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(Get the code!)
Why is Mozilla not taking this seriously? It has been reported for years, but the only way to know it is a problem is to get burned and go looking to file a bug report. I just lost hours of complicated spreadsheet work, and another hour trying to find the file and/or undelete it. Another 30 minutes hunting for the bug report and filing this comment.
It is doubly painful to find out that Mozilla has been aware of this bug for years and also aware of several work arounds. No other email client of many I have used has ever had this "feature."
The easiest fix is very easy indeed. Simply put a line of text on the file open/save window that already pops up when one double clicks an attachment. Can't be more than 5 minutes of work to add a line of text beside the open file option in the next build that states something like "WARNING: ANY CHANGES TO ATTACHMENTS OPENED IN THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE WILL NOT BE SAVED UNLESS 'SAVE AS' IS USED."
Please do at least that. I'm begging you for the sake of other users. The number of duplicate bugs here suggests this really, really needs to be addressed.