A couple of reasons:
 - mail stores are basically write only, you can't edit a message
without creating a new one and deleting the old one, which causes a few
other problems
 - disk is cheap
 - mailboxes are more reliable than pst files
 - disk is cheap
etc.

I guess it kinda depends on just how many/how big attachments you get. 
I just get random shit and pictures, save it, view it, and usually
forget about it somewhere in my home dir.

On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 08:11, Mike Millson wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are plans to support deleting attachments from
> save messages in a future version of Evolution? Or do most people leave
> files attached to the e-mail. 
> 
> Back when I was slummingit w/ Outlook, if you left your files attached,
> there was a chance the .pst file would get corrupted and you would lose
> your messages plus attachments. Saving them to disk was a way to back
> them up. Plus I think files saved on the filesystem can be better
> organized. But, maybe this isn't how other think. Maybe some people like
> to leave files attached to the message? Can anyone indulge me w/ the
> philosophy behind not supporting deleting files from saved messages?
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 18:42, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > No, this is not supported.
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 17:35, Mike Millson wrote:
> > > Is there any way to delete an attachment from a saved message? When
> > > someone sends me a message, I like to save it to disk then delete the
> > > attachment from the e-mail.
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > Mike
> > > 
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