That's certainly reassuring; hope I haven't raised anyone's flaming wrath
with the prior message; MVPs are certainly impeccably trustworthy and I
greatly respect and support them. When you click on just the link,
www.slipstick.com, you don't first see their info page at
www.slipstick.com/slipstick; you just see a lot of available software and
information links. Might be worth considering adding the MVP logo to the top
of all pages to alert new visitors like myself that it's an MVP's site...

"Gordon" wrote:

"Bob W" wrote in message
...

Also, (no offense intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really
know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website?

http://www.slipstick.com/slipstick.htm

Sue Mosher is a respected MVP.....

Just do some research on your own. You will quickly discover that
slipstick.com is widely regarded as the most authoritative source for
Outlook information anywhere, even among the Outlook developers themselves.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bob W" wrote in message
...
Brian,
Our IT dept. would go bananas if anyone downloaded any utility file from
the
Internet and installed it on a company computer on our network where it
could
potentially muck around within Outlook in unknown ways. How do we know any
such utility does not contain data-mining spyware? For that matter
(please
don't take personal offense; none is intended) how do we know whether
Brian
Tillman is just a real, nice person trying to be helpful, or an alias
being
used by some not so nice person who is involved in phishing/spyware and is
posting these comments to entice potential victims? Also, (no offense
intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website? Unfortunately, people need to be very cautious
these
days. Where does one go for reliable, definitive answers to these
questions?
I think this is a valid point to make, here

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

livetohike wrote:

Outlook 2000
Is there a simple way to select multiple emails (in the list pane) and
delete their attachments all at once. Currently I have to open each
email, to delete attachments.

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/housekeeping.asp
--
Brian Tillman

"Bob W" wrote in message
...

Might be worth considering adding the MVP logo to the top
of all pages to alert new visitors like myself that it's an MVP's site...


I agree - that link was WAAAY down at the bottom of a LONG page.....

Sue?

Well said - thanks, Russ!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Just do some research on your own. You will quickly discover that
slipstick.com is widely regarded as the most authoritative source for
Outlook information anywhere, even among the Outlook developers themselves.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bob W" wrote in message
...
Brian,
Our IT dept. would go bananas if anyone downloaded any utility file from
the
Internet and installed it on a company computer on our network where it
could
potentially muck around within Outlook in unknown ways. How do we know any
such utility does not contain data-mining spyware? For that matter
(please
don't take personal offense; none is intended) how do we know whether
Brian
Tillman is just a real, nice person trying to be helpful, or an alias
being
used by some not so nice person who is involved in phishing/spyware and is
posting these comments to entice potential victims? Also, (no offense
intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website? Unfortunately, people need to be very cautious
these
days. Where does one go for reliable, definitive answers to these
questions?
I think this is a valid point to make, here

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

livetohike wrote:

Outlook 2000
Is there a simple way to select multiple emails (in the list pane) and
delete their attachments all at once. Currently I have to open each
email, to delete attachments.

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/housekeeping.asp
--
Brian Tillman

Sue Mosher began and maintained that site for many years but recently (2-3 yrs. ago) sold the site to MVP Diane Poremsky, also a long standing and respected Outlook MVP.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| "Bob W" wrote in message
| ...
|
|| Also, (no offense intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we
|| really know about
|| www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are
|| what they
|| claim on their website?
|
| http://www.slipstick.com/slipstick.htm
|
| Sue Mosher is a respected MVP.....

How can you be sure about anything you read on the internet?

Anyway... if you can't install software, then the answer is that you need to
remove each one individually. Outlook does not offer a way to do it on
multiple messages. You could write a VBA macro (assuming you are allowed to
by your IT dept), but as trusting as you are, you'd need to write it
yourself, without help as you can't trust what anyone says on the
internet...

Not sure if someone is an MVP? Check the list at
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx. While not all mvps
are listed here, the vast majority are.

(For others who can install 3rd party tools... while its prudent to be wary
of some sites and software, you can trust well known developers such as
Mapilab and Sperry software... and always, always download from the
developers own site - not from a 3rd party. Pirated software might be cheap,
but it can also be infected with trojans... the cost of recovering from
trojans can cost more than the software would have. Google is your
friend... and if you aren't sure about someone - google is your friend.
Generally you can trust the advice of anyone who has longevity here and on
the internet).



