Outlook 2003 and attachment renaming problem!

[Guest]

Hi all...

I recently upgraded our environment from Exch 5.5 on NT4 to Exch 2003 on
Win2k3......previously the email client was outlook 97 where users could add
attachments to emails, but also rename the attachment once it had been
inserted into the email. Now, under the new environment, and the client being
Outlook 2003, we cannot rename any attachments once they have been inserted
into a new email...

for example - if i insert a Word file called test.doc and then want to
rename it as New Word Document.doc, I can't.

I know I can rename it at the source, but this has proved to be jolly
inconvientant to my users who are inserting files by both the Insert
Attachment or copy/past methods.....

Does anyone know if this is possible at all?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, it was removed for security reasons (so the actual file name or type
can't be hidden from the recipient - it was possible to trick users into
opening dangerous attachments). It only worked in RTF formatted messages
anyway, which only work to other outlook clients, which made the decision to
disable it easier.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the rapis reply!!!

Does this mean the only way round this is to save the files to the desktop,
rename them there, and then insert them as an attachment?

cheers

No, it was removed for security reasons (so the actual file name or type
can't be hidden from the recipient - it was possible to trick users into
opening dangerous attachments). It only worked in RTF formatted messages
anyway, which only work to other outlook clients, which made the decision to
disable it easier.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Hi all...

I recently upgraded our environment from Exch 5.5 on NT4 to Exch 2003 on
Win2k3......previously the email client was outlook 97 where users could
add
attachments to emails, but also rename the attachment once it had been
inserted into the email. Now, under the new environment, and the client
being
Outlook 2003, we cannot rename any attachments once they have been
inserted
into a new email...

for example - if i insert a Word file called test.doc and then want to
rename it as New Word Document.doc, I can't.

I know I can rename it at the source, but this has proved to be jolly
inconvientant to my users who are inserting files by both the Insert
Attachment or copy/past methods.....

Does anyone know if this is possible at all?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Yes, or do it within the File, open explorer.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Thanks for the rapis reply!!!

Does this mean the only way round this is to save the files to the
desktop,
rename them there, and then insert them as an attachment?

cheers

No, it was removed for security reasons (so the actual file name or type
can't be hidden from the recipient - it was possible to trick users into
opening dangerous attachments). It only worked in RTF formatted messages
anyway, which only work to other outlook clients, which made the decision
to
disable it easier.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Hi all...

I recently upgraded our environment from Exch 5.5 on NT4 to Exch 2003
on
Win2k3......previously the email client was outlook 97 where users
could
add
attachments to emails, but also rename the attachment once it had been
inserted into the email. Now, under the new environment, and the client
being
Outlook 2003, we cannot rename any attachments once they have been
inserted
into a new email...

for example - if i insert a Word file called test.doc and then want to
rename it as New Word Document.doc, I can't.

I know I can rename it at the source, but this has proved to be jolly
inconvientant to my users who are inserting files by both the Insert
Attachment or copy/past methods.....

Does anyone know if this is possible at all?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Code could be used but not Outlook object model code. You'd need to use
Extended MAPI or CDO 1.21 or Redemption code, something that would give you
access to PR_ATTACH_FILENAME and PR_ATTACH_LONG_FILENAME in the attachments
collection.

 

[Guest]

You can rename the attachment in Outlook 2003 if you switch your email's
format to RTF, then right-click on the attachment, choose Properties.

 

[Guest]

Oops, sorry all, the information I posted here is not correct. I don't know
of any way to delete it!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Oops, sorry all, the information I posted here is not correct. I
don't know of any way to delete it!

It's a newsgroup. You can delete messages with a real newsreader. Other
than that, they'll hang around cyberspace forever.