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When I insert an animated gif into a thunderbird email, it does not move. How do i fix that?

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I go to insert, choose image, choose the file. Image appears in email but it does not move. How do I insert an animated gif into an email in Thunderbird so that it stays animated?

I go to insert, choose image, choose the file. Image appears in email but it does not move. How do I insert an animated gif into an email in Thunderbird so that it stays animated?

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Where does it not move? In your composition window? Or in test messages sent to yourself and viewed in Thunderbird?

I wouldn't expect animation in the Compose window. It's a slightly odd environment where links don't work, frames are shown as dotted lines etc.

Whether or not an animated gif shows as animated depends on the program being used to view it. I'd expect Firefox to be able to do this and so, by extension, I'd be surprised if Thunderbird can't, since both use the same rendering engine. But I don't have Thunderbird here with me right now to check. However ISTR having seen moving images in Thunderbird.

As you may have guessed from my uncertainty about this, I don't often get messages containing animations.