Hello Andreas, On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 10:40:15AM +0200, Andreas Heinlein wrote: > I found this behaviour in icedove: > > 1. Click "Write" to compose a new message > 2. Attach a PDF file > 3. Double-Click the attached file (i.e. to verify it's the right one) > > Expected behaviour: > Icedove asks whether to open or save the file, and when clicking "open", the > attachment opens with the associated application > > Real behaviour: > Icedove asks whether to open or save the file, and when clicking "open", > nothing happens > > Until now, I can only reproduce that with PDF files, but not with plain text, > OpenDocument, JPEG - these behave as expected. > Opening PDF attachments from *received* messages (or messages in the "Sent" > folder) works as expected. Occurs with several different accounts.
my setups work as you expected. Please check the settings for Icedove Settings in Menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Attachments; Incomming -> Content Type 'PDF File' There you have probably 'Save File' selected. Regards Carsten
