[Pan-users] How to save only the first part of a multipart message

[Ian]

Hi,

I've been using pan for a couple of weeks now but have not been able to work 
out how I can save just the first part of a multipart post.  I have also not 
found anything when searching for info about this.  When ever I try to save 
just the first part, pan downloads all the parts, which I find very 
frustrating.  Is there some way to do this?  

What I would like to see in this area is something similar to Netscape 4.78, 
which I still mostly use, where the first part has a link in the message 
window (Article Pane in pan) which you can click on to either open with a 
configured plugin or save.  I would also like to see the possibility of being 
able to select some parts of a multipart message and join and decode only 
those parts.  I know that sounds a little silly, but in cases of very large 
posts that span several hundred parts, being able to sample bits and pieces 
throughout the file like this is very useful.  

I am stuck on using version 11.3 because no SuSE rpms have been made, and an 
attempt to install all the Gnome libraries so that I could compile the latest 
version left me with no option but to do a complete restore of my system from 
backups (second time this has happened with gnome to me).  

Ian