On 05/10/2022 16:09, Mick Ab wrote:
Firefox was updated to Firefox 102.3.0 esr (64 bit).
It has subsequently been found that this version of Firefox does not
allow email attachments to be opened.
Clicking on such an attachment used to always open a dialogue
box which had options "Open with..." and "Save...." but now it just
jumps straight to a Download box with a list of folders to download to.
Handling of downloads changed in Firefox since version 91
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-downloads-preferences-using-downloads-menu
How file downloads are handled in Firefox version 98 and above
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/where-find-and-manage-downloaded-files-firefox
Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox
This change caused hot discussions in their bug tracker and issues like
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1738574
Want an option to continue to use /tmp and autodelete downloads
automatically opened in an application
As a temporary measure I set
browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel to false, but was
struggling with another problem. Some other recipe may be more suitable
for you as a long term solution.
