thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Allow users to download a message

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Description

Users have have a basic right to download one of their messages.
I am talking about an intact message with headers and body.

Also for security reasons, users may wish to download a pristine message and give it to their security person.

However for some reason there is no choice in the menus to download a message.

When implementing this perhaps have a .eml as the file name extension for the message.

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Research direction

Start by locating the message menu entry point and the code that exposes a message's complete headers and body. The work is done when a user can download one intact message as an .eml file and the result is suitable for sharing with a security reviewer.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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