From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030709 Description of problem: Previous versions of evolution allowed you to use drag-n-drop to attach mail messages to new messages in the composer window. Now, however, you get a link instead to file:///tmp/evolution-<number>/drag-n-drop-<string>/<subject>. If the receiver is on different host (which is most likely), they won't be able to read the file referenced by this link. (The link does not expand to the file when you hit "Send". To prove this, add yourself to the CC: line and send it. When you receive the message, you'll see the above link and not the contents itself.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): evolution-1.4.3-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select "New" to open the composer window. 2. Select a mail message from Evolution. It can be from the INBOX or any other folder you may have. 3. Drag the mail message to the text entry field of the composer (left-click the mouse on the Sender's name or subject field, drag the mouse to the composition window, and release the button). Actual Results: A link appears: file:///tmp/evolution-<number>/drag-n-drop-<string>/<subject> Expected Results: An attachment should have been created that contained the mail message. Additional info:
You have to drag and drop onto the attach button in the toolbar (and there was a really good reason for this, I just don't remember what it was at the moment -- it 's in the evolution list archives if you're interested in the reasoning)