OT - auto save attachments in Outlook?

OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? TA Rafe Mc

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:19:59 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote:

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>OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... > >I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to >save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment >to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and >hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? > >TA >Rafe Mc

I don't think Outlook has this option - I also have been searching for a long time for this option.. and at work I easily get 20-30 attachments each day :( Andre

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) writes: >OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... > >I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to >save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment >to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and >hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? You sure you want MS Outlook to do ANYTHING automatic? Sounds like a good way to accidentally get infected by a virus... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

If you know Visual Basic you could write a little script to loop through all the notes in your Inbox and save the attachment to disk. I don't think there's any built-in function in Outlook that does this. You'd only be at risk of getting a virus if you automatically RAN each attachment, which would be insane. Contrary to the naysayers (Eldred), I've used Outlook since it came out and I've never got (or spread) a virus. You just have to practice safe email. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) writes: > > >OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... > > > >I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to > >save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment > >to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and > >hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? > > You sure you want MS Outlook to do ANYTHING automatic? Sounds like a good

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> to accidentally get infected by a virus... > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

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Rafe and Andre... Not automatic, but there's no need to click on the attachments. In Outlook 2000, you have a couple of options. Option 1: From the main menu: File | Save Attachments Option 2: From the document window menu, if you've opened the document with the attachment in its own window: File | Save Attachments... This option is unique in that it will allow you to specify the target directory for multiple attachments. Jack Rambo "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:19:59 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote:

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>OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... > >I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to >save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment >to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and >hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? > >TA >Rafe Mc

I don't think Outlook has this option - I also have been searching for a long time for this option.. and at work I easily get 20-30 attachments each day :( Andre

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:54:00 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>If you know Visual Basic you could write a little script to loop through all >the notes in your Inbox and save the attachment to disk. I don't think >there's any built-in function in Outlook that does this. > >You'd only be at risk of getting a virus if you automatically RAN each >attachment, which would be insane. > >Contrary to the naysayers (Eldred), I've used Outlook since it came out and >I've never got (or spread) a virus. You just have to practice safe email.

Yes and no. You can practice safe mail for 99% of virus email, but the latest one exploits a vulnerability in Outlook. The attachment gets executed automatically and sends itself off to every contact you have (even from web pages you have viewed). Nasty. Rafe Mc

Thanks for the tips Jack, much appreciated. Rafe Mc On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:13:44 -0500, "Jack Rambo" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Rafe and Andre... > >Not automatic, but there's no need to click on the attachments. In Outlook >2000, you have a couple of options. > >Option 1: > >From the main menu: > >File | Save Attachments > > >Option 2: > >From the document window menu, if you've opened the document with the >attachment in its own window: > >File | Save Attachments... > >This option is unique in that it will allow you to specify the target >directory for multiple attachments. > > >Jack Rambo > > > >"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:19:59 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe >McAuliffe) wrote: > >>OK, I know the on-topic police will cane me for this one but... >> >>I have to use Outlook for a new job but want to know how to get it to >>save attachments to disk automatically. Clicking on every attachment >>to save it could drive me insane in record time. Searched long and >>hard but for the life of me I can't figure this one out. Anyone? >> >>TA >>Rafe Mc > >I don't think Outlook has this option - I also have been searching for >a long time for this option.. and at work I easily get 20-30 >attachments each day :( > >Andre > >

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:21:43 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote: >Thanks for the tips Jack, much appreciated. > >Rafe Mc Ditto! Andre

"Rafe McAuliffe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:54:00 GMT, "Rob Adams" > >Contrary to the naysayers (Eldred), I've used Outlook since it came outand

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> >I've never got (or spread) a virus. You just have to practice safe email. > > Yes and no. You can practice safe mail for 99% of virus email, but the > latest one exploits a vulnerability in Outlook. The attachment gets > executed automatically and sends itself off to every contact you have > (even from web pages you have viewed). Nasty. > > Rafe Mc

This could only happen (I hope) if you actually open or view the email. I don't use the preview pane and automatically delete spam and email from unknown senders. Admittedly if a note from somebody I knew (with a subject that wasn't "Good Times" or some such) could be opened and give me a virus. So far (touch wood) it hasn't happened.

> >This could only happen (I hope) if you actually open or view the email. I >don't use the preview pane and automatically delete spam and email from >unknown senders. Admittedly if a note from somebody I knew (with a subject >that wasn't "Good Times" or some such) could be opened and give me a virus. >So far (touch wood) it hasn't happened. I prefer using a 3 pane viewer with emails, and I wouldn't dream of not using it simply for the "privelege" of using Outlook personally. So I've always used email alternatives. Of course, now that I'm forced into Outlook I can see how easy it is to get caught by such things. Why do people bother developing all this virus/trojan shit anyway? Rafe Mc

Rafe McAuliffe wrote: > > Of course, now that I'm forced into Outlook I can see how easy it is > to get caught by such things. Why do people bother developing all this > virus/trojan shit anyway? Because M$ usually won't acknowledge/fix such glaring holes in their software until things like this happen. Their policy is "security through obscurity". Problem is, this policy doesn't hurt anyone but the newbie computer user who doesn't have a clue how his machine operates. -- Fester

I use Outlook in three panes. What are you missing? -Larry "Rafe McAuliffe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > > >This could only happen (I hope) if you actually open or view the email. I > >don't use the preview pane and automatically delete spam and email from > >unknown senders. Admittedly if a note from somebody I knew (with asubject > >that wasn't "Good Times" or some such) could be opened and give me avirus.

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> >So far (touch wood) it hasn't happened. > > I prefer using a 3 pane viewer with emails, and I wouldn't dream of > not using it simply for the "privelege" of using Outlook personally. > So I've always used email alternatives. > > Of course, now that I'm forced into Outlook I can see how easy it is > to get caught by such things. Why do people bother developing all this > virus/trojan shit anyway? > > Rafe Mc >

In article <[email hidden]>, Rafe McAuliffe <[email hidden]> writes: >Of course, now that I'm forced into Outlook I can see how easy it is >to get caught by such things. Why do people bother developing all this >virus/trojan shit anyway? > Too much time on their hands... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.