Bug ? I Can't attach files to mails in Mountain Lion...

Shift-Cmd A no longer works and neither does clicking on the paperclip icon at the top of the message window. For the moment I am having to cut and paste from other programs but it can't go on like this ! What's the problem and where to fix it ?

Mail sends certain kinds of graphical attachments as inline content. The decision to do that was made for you by Apple. There's no built-in way to override it, as far as I know.
The recipient's mail client may or may not take Mail's suggestion to display the content inline.
You have these options:
Zip the files before attaching them to the message.
Use something like Attachment Tamer. (That's not an endorsement — it may cause problems.)
Use another mail client that allows for more control over the format of outgoing messages.

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