Re: Cannot attach read-only files?

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Jason,

I am using only the AntispamSniper plugin. I also use Thunderbird and Outlook for other mail accounts on the same computer and neither has a problem attaching a read-only file as an attachment.  I cannot say this for certain, because it never occurred to me to check before, but this was the first time in almost 25 years of using TheBat! that I encountered this issue and I must have attached a read-only file at some time in the past without issue.

However, after seeing your reply I tested a few more times and it hasn't happened again ... yet.  But I can assure you that all I did to get rid of the error TB was displaying when I tried to send the message (several times, even re-composing it from scratch once) was to clear the read-only flag using the Windows File Explorer's File Properties dialog.  The attachment was just a .TXT file containing a snippet of my C source code, so even if an AV program was involved, it should have trivially dismissed the file as safe, but the issue lasted for several minutes ... until I cleared the read-only bit.

But, since I cannot reproduce it on demand, it doesn't exist, so I'm sorry for reporting it.  I won't bring it up again unless I have a way to reproduce it on demand.

SteveV


Thursday, April 17, 2025, 1:30:03 PM, you wrote:

J> Are you using an antiviris plugin/product that is interfering?

J> ⁣Jason Gottschalk
J> SYO Computer Services
J> 586-580-2213
J> Jason-9SbiX/[email protected]​

J> On Apr 17, 2025, 1:27 PM, at 1:27 PM, Steven P Valliere <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Today I discovered that TheBat! would not allow me to attach a file
>>marked as Read-Only in the Windows file system!  I cannot imagine any
>>reason why TB would need to open attachments for writing, so I was very
>>confused.
>> 
>>I was able to get around the *BUG* by removing the read-only flag,
>>attaching the file, sending the message and restoring the read-only
>>flag.
>> 
>>I should not need to do this.  This is a potentially very BAD BUG.  

-- 
Steven Valliere | tb 11.4.1 | mailto:[email protected]
--
"If you didn't write it down, then it didn't happen."
   -Larry Zana



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