Dear Allen, This script is extremely useful - thank you. I am a bit baffled by one thing. Some e-mails still show as full sized even when the attachments have been removed. Do you know why this is, or how to cure it?
Best wishes, 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/>
