Why can't I import from mail direct to iPhoto anymore? I used to be able to.

I have recently updated to Mountain Lion, but I am not sure if that is when the problem started, but I used to be able to hit the "import to iPhoto" option straight from Mail, and it would open iPhoto and import all of the attachments from my message.
This option now doesn't seem to be working.
I don't know if I have changed something in the settings by accident, or if it has something to do with the software updates.
Any ideas?
Nikki

From the Mail Application, any email I have received with photos attached, I used to be able to click on the Save button at the top of the message, which bought up a little drop down menu. From that menu, if I selected Add to iPhoto, it would automatically open iPhoto and add all of the attachments to iPhoto.
The drop down menu still appears but now nothing happens when I select Add to iPhoto.
I have to manually save them to my hard drive and then open iPhoto and import them that way, which is a long way around.
I am currently running on 10.8.2
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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