Outlook Attachments

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Andy Roberts

This one is driving me mad!

I connect remotely to an IMAP server and my inbox is syncronised with no
problems so I can see all my new messages.

If I click on a message it then downloads the attachment before I can read
the message. This is obviously only a problem if the mail has an attachment
in the first place.

All I want to do is view the message without downloading the attachments as
well. I want to be able to download these if they are applicable to me.
This is annoying if I an CC to a message and the attachment is of no real
concern to me, but the message body is.

Its especially annoying if I click a message with a large attachment by
mistake and then have to wait for the message to download.

Can I control this?

I have OL2003 on a Dell Latitude running Win XP Pro and a broadband
connection. The server has a satallite broadband connection with only
broadband speed for download and not upload (This may explain the download
speed my end)

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Thanks

Andy
 
Andy Roberts said:
If I click on a message it then downloads the attachment before I can
read the message. This is obviously only a problem if the mail has
an attachment in the first place. ....snip...
Can I control this?
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No. That's the way IMAP works. You can download either the headers or the
entire item, including attachments.
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Smiths Aerospace
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Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.
 
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