Forwarded mails should be editable in Thunderbird

[Stanley]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

I would really like to see when forwarding mail that the mail appears on my computer so that I could edit
out the addresses that were on the mail I know that I can send it as (edit as new) but that has its draw backs also
outlook express and an other commercial one do it also (allow editing in the forward mode)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 26 16:59:25 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic x86_64

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: 2.0.0.17

It would be nice to be able to edit out the email addresses of the other people who had the mail forwarded to them without having to use "Edit As New"

Reproducible: Always

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This bug reported in Ubuntu's bug tracker: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/289681

[Rsx11m-pub (rsx11m-pub)]

By default, Thunderbird 2.0 forwards a message as attachment, thus you should see an ".eml" attachment in the upper-right-hand corner of the composition window. This can be switched to "inline" in the Edit > Preferences > Composition > General tab, thus allowing you to edit any component of the message you are forwarding (including the addresses of previous recipients).

If this resolves your issue, please close as "invalid" since it is not a bug.

[Rsx11m-pub (rsx11m-pub)]

No response from reporter, thus resolving. You can check the newsgroups or forums for support if you still have problems. Please feel free to reopen if you find that your problem may indicate an actual bug.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Stanley, please look at the upstream bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461732 and see if the suggested resolution works for you.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Per upstream, this is already available as a config option:
By default, Thunderbird 2.0 forwards a message as attachment, thus you should
see an ".eml" attachment in the upper-right-hand corner of the composition
window. This can be switched to "inline" in the Edit > Preferences >
Composition > General tab, thus allowing you to edit any component of the
message you are forwarding (including the addresses of previous recipients).

Please report any other bugs you may find.