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Mike
Oct 25, 2002, 5:28:06 PM10/25/02
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In Outlook Express is it possible to delete an attachment
but keep the "main body" of the e-mail in place.
Thanks
but keep the "main body" of the e-mail in place.
Thanks
Michael Santovec
Oct 25, 2002, 9:14:52 PM10/25/02
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Unfortunately, Outlook Express doesn't provide any means to remove an attachment from a sent or
received message. There are several workarounds:
1 - Forward the message to yourself, but delete the attachments from the composition window
(right click on the attachment icon) before sending. However, this will alter the sender's
name and the date/time received.
2 - If you are familiar with the way attachments are encoded in a mail message, you can
manually edit the message source.
- Do a File, Save As to save the message to an *.EML file, or drag-and-drop the message to a
Windows folder
- Then edit the file in Notepad or other text editor. For some information on the formatting
of attachments, see http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
- Save the file
- With OE5, you can drag-and-drop the message back to an OE folder. With OE4, you must double
click the saved file from the Windows File Explorer. It will open in a mail window. You can
then select File, Copy to folder.
- You can then delete the original message.
3 - For OE5 and above the DBXtend program can remove attachments
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
received message. There are several workarounds:
1 - Forward the message to yourself, but delete the attachments from the composition window
(right click on the attachment icon) before sending. However, this will alter the sender's
name and the date/time received.
2 - If you are familiar with the way attachments are encoded in a mail message, you can
manually edit the message source.
- Do a File, Save As to save the message to an *.EML file, or drag-and-drop the message to a
Windows folder
- Then edit the file in Notepad or other text editor. For some information on the formatting
of attachments, see http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
- Save the file
- With OE5, you can drag-and-drop the message back to an OE folder. With OE4, you must double
click the saved file from the Windows File Explorer. It will open in a mail window. You can
then select File, Copy to folder.
- You can then delete the original message.
3 - For OE5 and above the DBXtend program can remove attachments
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
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