2008 BUG: Remove Attachments command makes Entourage go haywire...

If I remove attachments (Message menu --> Remove All Attachments) it will do
one of two things...

1) The email itself will disappear

2) The email itself will disappear and text from the missing email will be
transposed on to the left column and will remain until you switch modes.


FEATURE REQUEST:
I was going to check if the functionality to remove attachments was more
robust in 2008. I would like the ability to make a rule to delete certain
attachments. Namely any that begin with "image00", which means that it's one
of my windows counterparts putting a goofy image in their signature. Having
these deleted on arrival would be great so that when I sort by attachment to
find an email, I don't have to wade through these false positives.

Diane
Thu Mar 13 18:49:19 CDT 2008

On 3/13/08 2:02 PM, in article C3FEE45E.2E853%mike.palmer@stonebrew.com,
"Mike Palmer" <mike.palmer@stonebrew.com> wrote:

> I was going to check if the functionality to remove attachments was more
> robust in 2008. I would like the ability to make a rule to delete certain
> attachments. Namely any that begin with "image00", which means that it's one
> of my windows counterparts putting a goofy image in their signature. Having
> these deleted on arrival would be great so that when I sort by attachment to
> find an email, I don't have to wade through these false positives.
>

It might be possible to modify the scripts to remove those with "image00".
Just thinking out loud....Attach a folder action to the folder where you
save the attachments. The folder action would delete all "image00". Don't
have experience with this so can't provide exact details. Look in the Script
Menu and check out the default ones provided by Apple for help making your
script.

Try one of the "remove attachment" scripts. They will save, remove and link
the saved files to the message, so you can open the file directly from the
message.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/fav_scripts.html#favscript17>

<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/saveattachments20041.0.0.html>

Also remove your outgoing attachments with a rule to keep your database
lean. This is assuming your outgoing attachments are stored elsewhere on
your computer. No need to have them duplicated and filling up your database.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule001.html>
--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

John
Thu Mar 13 19:39:44 CDT 2008

On 03/13/2008 18:49 PM, in article
C3FF0B8F.17F25%diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org, "Diane Ross"
<diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org> wrote:

>> I was going to check if the functionality to remove attachments was more
>> robust in 2008. I would like the ability to make a rule to delete certain
>> attachments. Namely any that begin with "image00", which means that it's one
>> of my windows counterparts putting a goofy image in their signature. Having
>> these deleted on arrival would be great so that when I sort by attachment to
>> find an email, I don't have to wade through these false positives.
>>
>
> It might be possible to modify the scripts to remove those with "image00".
> Just thinking out loud....Attach a folder action to the folder where you
> save the attachments. The folder action would delete all "image00". Don't
> have experience with this so can't provide exact details. Look in the Script
> Menu and check out the default ones provided by Apple for help making your
> script.

Incoming mail rules can run applescripts as well.

--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
jwelch@bynkii.com