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Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express 1.5 - Outlook Express Add-On

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Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express - Outlook Express Add-On

Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express - Outlook Express Add-On

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express saves attached files from emails to disk in a smooth and very flexible process, providing instant and orderly access to important documents. More flexible scheduling or a command line interface would help automatizing Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express, though.
Pros
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express saves attached files from Outlook Express to disk
  • You can make Attachment Extractor save only certain file types and filter mail before extraction
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express can delete extracted files from their emails
Cons
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express cannot be run from the command line or scheduled flexibly
  • The filtering used by Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express could be more comprehensive
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express cannot delete saved attachments from emails
Description
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express saves attached files from emails in Outlook Express.
  • Subject, sender and date filters let you restrict the messages scanned by Attachment Extractor.
  • The attachment file type to look for can be set (by file extension) as well.
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express creates a flexible and coherent folder structure.
  • Files and folders can be named after sender, subject or message date (which is also preserved as the file creation date).
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express overwrites duplicate files or names each copy uniquely.
  • Files extracted by Attachment Extractor can be deleted from the emails and be replaced with a link.
  • A scheduler makes Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express save new files every number of minutes.
  • Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP/Vista.
Guide Review - Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express 1.5 - Outlook Express Add-On
The files are in the mail. Sure, but where?

If you get attachments by email, at least some of which may be important later, you may know that find them is often easier wished for than done. And while not needed, all the big files in all the small emails can slow down Outlook Express quite a bit.

Of course, saving attached files from emails to disk is easy. This is exactly why software should help with this routine task, and maybe make it a bit better, too.

Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express not only scans Outlook Express folders — one at a time only — for attached files and saves them to a folder on disk, it does so very flexibly: subject, sender and date filters let you restrict the array of messages searched by Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express, and you can set the type of file Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express is looking for (by file extension). Folders are created by sender, subject or date and duplicate files can be overwritten or saved with a different name.

To save the space gained by moving the attachment to disk, Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express can delete it from the message and replace it with a link to the extracted file.

With all this flexibility, it is really a pity that Attachment Extractor for Outlook Express can only be run on a very simple schedule (every so and so many minutes) or from the command line.

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