Re: Save mime parts : gnus-summary-save-parts

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>:
>
>> Could someone confirm one way or another if gnus-summary-save-parts
>> works for them? I have an email with 6 jpeg attachments and I select a
>> directory to save them (X m) but nothing is saved on my setup.
>
> Do you have nnimap-fetch-partial-articles set?
>

Nope. (Funny enough I thought it was).

> I had it set, and encountered the behaviour you describe, and that was
> so annoying that I just removed the setting.
>
> To be able to see, or save, non-textual parts I did `A g' I think.
> But that was too much of a nuisance.
>
> Also, since I use agent, and save articles in the agent while reading
> online, what ended up in the agent, was the version of the article
> without the attachments (just empty MIME parts in place of the
> attachments).

Does this save happen automatically or do you initiate it?
 
>
> And that would potentially give unpleasant surprises when offline.
>

Gulp. The complexities never end ;)

Thanks for the replies.



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