I believe this is a POP thing. Unless I'm mistaken, POP accounts deliver the attachment along with the body of the message, so it all comes in at once. Gmail, Exchange, and IMAP lets the user separately initiate an attachment download.
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:17 AM, George Kontos <[email protected]> wrote: > I checked this after installing the 1.4 update (VZW). There is no change at > all in how the Pre handles attachments. Contrary to what was stated (see > below), there was no automatic opening of attached image files. > > George > > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Kontos [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:53 PM > To: Treo List Yahoo > Subject: Undesireable new email feature in 1.4 update? > > In reviewing Sprint's Feature Changes list for the webOS 1.4 update, I > spotted this: > > << When you receive a message with one or more attached files, the first > file to be fully downloaded opens automatically. >> > > I don't think I'd necessarily want that to happen with certain attachments > in a public place!!! I want to control if and when I open an attachment. > > Can someone with a Sprint Pre confirm if attachments really open > automatically? For your reference the URL for the list is shown below. > > George > > http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/506 > 07_en.html#1401 > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
