[Tickets #12852] Re: Attachemnts as links should be optional

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12852
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  Ticket             | 12852
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | Attachemnts as links should be optional
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
-State              | New
+State              | Rejected
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2013-11-20 20:38) wrote:

This was intentional.

Linked attachments are designed to workaround transport and/or storage  
restrictions.  These are admin things.  Users should never be asked  
questions about the technical structure of their e-mail messages,  
especially since they have no control over where this data is stored  
(things might be different if the user could add links to *existing*  
linkable data.   But that's not what linked attachments are designed  
for).

Not to mention that linking is intended to be a last-resort option.   
Nobody should be sending linked messages unless there is a technical  
reason to do so, since you are both making it more difficult for the  
receiving party to correctly view the message, and vastly increasing  
the odds that the receiving party will not be able to view the  
attachment data.