Digitally Signed Email - Thunderbird not inserting message body attachments in new email
If you have received a digitally signed email and want to forward it to another recipient, Thunderbird may not insert the message body attachments in the new email. This article provides a solution to this issue.
Symptoms
When you try to forward a digitally signed email in Thunderbird, the message body attachments are not included in the new email.
Cause
Thunderbird does not automatically include attachments when forwarding a digitally signed email. This is because the signature may be altered if the attachments are included.
Solution
To include the attachments when forwarding a digitally signed email, you can follow these steps:
- Open the original email in Thunderbird.
- Select the message body and all the attachments.
- Right-click and select "Save As" to save the attachments to your computer.
- Create a new email.
- Paste the message body into the new email.
- Attach the saved attachments to the new email.
- Send the new email.