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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.
 
Bob W said:
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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
 
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.

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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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Sue sold Slipstick at the end of 2003... to another MVP. :)
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--
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/
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Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)
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Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)
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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?
 
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
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Have you tried selecting the attachment in an open message and right
clicking on it? You should have an option called Remove. In Outlook 2007,
as the first attachment fills the preview, hold shift and press the arrow
key to select the rest of the attachments. I don't have older versions to
test, but I'm pretty sure you can select and delete (remove) multiple
attachments from a message (but not remove attachments from multiple
messages). You'll need save then close (or save when asked, after you hit
close) in order for the changes to be saved.
 
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