
Detaching attachments
I'm trying to understand how detaching an attachment works in Thunderbird 68. If I understand it correctly it removes the attachments from the message and then saves it locally on your computer. The message itself it still in your inbox with a link to that saved file(s) on your computer. The purpose behind this is to reduce the size of your inbox?
Thanks
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That's right, it reduces the size of the Inbox, while keeping a reference to the detached file. Deleting attachments from sent messages also saves space, as you already have a copy on the computer.
There is a bug where the link is broken if the attachment name has a comma.
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That's right, it reduces the size of the Inbox, while keeping a reference to the detached file. Deleting attachments from sent messages also saves space, as you already have a copy on the computer.
There is a bug where the link is broken if the attachment name has a comma.
sfhowes said
That's right, it reduces the size of the Inbox, while keeping a reference to the detached file. Deleting attachments from sent messages also saves space, as you already have a copy on the computer. There is a bug where the link is broken if the attachment name has a comma.
Thanks for the info.... I'm glad that feature is in there. It will help me trim down the size of my gmail mailbox.