e-mail clients: download message text only?

[krtxmrtz]

I was wondering if e-mail clients such as Outlook, Eudora, etc have the capability to retrieve messages from the server, but just the body text without the attached files. I couldn't find it in the help files.

I know it sounds crazy but I have a curious situation.

I have a fast Internet connection on a computer from which I check for new mail by directly navigating to my e-mail provider's web page. Due to company policy they won't configurate an e-mail client in this pc for my current provider, which is NOT the company I work for. And I just can't bypass their proxies.

So I checked for mail today and found a message I want to keep for future reference. In a case like this what I would do is use my laptop with dialup internet access and download that message. The problem is it has an attachment of about 18 Mb that I have already downloaded on the first (fast-connection) computer, so I just want to retrieve the text.

Does that make sense? I know it doesn't, but still I have to find a way around without drawing the boss' attention to me when the phone bills are checked on.