Automatically downloading photos to iPhoto from Mail program

I had asked this question about a year ago, and wonder if there is a new remedy! When I get photos in an email - under "Save" there is an option to save to iPhoto. When I click on that, it opens up the iPhoto program, but the photos do not transfer to iPhoto.
Any suggestions?
Another think - if I click "Save All" - it opens up to "Pictures" - I click on that and I get a choice of "iPhoto Library" (and two other folders that I created myself). I would like to save them to iPhoto Library & have them show up with all my other photos, but when I click on that, the last folder is 03 (March 2006) which is when I last posted photographs to my old home page (before iWeb & iPhoto 06). So now they show up as individual photos - not in any folders or order. And when I open up iPhoto, these photos do not show up in the iPhoto library. Do I have two iPhoto libraries by mistake? Can this be rectified?
PS I usually just drag photos from email right into iPhoto, so I can continue on without having to make any adjustments, but I was just curious as to what has happened to my original settings.
iMac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

Geraldine:
Do not put any files inside the iPhoto Library folder via the Finder? Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto Library folder from the Finder. iPhoto will not know they are there and it could damage the library.
If the Save to iPhoto doesn't work then save to the desktop or your designated download folder and import from there. If you have any that you've dragged into the iPhoto Library folder and can find them, move them to the desktop and import from there. Be sure that they are the ones you put there and not some that were imported properly. If there are files inside the Originals/2006 folder that are not in a subfolder they are not part of the library. Move them to the desktop and import from there. All properly imported photos will be located in subfolder within the Originals folder.
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