Here's an idear.. I think it would be much easier to clear out our old files if we could see where they actually reside. One can pull up "recent posts" under your own name and it will display an abstract of text, but you don't really know if there are any files attached until you actually click on the link. If you could see visually if there are files attached, and have the option to delete these messages right from the "recent posts" page, this might help..
even if you can't see if there are files attached within the "recent post" page, just having the option to delete directly from this page would help expedite the process.
Don't know if it's doable, it's just an idea.
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