Re: [Evolution-hackers] "Edit As New Message"

[William Jon McCann <mccannwj pha jhu edu>]

Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> the rationale is:
>
> - if it's not sent by you, then you shouldn't be editing it

What is your reasoning?

> - evolution's composer is not capable of handling all mime structures
> (it's an impossible task)
>
> also, there exists an option Actions->Forward->Redirect for at least
> some of the needs you brought up.
>
> a possible work-around for your "I store my sent mail and/or templates
> in other fodlers sometimes" could be to tag them with the \Drafts flag
> and have Evolution check that rather than simply limiting to Sent/Drafts
> folders for "Edit as New" functionality.

Another thing that I've seen many people using "Edit as New" for is 
saving messages after removing large attachments.  Is there another way 
to do this?

Jon