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Re: How to configure Mutt to ask before downloading attachments



On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:00:53PM EST, Camaleón wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I usually use Mutt in Lenny with my Gmail account via IMAP.
> 
> It works nice but when people send me some big attachments (images or 
> media content) those files are also auto-downloaded in pager and it can 
> take some time to get the whole message open.
> 
> Is there any way I can instruct Mutt to automatically downloads the text 
> message (body) but ask me what to do with the attached files (get them, 
> view them, store them, leave them...)?

I download mail form Gmail accounts locally via POP3 + fetchmail, but I
thought IMAP only downloaded the header by default.

Anyway, did you try 'v' for view-attachments?

CJ


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