Hi Rene,

> Date: 2026-08-23 08:46:52+0200
> From: Rene Kita <[email protected]>
>
[...]
> > Honestly, the protections offered have been minimal, but they've been that
> > way for 30 years without any tickets or reported issues.  So, I'd need to be
> > convinced this suddenly requires a redo using hashes.
> 
> I wonder what behaviour people would expect these days, when attaching a
> file is it a link to the current version or a snapshot of the file when
> it was attached?

I've never known for sure, and thus I've always assumed the worst case.
Whenever I update the file, I delete the attachment, and attach it
again, just in case.  And I also make sure to not touch the file until
it is sent, just to not confuse mutt(1).


Have a lovely day!
Alex

> I'd guess it is the former. So I'd say that the reason
> that no one reported an issue might that people don't expect it and
> never notice. I don't look at the attachments in my +Sent.
> 
> That being said, I think the approach in v2 looks good to me as a fix
> for the current behavior.

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