How to edit mail.app attachments without resaving them?

It seems counterproductive that mail.app forces all email attachments to be READ-ONLY. This means you can only VIEW attachments, you can't EDIT attachments unless you resave with new filename, edit, then fish it out of the folder and reattach it when forwarding it to others. This is a huge headache and waste of time. Other email programs do not have this limitation.
Does anyone know how to open, edit, save, and then FORWARD the attachments? This is critical for people dealing with alot attachments daily who need to make changes and then forward to others. Thanks.

Hello there tbluhp,
It sounds like you need Mail to stop downloading attachments automatically. You should be able to do that in the Adanced preferences for the mail account in question:
Advanced accounts preferences - Mail Help
Automatically download all attachments
Mail always downloads media attachments (such as image, PDF, video, and audio files). By default, it also downloads other types of attachments (such as spreadsheet or zipped files). If you don’t want Mail to automatically download other types of attachments, deselect the checkbox. Downloaded attachments are included in Mail searches.
This option is available only for IMAP and Exchange accounts.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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