Tickets :: Comment on [#3381] "forward" handles multipart/alternative incorrectly

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Comment	>>> Added option in CVS to forward without adding the body text to the > >>> compose message's body. > >> > >> I'm not clear what the purpose of this is - it's trivial to delete > >> the text if you don't want it. The original reporter was complaining > >> about the original text still being in the _attachment_. > > > > I would like to comment on this issue from the perspective of a simple user. > > > > A user gets a message, which contains a body and may be one or more > attachments. When I forwar this message, I expect to see the body in > the editor, so that I can comment it or just add my own text. Iexpect > eventual attachments from the original message to be attached again > with the possibility to remove them one by one. That's it. > > > > I can see that there may be reasons to do more sophisticated things > with message parts, but please let that not be the default behavior. > > > > As it is now compared to how it used to be in older versions: > > - Processing mail gets more complicated, I have to go through a menu > instead of just click the action I want(or use a short cut key). > > - After two times forwarding a message(common practice here) the end > recipient gets a message with two extra attachments containing > message sources and two 'unnamed' links which if followed show a > piece of the message already on screen. This is the 'without body > text' option. In the standard behavior things are even worse, it ends > up with three copies of the original body text as an extra. > > > > Please keep it simple for ordinary users.
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