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On Saturday 31 July 2010 at 12:56:56 AM, in <mid:[email protected]>, Jack S. LaRosa wrote: M>> Method One M>> Open a new email M>> Drag the message you are forwarding from the M>> message list to the new message window you M>> just opened and drop it. M>> This works for most email clients I've used. > This method doesn't seem to work for me. Although I can > drag the original message I'm trying to forward into > the new blank message, the resulting attachment becomes > 1.eml and when received in my Gmail account, contains > nothing but HTML code. That "1.eml" attachment *is* the entire original message; open the forwarded message in your sent mail folder and check it out. It isn't a problem with what the Gmail account receives; the problem is a "feature" of Gmail's web interface. I just tried forwarding a message like that to a Gmail account and to a Yahoo account; in both cases, the message I downloaded via POP access had the attached message "1.eml" with all its attachments intact and functional. Yahoo's web interface displays it properly but Gmail's does not. And downloading or opening the attached message "1.eml" in Firefox from the web interface works properly from Yahoo but not from Gmail. M>> Method Two M>> "Alternative Forward" from the "Specials" menu M>> (or Shift+Alt+F5) > Here's the kind of thing that gives me an attack of the > vapors (You might need to look that up. Your photo > looks youthful.) Thanks (-; > If in AccountProperties-Templates-Forward, the > Forward-messages-as-attachments (MIME standard) is > ticked, then SHIFT-ALT-F5 generates a forward with the > with the HTML attachment intact. However, clicking on > the FORWARD arrow at top generates a forward with the > HTML attachment replaced with the 1.eml attachment. That is correct. SHIFT-ALT-F5 is "alternative forward" so whichever of the two methods is set as your normal forwarding method, SHIFT-ALT-F5 uses the other method. The forward arrow at the top is the same action as CTRL-o (or right-clicking the message and selecting "forward". The 1.eml attachment is not a replacement for the message.html attachment; the 1.eml attachment is the original message, complete with all attachments including message.html. (It is less confusing to get the head around what's going on if you forget about HTML messages for a bit and test it out with a simple plaintext message, and then with plaintext message that has a picture or document attached.) > If on the other hand in > AccountProperties-Templates-Forward, the > Forward-messages-as-attachments (MIME standard) is > UN-ticked, then SHIFT-ALT-F5 now produces a forward > with 1.eml replacing the original HTML attachment. > However, clicking on the FORWARD arrow at top generates > a forward *WITH* the HTML attachment *JUST AS IT USED > TO BE* before I upgraded to 4.2.36.4. And that was the aim, of course. (-; > I was sure I tried every possible combination of > generating forwards before I asked for help but I see > now this old addled brain must be on a downward, > slippery slope towards senility. I think it's just HTML's propensity to add confusion to all things email-related... -- Best regards MFPA mailto:[email protected] Don't learn safety rules by accident... Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