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:



"Bob W" wrote in message
...
Brian,
Our IT dept. would go bananas if anyone downloaded any utility file from
the
Internet and installed it on a company computer on our network where it
could
potentially muck around within Outlook in unknown ways. How do we know any
such utility does not contain data-mining spyware? For that matter
(please
don't take personal offense; none is intended) how do we know whether
Brian
Tillman is just a real, nice person trying to be helpful, or an alias
being
used by some not so nice person who is involved in phishing/spyware and is
posting these comments to entice potential victims? Also, (no offense
intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website? Unfortunately, people need to be very cautious
these
days. Where does one go for reliable, definitive answers to these
questions?
I think this is a valid point to make, here

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

livetohike wrote:

Outlook 2000
Is there a simple way to select multiple emails (in the list pane) and
delete their attachments all at once. Currently I have to open each
email, to delete attachments.

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/housekeeping.asp
--
Brian Tillman

Sue sold Slipstick at the end of 2003... to another MVP.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:



"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"Bob W" wrote in message
...

Also, (no offense intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really
know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website?

http://www.slipstick.com/slipstick.htm

Sue Mosher is a respected MVP.....

BTW - if you use the online community interface to these newsgroups and a
user has an MVP icon beside their name, they really are an MVP as it's added
by Microsoft when the user posts and is logged in on the online interface,
Vista's Mail or the new Live Mail client.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
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"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
...
Sue sold Slipstick at the end of 2003... to another MVP.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:



"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"Bob W" wrote in message
...

Also, (no offense intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really
know about
www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website?

http://www.slipstick.com/slipstick.htm

Sue Mosher is a respected MVP.....

Bob W wrote:

Our IT dept. would go bananas if anyone downloaded any utility file
from the Internet and installed it on a company computer on our
network where it could potentially muck around within Outlook in
unknown ways.

Many companies don't give the person using the computer enough permissions
to even install anything.

How do we know any such utility does not contain data-mining spyware?

Because you acquire it from a reputable source, after performing due
diligence by researching said source.

For that matter (please don't take personal
offense; none is intended) how do we know whether Brian Tillman is
just a real, nice person trying to be helpful, or an alias being used
by some not so nice person who is involved in phishing/spyware and is
posting these comments to entice potential victims?

Well, I do have "Outlook MVP" in my sig now, and I'm fairly sure the other
MVPs would call me to task if Microsoft hadn't awarded it and I were
claiming it for myself.

Also, (no
offense intended toward www.slipstick.com), what do we really know
about www.slipstick.com? Who are they, and how do we find out if they
are what they claim on their website?

Again, due diligence. Contact them by means other than email. Look up the
company hosting the web site. Slipstick is owned by an Outlook MVP.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Sep 9, 10:26 am, "Diane Poremsky" wrote:
BTW - if you use the online community interface to these newsgroups and a
user has an MVP icon beside their name, they really are an MVP as it's added
by Microsoft when the user posts and is logged in on the online interface,
Vista's Mail or the new Live Mail client.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message

...

Sue sold Slipstick at the end of 2003... to another MVP.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"Bob W" wrote in message
...

Also, (no offense intended towardwww.slipstick.com), what do we really
know about
www.slipstick.com?Who are they, and how do we find out if they are what
they
claim on their website?

http://www.slipstick.com/slipstick.htm

Sue Mosher is a respected MVP.....

Seems like this got a bit off-topic, but still good information to
know. Thanks to all who responded.
I am not limited by an IT department (it is just my home computer) so
I can, and do install all kinds of software from the Internet (w/
prudence).

After much discussion and research, it is apparent that what I want
does not exist. But I felt the need to clarify a few points because I
got the sense that some posters felt what I described was
unnecessary. I think there would be a market for it and I would
certainly be the first buy. Here goes.

Note: I don't know if this helps your programmers but: In 2000 a right-
click on an email in list view displays "View Attachment" option. If
there was a "Delete Attachment" option, this thread would not
exist. ;-)

Incoming Email
-I read most of my incoming email in the preview pane and rarely
actually 'open' it.
-It is a this point (while reading the email) that I can make an
intelligent decision regarding keeping or deleting the attachment, not
days or weeks later.
-Batch processing is obviously not geared for a case by case on the
fly scenario as described above.
-That is why a button that acts on the current email is ideal.
-It would also allow me to arrow-down through the list view and delete
attachments w/ a quick click as each email is displayed in the preview
pane.
-I could review outgoing mail in a similar manner and quickly remove
unwanted attachments: Down-Arrow delete, Down-Arrow delete, and so on.

I tried the batch tools, but since they typically act on an entire
folder (or use a filter) I had to move the desired emails into a temp
folder, run tool, then move them back (twice: once for Inbox and again
for Sent Items). That was slower than just opening and deleting
manually.

My idea would replace the following w/ one click (on the tool bar or
context menu):
Open email
Select desired attachments (displayed at the bottom of email)
Right-Click attachment(s)
Select Remove
Close email

BTW I could not find any menu commands to delete attachments once the
email is open. Is using the context menu of the selected attachment
the only way?