[lampe73]

Hi,
if I try to find a jpg or pdf received mail attachment by its full and correct name, neither the windows search nor my FreeCommander finds them even when I search through the complete hard drive. The files must be there because I can open them. Looking through the settings of Thunderbird gives no hint where the client stores the files. Can anybody tell me how I should search better?
Kind regards, lampe73

[throoper]

Attachments are part of the mail message they came with.
When you open them they become a Temporary file.
They won't exist in a permanent form that Search can find until you save them to a physical location on your hard drive.

T.

[lampe73]

Thank you, that makes it perfectly clear. So I must change my habit not to save important attachments and to think that they do already be saved.
Thanks again and with kind regards

lampe73

[throoper]

You're welcome.
If it's important to keep it, just right click the attachment and click Save As.

T.