deleting attachment from a message removes message from server

Thanos

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Aug 19, 2006, 5:49:11 AM8/19/06

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Using SM but I guess the issue is the same on TB and Mozilla Suite and
that's why posting here.

With SM I have an e-mail account configured to leave a copy of the new
messages on the server unless they are moved or deleted from Inbox. If I
delete the attachment of a message, then the whole message is deleted
from the server.

I was wondering if it is possible to delete an attachment from a message
but keep the body of the message on the server.

Mike Cowperthwaite

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Aug 19, 2006, 1:34:12 PM8/19/06

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Thanos wrote:
> Using SM but I guess the issue is the same on TB and Mozilla Suite and
> that's why posting here.
>
> With SM I have an e-mail account configured to leave a copy of the new
> messages on the server unless they are moved or deleted from Inbox. If I
> delete the attachment of a message, then the whole message is deleted
> from the server.

I just tried this, and I wasn't able to reproduce the problem. Sent a
message with an attachment to an account which, under TB, was configured
to Leave On Server; received it under TB; deleted the attachment; opened
a Seamonkey client which had the same account configured; fetched mail:
message was there (with attachment).

> I was wondering if it is possible to delete an attachment from a message
> but keep the body of the message on the server.

With POP, no, I don't think that's possible.

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Moz Champion (Dan)

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Aug 19, 2006, 3:59:57 PM8/19/06

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Please dont ASSUME it extends to other products. You should post this
problem to the SeaMonkey group

Thanos

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Aug 20, 2006, 5:53:18 AM8/20/06

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Glenn wrote:
> On approximately 8/19/2006 10:34 AM, came the following characters from
> the keyboard of Mike Cowperthwaite:

>> Thanos wrote:
>>> Using SM but I guess the issue is the same on TB and Mozilla Suite
>>> and that's why posting here.
>>>
>>> With SM I have an e-mail account configured to leave a copy of the
>>> new messages on the server unless they are moved or deleted from
>>> Inbox. If I delete the attachment of a message, then the whole
>>> message is deleted from the server.
>>
>> I just tried this, and I wasn't able to reproduce the problem. Sent a
>> message with an attachment to an account which, under TB, was
>> configured to Leave On Server; received it under TB; deleted the
>> attachment;
>

> At this point, did you do another Get Msgs ??? That could have an
> impact, regarding synchronization with the POP server.

I agree! If you did not do a "Get Messages" the changes are not passed
on the server.

Thanos

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Aug 20, 2006, 5:55:05 AM8/20/06

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Just tested with TB 1.5.0.5. Same issue. Never described it as a problem...

Mike Cowperthwaite

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Aug 22, 2006, 5:44:28 PM8/22/06

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Glenn wrote:
> On approximately 8/19/2006 10:34 AM, came the following characters from
> the keyboard of Mike Cowperthwaite:

>> Thanos wrote:
>>> Using SM but I guess the issue is the same on TB and Mozilla Suite
>>> and that's why posting here.
>>>
>>> With SM I have an e-mail account configured to leave a copy of the
>>> new messages on the server unless they are moved or deleted from
>>> Inbox. If I delete the attachment of a message, then the whole
>>> message is deleted from the server.
>>
>> I just tried this, and I wasn't able to reproduce the problem. Sent a
>> message with an attachment to an account which, under TB, was
>> configured to Leave On Server; received it under TB; deleted the
>> attachment;
>

> At this point, did you do another Get Msgs ??? That could have an
> impact, regarding synchronization with the POP server.

I had not -- but I just retried the test, and *did* do the explicit Get
New after deleting the attachment; and my second client was still able
to retrieve the message.

Thanos

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Aug 23, 2006, 3:37:37 AM8/23/06

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Did the 2nd client retrieve the message without the attachment? Is it a
POP account? Are you testing with TB 2a? Just trying to figure out
what's different between my case and yours.

Mike Cowperthwaite

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Aug 23, 2006, 8:21:23 PM8/23/06

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The message arrived at the 2nd client with the attachment; I would have
been very surprised if the attachment were not there. Yes, POP mail;
yes, TB 2a1; I would have been using the 0821 build yesterday.

But: someone has opened a bug about this problem:
http://mozillanews.org/bugzilla_warning.php3?id=333005
And David Bienvenu's comment there indicates that you are not simply
hallucinating. :) I don't know why I didn't see the symptom when I
tested.

Thanos

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Aug 24, 2006, 4:00:08 AM8/24/06

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Thank you for that link!

It may be different in TB 2a or it may be what is allowed by the POP server.