[Alpine-info] Attach mails

[Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info]

On 2024-06-06 08:45, Olaf Skibbe via Alpine-info wrote:

> Hi all,

> 

> I have a question regarding the possibilities to attach mails to a

> newly composed mail.

> 

> Assume the following situation: I have several mails stored locally in

> different folders. I want to compose a mail with some of these mails

> attached to it. Preferably, I want them to be attached in their

> original form, not cited inline.

> 

> The way I do this now, is:

> 

> - Store all these mails to one (temporary) folder

> - change to the new folder and select the mails I want to attach

>    (i.e. "select all")

> - press A - F to forward these mails with a new mail (where the

>    selected mails are attached as mail digest).

> 

> Disadvantages of this process are:

> 

> - When saving the mails to the new temporary folder, they are marked

>    as deleted at their original place. One has to take care of this.


When saving, you can mark "do not delete".


> - Once I started composing the mail and decide to attach one more

>    mail, I have to start all over.

> 

> This rises the question: Is there a way to do this in a more

> convenient way? What I am looking for is something like:


Maybe you can export each mail to a file, and then attach those files. I 
have not tried this. It is certainly doable, but I do not know how 
readable they are at the receiving end.


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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