[Evolution] Remove Attachments

[Santiago Serebrinsky <serebrin caltech edu>]

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).