Gmail Attachments

September 26, 2004 4:14 PM

My gmail storage is filling up with attachments. Have I missed some way to trash attached files (outbound and inbound) without also trashing the messages? Or does it not exist yet?
posted by zadcat to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

I do not believe that you can trash the attachment without trashing the message. That's been on my wishlist for a while.
posted by adampsyche at 4:46 PM on September 26, 2004

Why not copy the text of the messages and email them to yourself, without the attachments?
posted by interrobang at 4:55 PM on September 26, 2004

Doesn't exist yet. You can suggest it though (under Bells & Whistles).
posted by bitpart at 6:18 PM on September 26, 2004

I'll suggest this to them too as I'd like to see this implemented. On a related note I've also set up a filter so that all incoming and outgoing mails with attachments are labelled with "attachment" so I can at least find all emails with attachments easily. So far I've been using it to delete the mails outright, though...
posted by nthdegx at 2:54 AM on September 27, 2004

huh? but if you click "Show search options", then check the checkbox "Has attachment", you can find all mails with attachments.
posted by kv at 4:27 AM on September 27, 2004