Viewing Attached Pictures in Thunderbird ?

[Jim]

On 07/12/2009 02:30 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Jim writes:
>
>> Thunderbird-3.0b3pre.
>>
>> When getting  pictures in Attachment, I can't view them in 
>> Thunderbird, have to "Save As" in home directory to view *.jpg pictures.
>>
>>
>> In the email it's showing the;
>>
>> Content-Type    Application/Octet-Stream
>>                            name= "*.jpg "
>>
>> How can I setup in Preferences to display this "Octet Stream" by  
>> using Gwenview to view pictures.
>
> You can't. "application/octet-stream" is a generic MIME type. It's 
> used only when a known MIME type is not known, for a given file.
>
> This is a bug in the sender's mail software, for failing to properly 
> assign a correct MIME type to an attachment.
>
>> These Damn Emails are probably  coming from Outlook and Thunderbird 
>> can't view attached pictures.
>
> Examining the headers of this message should identify the buggy mail 
> client.
>
>
Not just a  "buggy mail client".

You tell a STUPID Windows user he has got a  buggy mail client, he will 
look at you like your a moron, when he feels he can view the pictures.