How to activate message box to reattach removed attachments?

[Kenneth Staker]

Hello,

i wrote a script that saves all attachments of incoming emails to the
hard disc, deletes them from the email and finally inserts links to the
saved attachments into the email.
This works perfectly.
But afterwards there is a slight problem if i want to forward these mails.
If i forward on my machine an email which has linked attachments,
Outlooks shows a message box:
"The message you are trying to send contains removed attachments.... Do
you want to reinsert the original files to the message." (Y/N/C)
This is very good.
But on my bosses computer this message box doesn't show up. Outlook
forwards the email without a warning and without the attachments.

My boss and me both have MSO 2007 SP1 installed. No version difference.
I normally don't use Outlook so my options should be almost the default
ones. He is using Outlook a lot, but i don't know what has been changed.
So, where can i find the option that turns on this message box back on?
I looked through the options i could find but found none that seems to
be related to this problem.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The attachment should be on the copy you forward - it's just blocked. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.asp.

FWIW, it would be better to write the path in the message as text, not
attach a link to the file.


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[Kenneth Staker]

Diane Poremsky [MVP] schrieb:

Hi Diane,

The attachment should be on the copy you forward - it's just blocked.
See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.asp.

This has nothing to do with blocked attachments.
Like i already said. On my computer Outlook asks me if it should
reattach the files if i forward an email which has linked attachments.
If i agree to this the recipient gets an email with the attachments.
On my bosses computer -- same skript to remove the attachments, same
Outlook version -- Outlook doesn't even ask.

FWIW, it would be better to write the path in the message as text, not
attach a link to the file.

That is what some of the scripts i found do when they detach the
attachments. But this is in no way better than attaching a link to the file.
1. This wouldn't mark the email as an email with attachments in the
email list. It is very useful to be able to see which emails had
attachments in the overview, even after they have been removed.
2. When forwarding these emails, Outlook would never ask if it should
include the attachments.
3. If i forward these emails, the recipient sees a path to a formerly
linked file on a totally different computer.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Unless the dialog can be dismissed forever (never show this again option),
msgbox warnings should display if the macro runs. Popup blockers have been
know to block some msgbox's, depending on how they are written.

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[Kenneth Staker]

Unless the dialog can be dismissed forever (never show this again
option), msgbox warnings should display if the macro runs. Popup
blockers have been know to block some msgbox's, depending on how they
are written.

Hi,

the message box has nothing to do with the macro. the macro is only
executed when new mail arrives. I just mentioned the macro so that is
clear that the attachments have been replaced by a link.
The problem occurs when the email is forwarded with the standard
function of outlook. There is no macro executed when forwarding mail.
I didn't write the message box that is displayed if i want to send the
forwarded mail. This is built-in in outlook. But on my system it shows
up and on my bosses computer it doesn't.
And this message box can't be dismissed forever, so it is totally
unclear for me, how my boss managed to remove it.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook does not have a dialog that asks you if you want to restore
attachments you removed. Once the message is saved it forgets any changes
made to the message. The application that removed the attachments and added
the shortcuts would be the one doing the asking. That application would also
be used to replace the shortcut with the original attachment.



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