[AccessD] Thunderbird attachments

I recently switched from Outlook to Thunderbird as my email client and I 
am having difficult reliably getting attachments.  Sometimes I do, I 
have received excel spreadsheets, but mostly I don't.  I also don't seem 
to get embedded photos when one client embeds screen shots.

Does thunderbird automatically strip off attachments?  Is there a way to 
tell it not to?  What about embedded bitmaps (screenshots).

Why do I do stupid things like switching my email client when Outlook 
was working fine?
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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com