RE: saving attachments in separate directories

This recent discussion reminds me of a basic benefit of the approach we took in enhancing v1.02 - we had an ".attachments" subdirectory, and attachments to message NNNN went in a subdirectory for that message,

  .attachments/NNNN/

The only potential for name conflicts is if someone attaches two files with the same name to a message. I think the optional prefix of "att-" is a good idea, if the implementor wants to avoid the risk of someone being cute with attached files.

Cheers,
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