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Why are attachments saved with FiltaQuilla empty?

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Chary004
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Hi all,

I am using FiltaQuilla (add-on) in Thunderbird to save the attachments of received e-mails (filtered on domain, e.g. "@example.com") to a specific folder for each sender. But for some reason, all saved files are empty. The file name is correct, so all attachments seem to saved, but without their content. I checked the attachments in the mails: they are not empty files.

I've added a screenshot of one of the filters (my apologies, but it's in Dutch). A little translation: Filter: - From, contains, @example.be Actions: - Move message to, VERWERKT (other folder in mailbox) - Save attachments to, C:\FTP\...\...\MAIL_IN - Mark as read

This is a very weird problem, and I cannot figure out the cause. All help is very much appreciated, every hint might get me on the trail to the cause and solution!

Hi all, I am using FiltaQuilla (add-on) in Thunderbird to save the attachments of received e-mails (filtered on domain, e.g. "@example.com") to a specific folder for each sender. But for some reason, all saved files are empty. The file name is correct, so all attachments seem to saved, but without their content. I checked the attachments in the mails: they are not empty files. I've added a screenshot of one of the filters (my apologies, but it's in Dutch). A little translation: Filter: - From, contains, @example.be Actions: - Move message to, VERWERKT (other folder in mailbox) - Save attachments to, C:\FTP\...\...\MAIL_IN - Mark as read This is a very weird problem, and I cannot figure out the cause. All help is very much appreciated, every hint might get me on the trail to the cause and solution!
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Located some info which may help.

http://mesquilla.com/extensions/filtaquilla/ Scroll down quite some way to section: Combining Moves with Complex Actions

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Does it make any difference if you save the attachment before moving the message? You might also need to have the messages marked as read before moving them.

Chary004
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Thank you for your suggestion. I've tried it and put the actions in different orders, but the saved attachments still arrive empty...

Toad-Hall
Toad-Hall
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Located some info which may help.

http://mesquilla.com/extensions/filtaquilla/ Scroll down quite some way to section: Combining Moves with Complex Actions

Chary004
Chary004 Question owner
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Thank you for the link! I used the action "Move Later" instead of the regular "Move message to" and... It worked! All files seem to be saved perfectly now; I didn't find any more dreadful "0 KB".

Thank you so much for your help!

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