[Bug 1261351] Re: "Save All" for same-named attachments defaults to only one saved file

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On 2013-12-16T11:36:00+00:00 Mpt-postinbox wrote:

Thunderbird 24.2.0, thunderbird 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1, Ubuntu
13.10

1. Send yourself a message containing at least two attachments with the same filename, e.g. "image.jpeg".
2. Open the message in Thunderbird, and choose "Save All".
3. Select a folder to save the attachments in, and choose "Open" (bug 531777).

What happens: For n attachments, n–1 "Confirm" alerts appear with the
text: "{pathname} already exists. Do you want to replace it?"

If you choose "Cancel", instead of cancelling, a "Save Attachment"
dialog appears for choosing a different path/filename (bug 678345).

However, the default is "OK", and if you choose that, each attachment
overwrites the previous one that was saved just a fraction of a second
earlier -- something that nobody would ever want.

Not to be confused with bug 448580. Optionally letting you specify a
different name for each attachment would be a slightly faster workaround
for this bug than just saving all the attachments individually. However,
it would not fix this bug, which is that the *default* behavior for
"Save All" is to save only one of the attachments. That shouldn't even
be an option.

[Originally reported as <http://launchpad.net/bugs/1261351>.]

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** Changed in: thunderbird
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: thunderbird
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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