556464 - Add ability to attach message

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, enhancement)

Description

[Hendrik Maryns]

Sometimes, when replying to a message, I want to attach another message, like it is done when I forward as attachment.  This is not possible now (not straightforward).  It would be nice if, on the attachment button, there were a fourth possibility, to attach a message and then one would be able to select a message from some folder.

Alright, I found out that it’s possible to drag a message onto the attachment field of a message you’re composing.  That’s great, that means this is just a request for some more UI and maybe documentation.  
But there’s a small bug there: it is then called ‘attached message’ instead of the subject of the message, as it is done when a message is forwarded.

Comment 1

[Nathan Tuggy (:tuggyne)]

I'm thinking this might want to live in MailNews Core | Attachments, but I'm not sure -- I guess it's mostly about the UI, not the technical underpinnings, so this might be the best place.

(In reply to comment #0)
> But there’s a small bug there: it is then called ‘attached message’ instead of
> the subject of the message, as it is done when a message is forwarded.

File another bug? ;-P

Comment 2

[Hendrik Maryns]

> > But there’s a small bug there: it is then called ‘attached message’ instead of
> > the subject of the message, as it is done when a message is forwarded.
> 
> File another bug? ;-P

Right: bug 556511

Comment 3

[Hendrik Maryns]

Anything happening here?  This doesn’t seem too difficult, does it?