Re: Can't open email attachments with Firefox 102.3.0 esr

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

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.