Re: [Evolution] Remove Attachments

[Raul Acevedo <raul cantara com>]

!!!

As of last month, Evolution is the first non-Emacs mail reader I've used
since, uh, the 80s, and how you're saying to use Emacs again???

Sigh.  :)

Raul

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 15:32 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> GNU/Emacs is your friend.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 17:39 -0700, Santiago Serebrinsky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know if there's any way of removing an attachment from
> > an email, while keeping the text, headers, etc., exactly as in the
> > original email.
> >
> > I found several other people wanting this, and also people using this in
> > other clients having the feature.
> >
> > Is this the right place to ask for it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Santiago
> >
> > PS: I searched the web and I found strange pieces of information:
> >
> > 1- http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13423, a very old link
> > from 2001 (and many other bugs DUPLICATED), appears to be not solved.
> >
> > 2-
> > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution-patches/2004-February/004302.html appears to be 
> > related, but doesn't show what is it exactly about.
> >
> > 3-
> > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-February/027149.html, from Feb 2003, is the last 
> > in a thread, arguing why such feature would not be (ever?) supported. I think the reasons given were not 
> > good, with answers as follows:
> > 1. May be it's not so difficult.
> > 2. Since attachment removal can be done by other means, if evo does not
> > allow it, this won't prevent email alteration/forgery (intentional or
> > not). Whoever wants to do it will be able to. With a similar reasoning,
> > no modification of a forwarded email should be allowed.
> > 3. This argument applies equally well to simple deletion of messages, or
> > any "undo" in any program. See also item 5.
> > 4. Why?
> > 5. It is similar to deleting any message. Saving maybe hundreds of MB in
> > undesired attachments may well worth the minute wait. See also point 2
> > below. Maybe a policy of delete/expunge may be implemented to save time
> > here.
> > Good reasons for doing it:
> > 1. Quota limitations may force people to delete messages that they want
> > to keep as such, just because they contain (possibly large) attachments.
> > 2. Deleting an attachment once saves time while loading evolution
> > subsequently.
> > 3. If many people need/like/request it, it suggests it's a useful
> > feature to have.
> >
> > 4- The link http://support.ximian.com in
> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution goes to Novell.
> > Surfing within novell.com, there appear to be two ways of removing
> > attachments, but involving GroupWise (which I have no idea what is it
> > about).
> >
> >
> >
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