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ok, correct me if i'm wrong, but i though one of the main points of IMAP was downloading of attachments on demand. i'm using kmail 1.7 and when i click on a message to view it that has a large attachment, kmail pops up a dialog with a progress bar saying "transfering message". then it freaking "downloads" the entire message before displaying it (and i don't mean displaying the attachment). if i want to view the attachment, i have to click on it and then the transfering happens all over again.

to make things even worse, if i reply to the message, the stupid "transfering message" dialog box comes up. WHY?? the attachment isn't even included in the reply!!

whats going on? i might as well use POP3 so the attachment is downloaded ONCE instead of multiple times (opening the message, viewing the attachment, replying to the message, forwarding the message).

thanks for the help.

p.s. "load attachments on demand" is checked. i guess my whole point is that that option doesn't seem to work.

cool thanks. i actually just learned about disconnected imap yesterday. i've been trying it out, it seems to work well.

thanks again for the reply.

p.s. i'm having a seperate problem with disconnected imap now. it seems that my settings aren't saved between runs of kmail (kontact). everytime i start contact, i have to redownload all my folders and messages (i.e. they aren't cached).