Thank you. This is ideal. Thank you so much. What happens if the attachment has the same name as another attachment that has already been saved. Does it replace it, give it a sequential number or ?
1 suggestion for the future (just to complicate your life further) - if the links to the saved files were hyperlinked it would enable even easier opening of the saved attachment. Cheers, Nik Nik Hole [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:18:08 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Batch attachment removal? > > Look at "!Claris It! v4", original script for Outlook Express by Robert > Buckley, modified and enhanced by me for Entourage v. X, on my web site or > at AppleScript Central. Also, I'm starting a new scripting web site since I > have trouble uploading to my iDisk. It isn't complete yet, but the above > script is there. The new site is at: > > <http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The !Claris It! script is quite smooth; I use it a half-dozen times every > day. It will remove multiple attachments from a message, and it leaves a log > line at the <top> of the message indicating what was removed and where the > attachment was stored, full path. I have a companion script called "Open > File of Selected Spec" (also on the web site) that will let you select the > file path and run the script to open the saved attachment. The first script > also lets you set up a list of favorite folders in which to store files; > when you run it, the list pops up, you select the destination you want, and > the files get saved there. Oh! Yes, you can select multiple messages in a > folder and the script will process them all at once. As it stands, it will > throw an error if you give it a message that has no attachments; I figure > you would want to know if you select the wrong message. But that could be > changed, if you ask, to just ignore messages that don't have any > attachments. > > I keep meaning to modify !Claris It! further, to put the folder list into a > separate "preferences" script object, but I went to so much trouble to work > that feature into the script that I hesitate to mess with it. Its main > shortcoming is that every time edit the script in any way, I lose the > entire saved folder list. That won't be a problem for anyone who does not > edit the script. > > On or near 3/26/02 4:07 AM, Nik Hole at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > >> Is there any way to be able to remove all attachments from messages in a >> mail folder and save them to the hard drive to reduce the size of the >> database? >> I know it can be done on individual messages but I was wondering if there >> was a batch methodology that would still retain a reference on the message >> as to what the name of the attachment was saved as (so you know which >> attachment to open at a later point). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nik > > -- > My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> > My scripts page: <http:homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> > Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
