[Tickets #9827] Re: attachments are not shown for this message

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/9827
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  Ticket             | 9827
  Updated By         | goncalo.queiros at portugalmail.net
  Summary            | attachments are not shown for this message
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Unconfirmed
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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vilius at lnk.lt (2011-04-21 19:40) wrote:

> As much as it pains me to say it... I am thinking that we ARE going  
> to need to do MUA-sniffing to fix this.  I am thinking that this  
> sniffing can be accomplished in a status box rather than  
> automatically adding the attachments to the list.  E.g. for messages  
> received from Apple Mail, if an attachment is found within an  
> unviewable alternative part, a yellow box will be displayed  
> indicating that an attachment might be in another part and that the  
> user should view all message parts to verify.  This prevents the  
> situation above from happening (unwanted attachments polluting the  
> attachment list) while providing some indication to the user that an  
> attachment *may* be available, and the user can factor the context  
> of the displayed part into their decision as to whether to view all  
> message parts.

That sounds very right for me.