[MlMt] Download Images still downloads 1 pixel ones

[Henry Seiden]

Randall,

This seems like a good one for a feature request. SFAIK, this condition 
has been the case (the one pixel image)for awhile in the downloads list 
layout for the attachments window section. It is ultra compact.

Try this to view an attachment from Mailmate to open a window in another 
app fairly quickly, as a workaround:
* Open an attachment in an email by selecting it, with CTL held down.
* Select the option in the drop down window,  “Open with Preview 
(default)” or choose any other app there you’d like (e.g., Word or 
Pages for a document). There is probably a setting to directly select 
Preview, the default but I don’t know it.
* You can close or save from there.
* I tried this and the full-size version of the attachment seems to open 
in Preview for me.

To be honest, it hasn’t proven that much of a barrier for me, however. 
But we’re just kicking it around in this group. Thanks for the detail. 
Benny usually monitors this group so he can get some idea of interest 
and make comments.

Other apps (Mail, Outlook) provide a means to view attachments in a 
larger form as part of the message view (still in reduced format than a 
page view), but still readable. The layout used doesn’t do this. So do 
you think a new layout with that functionality is the answer?

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden
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On 7 May 2022, at 22:05, Randall Gellens wrote:

> On 7 May 2022, at 7:53, Henry Seiden wrote:
>
>> Hello Randall,
>>
>> I use the download feature all the time to get single images (not 
>> Download All) and get the full item in my Downloads folder where it 
>> was set. Thinking that was the default, but not sure).
>>
>> Further thoughts:
>> 1. Could it be that your download isn’t being directed/specified to 
>> the proper place? Maybe not since the 1px file link is there.
>> 2. Does a restart of the app or the machine make a difference
>>
>> MM Preferences>Default Downloads Folder>select/specify the folder 
>> location (name/location), including a sub-folder. Note that in the 
>> Menu page there is a checkbox to “Insert file link when removing an 
>> attachment.” That may have something to do with what you see. Mine 
>> is checked by default.
>>
>> Have a go at those settings.
>>
>> My version is r5895, but I think those settings are the same in the 
>> release version.
>
> Hi Henry,
>
> I'm not trying to download attachments (I access attachments via their 
> icon). I'm talking about the "Download All" and "Download" buttons 
> that appear when a message contains embedded images. Some messages 
> contain many embedded images and it isn't possible to know which ones 
> I want to see. I appreciate that MailMate categorizes embedded images 
> as either "blocked" or "strictly blocked," but I was hoping that 
> 1-pixel images (which are obviously trackers/beacons) were categorized 
> as "strictly blocked" and that "Download" (versus "Download All") 
> wouldn't download them.
>
> --Randall
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