Re: How to configure Mutt to ask before downloading attachments
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:28:14AM EST, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:59 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:00:53PM EST, Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> Once you click to open the e-mail in pager, it downloads the complete
> message (haeder, body), attachments included :-(
>
> > Anyway, did you try 'v' for view-attachments?
>
> Yes, that works as expected, I can see the attahched files by pressing
> "v".
>
> But what I need is to prevent those big files from being downloaded
> unless I really want to proceed.
This bug is ancient but sounds like what you are reporting:
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/663
CJ
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