Here's what I did to work around this annoying behaviour of Thunderbird:
- get the free tool "A.F.9 Replace some bytes", run it
- "Find what": application/octet-stream
- "Replace with": image/jpeg
- run this on all mail folders (the files in the mail directory that have no extension (make a backup before doing the find/replace!)
<img src="http://666kb.com/i/apam16o9trqpqf3pr.png">
Finished!
Works like a charm (even makes *.gif and *.png-files display as well!) and has almost no side effect. Only thing that I realized was that some *.exe files someone had sent me now are reported as attached image files in the respective e-mails.
However, of course they are not "displayed" as images, and you can still save them with no problems from the e-mail.
Enjoy,
David.P
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PS: Here's my screenshot
The e-mail displayed was sent using Outlook Express.
<a href="http://666kb.com/i/apakz2683ey9yvwy7.png"><img border="1" src="http://666kb.com/i/apakz2683ey9yvwy7.png" width="800" title="enlarge"></a>
TB really is about to become a gorgeous e-mail client. Outlook farewell!
Btw, "WMT"-Extension, anyone (<b><i><u>W</u></i>ord as <i><u>M</u></i>ail-Editor in <i><u>T</u></i>hunderbird</b>)?
This extension really would make TB the final Outlook KILLER.
Did I say Killer? I mean, "Thurminator"!
And since Word already reads and displays Thunderbird's "Drafts" file like a charm, creating such an extension might not even be that difficult...
$33 Reward from me for creating a working WMT-Extension! Who joins in?