Can't delete attachments.

When I want to archive a message I've written, I can always:

1. Click on "View"
2. Click on "Message Body As"
3. Select "Plain Text"

Then the message shows attachments and inserted graphics as a row of 
icons. I can then right click on any of the icons and select "Delete
All..."

Yet if the message is from somebody else, I'm unable to do this 
sometimes. Strangely enough, sometimes I can. Why should I not be able 
to remove attachments from received email so that I can reduce the 
message size for storage?

Is there an extension which deals with this problem?

TIA

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John Corliss wrote:
> When I want to archive a message I've written, I can always:
> 
> 1. Click on "View"
> 2. Click on "Message Body As"
> 3. Select "Plain Text"
> 
> Then the message shows attachments and inserted graphics as a row of 
> icons. I can then right click on any of the icons and select "Delete 
> All..."
> 
> Yet if the message is from somebody else, I'm unable to do this 
> sometimes. Strangely enough, sometimes I can. Why should I not be able 
> to remove attachments from received email so that I can reduce the 
> message size for storage?
> 
> Is there an extension which deals with this problem?
> 
> TIA

Should add that I've tried "Attachment Extractor 1.0.1" and its 
experimental method doesn't fare any better at deleting attachments.

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Nir wrote:
> John Corliss said the following On 04/15/2008 08:40 PM:
>> John Corliss wrote:
>>> When I want to archive a message I've written, I can always:
>>>
>>> 1. Click on "View"
>>> 2. Click on "Message Body As"
>>> 3. Select "Plain Text"
>>>
>>> Then the message shows attachments and inserted graphics as a row
of 
>>> icons. I can then right click on any of the icons and select
"Delete 
>>> All..."
>>>
>>> Yet if the message is from somebody else, I'm unable to do this 
>>> sometimes. Strangely enough, sometimes I can. Why should I not be 
>>> able to remove attachments from received email so that I can reduce

>>> the message size for storage?
>>>
>>> Is there an extension which deals with this problem?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> Should add that I've tried "Attachment Extractor 1.0.1" and
its 
>> experimental method doesn't fare any better at deleting attachments.
>>
> 
> Does this problem happen when  you are trying to delete an attachment 
> which is already deleted , as mentioned here 
> "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377087#c6" ?

No, it happens when somebody replies to me with inserted graphics that I 
originally sent them. Another thing I notice when they do this is that 
the images have all been renamed to "Inbox" plus a number and no
extension.

When I switch the view back to "Original HTML", the images are still
there.

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John Corliss said the following On 04/15/2008 08:40 PM:
> John Corliss wrote:
>> When I want to archive a message I've written, I can always:
>>
>> 1. Click on "View"
>> 2. Click on "Message Body As"
>> 3. Select "Plain Text"
>>
>> Then the message shows attachments and inserted graphics as a row of 
>> icons. I can then right click on any of the icons and select
"Delete 
>> All..."
>>
>> Yet if the message is from somebody else, I'm unable to do this 
>> sometimes. Strangely enough, sometimes I can. Why should I not be able

>> to remove attachments from received email so that I can reduce the 
>> message size for storage?
>>
>> Is there an extension which deals with this problem?
>>
>> TIA
> 
> Should add that I've tried "Attachment Extractor 1.0.1" and its 
> experimental method doesn't fare any better at deleting attachments.
> 

Does this problem happen when  you are trying to delete an attachment 
which is already deleted , as mentioned here