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Rick Merrill

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Dec 17, 2009, 11:45:55 AM12/17/09
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When looking at attachments, right mouse gives options
that include "save all" and "detach all" - what is the
difference?

Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo

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Dec 17, 2009, 1:10:44 PM12/17/09
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save all: saves all the attachments within an email message

detach all: removes all the attachments within an email
message

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Rick Merrill

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Dec 19, 2009, 6:50:30 AM12/19/09
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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Rick Merrill wrote:
>> When looking at attachments, right mouse gives options
>> that include "save all" and "detach all" - what is the
>> difference?
>
> save all: saves all the attachments within an email message
>
> detach all: removes all the attachments within an email message
>

When just *reading* a message, the save and detach work in identical
ways: both save the attachments. detach then tries to delete - but
fails! 1.1.18

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