Look at the popup menu in the top-right pane page--isn't there a "save message" option?  That's how I've been using to handle MIME attachments I receive.

It *would* be nice to have builtin MIME multipart support.  And it's not even that complicated.  Let's see...  The first step would seem to be some sort of MultipartDocument that apps can stream a message into and get the parts out.  It could work something like:

	doc _ MultipartDocument fromString: message bodyText.   "message is a MailMessage"
	doc numParts.   "ask how many parts there are"
	doc part: 2.      "get the second part, perhaps as another MailMessage, perhaps as a new class"
	(doc part: 2) contentType.    "get the content type of the second part"
	(doc part: 2) body content.   "get the actual content"
	(doc part: 2) filename.        "snag the filename that was put in the headers, if any"         
	"..."


Once the multipart parser is done, someone needs to update the Celeste UI.  Ideally, attachments could show up as clickable text links that popup a menu, similar to URLs....


Lex


mdr at scn.org (Mike) wrote:
> Celeste does not presently handle attachments, which is OK unless you get a message containing neat stuff as an attachment.
> 
> While the full answer is probably to implement full attachment handling in Celeste, it would be nice to be able to:
> (1) Save the message in a file that I could open using, for example, Eudora and then work with the attachment from there
> and
> (2) Forward the message to some other mail account where I (or they) can read attachments.
> 
> With the release 2.4 image these do not work.
> 
> I do not understand enough about Mime or attachements to make much safe progress on this.  If anyone can do it, or guide me, I would be very greatful!
> 
> Mike