replying with attachments

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John at Work

Hi
Is there a way to get replies to emails with attachments to include those
attachments? When I forward an email, the attachment goes with it, but when I
reply, it does not.
I would like to edit the attachment and have the editted version go when I
reply.
Thanks
John
 
John said:
Hi
Is there a way to get replies to emails with attachments to include those
attachments? When I forward an email, the attachment goes with it, but when I
reply, it does not.
I would like to edit the attachment and have the editted version go when I
reply.
Thanks
John
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The person that sent you the original e-mail with the attachment doesn't
need that attachment back. They already have it. That's how they
managed to attach it to give their file to you.
 
The politically correct procedure of doing this is as follows:
Save the original attachment on your hard drive, say it's senders.doc
Make changes to senders.doc and save as senders2.doc
Reply to the original message, and attach senders2.doc
That way, both you and the original sender have both copies - as originally
sent/received, and as modified by you, under different names.
If the sender has changes to your changes, she may send you a new version
named senders3.doc, and the cycle can repeat.
 
Hi Tedmi
The who idea (which I did not actually mention) was to not need to save it
to the HD. Just open, edit and send. We do not need previous versions of the
file.
 
John at Work said:
Hi Tedmi
The who idea (which I did not actually mention) was to not need to save it
to the HD. Just open, edit and send. We do not need previous versions of
the
file.
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Then, as always happens, if the file arrives mangled, there is NO original
copy available. You DO need previous versions. What if someone asks "how did
you get from A to B"?
 
Well, it is the same file, edited. As far as getting mangled, that would not
be a big issue; if absolutely needed, I can redo my work easily. My whole
issue is to do things with as few steps as possible.
 
John said:
Hi Tedmi
The who idea (which I did not actually mention) was to not need to save it
to the HD. Just open, edit and send. We do not need previous versions of the
file.
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Not true. You don't edit some copy that is wholly in memory. Outlook
will save the attachment to a disk file in its hidden folder (under an
OLK* name subfolder under the temporary file folder for your web
browser). It has to have the file *somewhere* to then open it (and let
you edit it). The edited copy will be in this hidden folder. You
aren't editing the text-encoded MIME part within the e-mail that has the
attachment. You would then have to attach that edited copy in the OLK*
folder to a new e-mail to send back to the originator. However, working
with the hidden special OLK folder is a hassle, so just save the
attachment where YOU can easily find it, like the desktop (and delete
after e-mailing it), and edit it there.

You are NOT editing the attached file in an e-mail. There is no file in
the e-mail. That file got converted into a text-encoded MIME part that
is INSIDE the body of your e-mail. You possibly could open that e-mail
and do raw editing but I doubt you could figure out how to edit the
encoded text that represents the content of the original file. So do as
tedmi suggested.

Again, there are NO files floating out somewhere that accompany or are
linked to an e-mail. It gets converted (encoded) into a MIME part
within the body of the e-mail. When you get the e-mail, the file's
*content* is stored inside that e-mail. To get it out means decoding
it, and that output has to be stored somewhere so it gets stored in a
file. You are NOT editing the file in an e-mail. You are editing a
wholly separate file that got created on the hard disk so you could
actually used that content that the original file contained.
 
John at Work said:
Well, it is the same file, edited. As far as getting mangled, that would
not
be a big issue; if absolutely needed, I can redo my work easily. My whole
issue is to do things with as few steps as possible.
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I'm talking about audit trail amongst other things. And to save the file,
edit it and re-attach is maybe THREE mouse clicks? Do you have RSI possibly?
I can't think of any other reason why you would shirk at THREE mouse
clicks...
 
The who idea (which I did not actually mention) was to not need to save it
to the HD. Just open, edit and send. We do not need previous versions of
the
file.
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You ARE writing it to the HD when you open it. It wouldn't open otherwise.
Then when you edit it, it's no longer the same file, so, naturally, you'll
have to reattach it.
 
NOT THAT IT IS ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS, BUT I HAVE TO USE MY MOUTH TO USE A
MOUSE. CONDESENDING REPLIES LIKE THIS HELP NO ONE.
 
John at Work said:
NOT THAT IT IS ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS, BUT I HAVE TO USE MY MOUTH TO USE A
MOUSE. CONDESENDING REPLIES LIKE THIS HELP NO ONE.
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Well I'm SO sorry. How the HELL would I have known that?
 
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