[imp] Forwarding attachments

[Alex May]

 From Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
  Date Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:51:48 -0700:
  Subject Re: [imp] Forwarding attachments:

> Quoting Alex May <alex at maymay.de>:
>
>> If I forward the original message as an attachment, some users  
>> can't open the attachment and therefore can't get to the attachments.
>
> Huh?  If a mail user agent cannot read a message/rfc822 part, it is  
> BADLY broken.  This is one of the basic MIME parts as defined in the  
> original RFC document.  And this is the correct (and only) way to  
> FORWARD a message - meaning the receiving party receives the exact  
> same message as the sender originally received.
>
>> The only option offered by Outlook and therefore the option that  
>> most users expect is that when they hit forward, the original  
>> message text appears in the body of the new message and the  
>> original attachments are available to send with it as separate  
>> attachments.
>
> Uh, no.  This is *not* FORWARDING the message.  This is using the  
> old message as a template.  That is what Edit As New is for.
>
> michael
>
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Otherwise we can discuss endlessly what "forwarding" really means, and  
whether outlook is doing it wrong, but users will expect what they are  
used to.

More importantly, the option to forward with just some of the original  
attachments is common and useful and I don't think that is available  
without edit as new.

Edit as new seems to do the job well enough, but:
- this doesn't seem to be available in DIMP, is it?
- can't this be one of the forwarding options and have the subject copied in?

Thanks,
Alex