Try this for a fix:
Open Thunderbird
Go to Tools>>>>Options>>>>Composition

Forward messages should read: Inline (Not Attachment)

Hope this helps you.

Norm


"Olivier Croquette" wrote in message
news:lrWdnZxLXqmYUzbYnZ2dnUVZ_tGsnZ2d@mozilla.org. ..
> Hi,
>
> I have Thunderbird configured so that it doesn't show remote images of
> unknown senders. So far, so good, that works perfectly.
>
> However, when I click on "Show images" to show them explicitely for a
> specific message, Thunderbird opens them with my default browser, and
> doesn't show them in the message!
>
> (and since it opens each image in a separate window, it is really a pain
> to close all these windows, up to 20!)
>
> I run Thunderbird version 1.5 (20051025) under MacOS X.
>
> Any idea what is going wrong?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Olivier

Olivier Croquette wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Thunderbird configured so that it doesn't show remote images
> of unknown senders. So far, so good, that works perfectly.
>
> However, when I click on "Show images" to show them explicitely for a
> specific message, Thunderbird opens them with my default browser,
> and doesn't show them in the message!
>
> (and since it opens each image in a separate window, it is really a
> pain to close all these windows, up to 20!)
>
> I run Thunderbird version 1.5 (20051025) under MacOS X.
>
> Any idea what is going wrong?

uncheck that options ( Block remote image ), restart TB , check that
mail. same problem?
also check another thing : start TB in safe mode and check
[ "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode#Mac_OS_X" (follow same method for
TB) ]

Hi Norman, hi Nir

Thanks for your help.

Setting forward messages to "Inline" (Not Attachment) didn't help.

> uncheck that options ( Block remote image ), restart TB , check that
> mail. same problem?

Yes.
Now Thunderbird opens web browser windows for any email containing
remote images.

> also check another thing : start TB in safe mode and check
> [ "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode#Mac_OS_X" (follow same method for
> TB) ]

It goes in safe mode allright (as seen in the extension window), but it
doesnt't change anything regarding my issue.

Again, thanks for your help.
I googled quite a bit and it seems I am the only one with this problem!

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:07:39 +0100, in message <6JednW0IqrAg5DHYnZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d@mozilla.org>,
Olivier Croquette wrote:

> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Macintosh/20051025)

> Hi Norman, hi Nir
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Setting forward messages to "Inline" (Not Attachment) didn't help.
>
> > uncheck that options ( Block remote image ), restart TB , check that
> > mail. same problem?
>
> Yes.
> Now Thunderbird opens web browser windows for any email containing
> remote images.


Change network.protocol-handler.external.http back to false.


{ Edit -> Preferences } -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor
{ Tools -> Options }



> > also check another thing : start TB in safe mode and check
> > [ "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode#Mac_OS_X" (follow same method for
> > TB) ]
>
> It goes in safe mode allright (as seen in the extension window), but it
> doesnt't change anything regarding my issue.
>
> Again, thanks for your help.
> I googled quite a bit and it seems I am the only one with this problem!


--
Cheers,
Ralph

Olivier Croquette wrote:
> Now Thunderbird opens web browser windows for any email containing
> remote images.

Is this true for *all* messages with attachments or just a few, random
emails? Also, what happens when you save the attachments to your
desktop. Do they open on your browser? What is the default
application you have set to open images? Also, have you checked
Preferences > Attachments > View & Edit Actions? What does it show --
if anything at all -- for JPG, for example?

Ralph Fox wrote:

>> Yes.
>> Now Thunderbird opens web browser windows for any email containing
>> remote images.
>
> Change network.protocol-handler.external.http back to false.

This is it, many thanks!
I have no idea what or who changed this value in the first place.

Thanks also to all who took time to help me!

Ralph Fox wrote:

> Change network.protocol-handler.external.http back to false.

Now I remember: if I set it on "false", clicking on URLs in messages
doesn't do anything anymore

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:24:48 +0100, in message ,
Olivier Croquette wrote:

> Ralph Fox wrote:
>
> > Change network.protocol-handler.external.http back to false.
>
> Now I remember: if I set it on "false", clicking on URLs in messages
> doesn't do anything anymore

Testing here

A. If network.protocol-handler.external.http is true,
then Thunderbird opens web browser windows for
any email containing remote images.

B. If network.protocol-handler.external.http is false,
then clicking on URLs in messages doesn't do
anything.

C. If I right-click on network.protocol-handler.external.http
and choose "reset" from the context menu, then
remote images appear in the message (not in browser windows)
and clicking on URLs in messages works.

Before I suggest that you "reset" network.protocol-handler.external.http,
have you made any other settings which might interfere with this?
For example, have you set network.protocol-handler.external-default
to false (the default value is true)?

Further testing

D. If network.protocol-handler.external.http is reset,
and network.protocol-handler.external-default is false,
then clicking on URLs in messages does not work.

I suggest you run your own tests of other combinations.


--
Cheers,
Ralph

Ralph Fox wrote:
> I suggest you run your own tests of other combinations.

Just resetting network.protocol-handler.external.http worked perfectly.
I still wonder why it didn't have the same effect when I just set it to
false. It seems there are three states: "true", "false" and default,
which is really confusing!

Many thanks for your help!

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:38:05 +0100, in message ,
Olivier Croquette wrote:

> Just resetting network.protocol-handler.external.http worked perfectly.

It's good to hear you have it working right.