When exporting an email with an image, to PDF, the image gets cropped.

[fanofjop]

Hello,

I created a new email in Thunderbird.
I opened a large image (16 megapixels) in my image viewer and took a screenshot of a rectangular area of that image.
I then pasted the screenshot into the body of my email.
Using the image handles, I resized it so that it would fit within the width of the message.
Finally, I sent the email.

TEST 1
In Thunderbird, in the Sent folder, I selected the line corresponding to this email and then chose "Print".

=>

The print preview shows that the image will be cropped.

TEST 2
I opened the email by double-clicking on its entry in the Sent folder.

Then I attempted to print to PDF as in TEST 1. This time, the image appears in full in the preview and is not cropped. It is also not cropped in the PDF once it is created.

TEST 3
This time, in Thunderbird, I used ImportExportTools NG to export the sent email as a PDF.

The print preview shows that the image will be cropped. And it will be true : the image in the pdf will be cropped.

I would like to be able to export emails to PDF using ImportExportTools NG, ensuring that images are not cropped.

Thanks for help.
Stéphane, le 17 mars 2026 05h15

[cleidigh]

@fanofjop
That's tricky given the cropping in native Thunderbird operations.
Can you send me the message as an eml to:
test1@kokkini.net
@cleidigh