Stop Mail from downloading attachments automatically
How to stop Mail.app (version 7.0) on my Mac OSX 10.9 from downloading attachments automatically.
I have setup my Gmail account, and I want to be given an option to download attachments instead of having them downloading automatically.
Go to system preferences, select accounts. In accounts select Advanced and uncheck the option: "Automatically download all attachments"
In the latest version of Apple Mail version 10 (as of March 2017) the setting can be found in Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Account Information, as seen below:
