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Why? They were embedded in the email when it was sent to you. Why not leave them embedded in the email?


One problem I could see like that if all the messages in one folder get stored in one file. If an antivirus program scans that file, it could find a virus and cause damage to the file representiting the folder. Worse yet, it does a quarantine action and the entire folder disappears.

Does Thunderbird integrate with any anti-virus solutions yet to avoid this?