!!! 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). > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
