save the new template.

If, in fact, there is a way to do this, I would certainly appreciate a detailed description of the method.

Many thanks, as before,

A.C.

Hi

I remember using that add on. (Now I use something different.)

This page describes the steps of how to make an html file to use as stationery.

• Create your stationery in Thunderbird
• In the compose window, when you have everything set up how you want your stationery to appear, then go to file save as file
  navigate to where you want your stationery html file, and save
• Thunderbird saves the images as embedded base64 in the file.
• You dont have to use another program/web service to make base64 code as Thunderbird does this for you.

I tested and saved to my desktop from the thunderbird compose window. I looked at the code and see this where my logo appears:

Code: Select all

<img
src="data:image/gif;filename=logo.gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAQQAAABaCAIA..."
          alt="logo" height="90" width="260">

I shortened the base64 code above because it takes up a lot of space...

Thanks a lot for this, I was having the same issue after updating and this works perfectly!