Hi,

Outlook 2003 & 2007

Our mailboxes are filling up -- is there a way to batch delete all
attachments from messages in your inbox in a batch -- as opposed to going
thru the messages one by one.

thanks

you can with a macro or an addin.
Addins are listed he http://www.slipstick.com/addins/attachments.asp, see
outlookcode.com for macro or work with the code he
http://www.outlook-tips.net/saveatt.htm

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"thersitz" wrote in message
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Hi,

Outlook 2003 & 2007

Our mailboxes are filling up -- is there a way to batch delete all
attachments from messages in your inbox in a batch -- as opposed to going
thru the messages one by one.

thanks

Thanks Diane.

I tried the macro route on a test folder beneath my inbox -- and the macro
did remove the attachment -- and the little dialog wrote a bit of html
presumably telling me that the attachment was moved to a folder called
OLAttachments beneath the My Documents folder. However, upon checking that
location, no such folder exists and searching my system does not produce a
listing for the saved attachment. I do have my show hidden folders and files
settings to show.

Basically, I opened the vb editor from within outlook, copied the macro code
from the page you sent, saved and then stepped into the code. It produced
the sequence of dialogs and like I said, the end result was that the
attachment was removed.

Any thoughts on where I kaflooyed?

thanks
Kevin

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
you can with a macro or an addin.
Addins are listed he http://www.slipstick.com/addins/attachments.asp,
see outlookcode.com for macro or work with the code he
http://www.outlook-tips.net/saveatt.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"thersitz" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Outlook 2003 & 2007

Our mailboxes are filling up -- is there a way to batch delete all
attachments from messages in your inbox in a batch -- as opposed to going
thru the messages one by one.

thanks

you need to create the folder the code uses under your My Documents folder -
it doesn't create the folder for you. (the code uses OLAttachments but you
can change that to anything you prefer.)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"thersitz" wrote in message
...
Thanks Diane.

I tried the macro route on a test folder beneath my inbox -- and the macro
did remove the attachment -- and the little dialog wrote a bit of html
presumably telling me that the attachment was moved to a folder called
OLAttachments beneath the My Documents folder. However, upon checking that
location, no such folder exists and searching my system does not produce a
listing for the saved attachment. I do have my show hidden folders and
files settings to show.

Basically, I opened the vb editor from within outlook, copied the macro
code from the page you sent, saved and then stepped into the code. It
produced the sequence of dialogs and like I said, the end result was that
the attachment was removed.

Any thoughts on where I kaflooyed?

thanks
Kevin

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
you can with a macro or an addin.
Addins are listed he http://www.slipstick.com/addins/attachments.asp,
see outlookcode.com for macro or work with the code he
http://www.outlook-tips.net/saveatt.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"thersitz" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Outlook 2003 & 2007

Our mailboxes are filling up -- is there a way to batch delete all
attachments from messages in your inbox in a batch -- as opposed to
going thru the messages one by one.

thanks