Separate Mail Attachments in a Conversation

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Separate Mail Attachments in a Conversation

Hi,

I receive long conversations in Mail sometimes. Some conversations may consist of 20 emails. And different people attach different version of documents with their comments. Since Mail put all attachments at the end of the conversation, it's really hard for me to figure out who sent which attachment and how many attachments belong to the same email.

I would really like to separate the attachments and let them show in their own email context. Please help me to resolve this! I believe it's a common problem for people who have long email conversations!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), iOS 10, Mail Version: 8.2 (2104)

Posted on Dec 27, 2016 9:06 AM

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tracy_zhang Author

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Dec 27, 2016 9:49 AM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

Hi George,

That paper clip icon shows I have 9 attachments in the email. But seems like the most recent email should only have 2 attachments and the others belong to previous emails in the conversation.

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Dec 27, 2016 10:07 AM in response to tracy_zhang

Some people reply by quoting the last (or more) messages and add attachments from these messages to the new email. So one email can have that many attachments and the whole conversation may contain the same attachment several times.

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tracy_zhang Author

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Dec 27, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

Thanks! This might be the case... So there is no way to change it then.

When I open the same email in Outlook at work (Windows system), only the attachments from the most recent email will be seen, even if the previous messages are showing below the most recent text. That way is much easier to handle! I wish apple can at least let me have the option to do so!

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