I read the wiki page for the PR1.2 changelog at:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_5/PR1.2

and the first entry under Email relates to switching off automatic downloading of attachments on the phone, leaving only emails themselves downloaded. The page states this is fixed and resolved for the PR1.2 release (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2582) but I can't for the life of me find any option for this anywhere in the email settings...

it is entirely possible I'm missing it or maybe it was not even put in the firmware update? Does anyone know?

Cheers