Lost attachments in Mail

If I open an email too soon after arriving in my Inbox I will risk losing the attachment.
I'm using Mac Mail on MacOSX 10.6.4
If I wait the 15 to 20 seconds for the download to complete this does not happen, but with the number of emails I get this is sometimes forgotten. I know the reason for this is that the email is still downloading, shouldn't the notification take place after it has arrived?
Is there a solution to this?

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