Items in Sent Folder with attachments

Is there a way to strip attached files from emails in the Sent Folder in
order to reduce the amount of hard drive space the folder takes up ?
I'd like to keep the message itself as a record, but not duplicate the
storage of the files attached and forwarded.

Thanks in Advance,

Brad

Save the message to the Desktop. File | Save as | Desktop | Save. Open it
with Notepad. Highlight and delete the attachment code and drag the message
back to a folder in OE.

If you do this a lot, this tool does this and more. You might find it
worthwhile.

OEX:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"B" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to strip attached files from emails in the Sent Folder in
order to reduce the amount of hard drive space the folder takes up ?
I'd like to keep the message itself as a record, but not duplicate the
storage of the files attached and forwarded.

Thanks in Advance,

Brad

I'm not seeing the whole picture on this one. The file I end up opening up
in Wordpad is an '.eml' file. As I use Win98 and OE 6.00, after editing the
email and removing what seems to be the code of the attachment, I have no
way of dragging the email back to the Sent folder in OE. From what little I
know about file types, Sent is a .dbx file. If you are suggesting that I
simply store the resulting stripped '.eml' file in a given directory (but
not the Sent folder within OE) such as My Documents, then I understand.
Otherwise, I'm a bit confused..


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Save the message to the Desktop. File | Save as | Desktop | Save. Open it
with Notepad. Highlight and delete the attachment code and drag the
message
back to a folder in OE.

If you do this a lot, this tool does this and more. You might find it
worthwhile.

OEX:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"B" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to strip attached files from emails in the Sent Folder in
order to reduce the amount of hard drive space the folder takes up ?
I'd like to keep the message itself as a record, but not duplicate the
storage of the files attached and forwarded.

Thanks in Advance,

Brad

- Do a File, Save As to save the message to an *.EML file, or
drag-and-drop the message to a Windows folder
- Then edit the file in Notepad or other text editor. For some
information on the formatting of attachments, see
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
- Save the file
- With OE5+, you can drag-and-drop the message back to an OE folder.
With OE4, you must double click the saved file from the Windows File
Explorer. It will open in a mail window. You can then select File,
Copy to folder (also works with OE5+).
- You can then delete the original message.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"B" wrote in message
...
I'm not seeing the whole picture on this one. The file I end up
opening up
in Wordpad is an '.eml' file. As I use Win98 and OE 6.00, after
editing the
email and removing what seems to be the code of the attachment, I have
no
way of dragging the email back to the Sent folder in OE. From what
little I
know about file types, Sent is a .dbx file. If you are suggesting that
I
simply store the resulting stripped '.eml' file in a given directory
(but
not the Sent folder within OE) such as My Documents, then I
understand.
Otherwise, I'm a bit confused..


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Save the message to the Desktop. File | Save as | Desktop | Save.
Open it
with Notepad. Highlight and delete the attachment code and drag the
message
back to a folder in OE.

If you do this a lot, this tool does this and more. You might find it
worthwhile.

OEX:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"B" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to strip attached files from emails in the Sent
Folder in
order to reduce the amount of hard drive space the folder takes up
?
I'd like to keep the message itself as a record, but not duplicate
the
storage of the files attached and forwarded.

Thanks in Advance,

Brad

Thanks to both of you for your help, now I've got it.

Brad

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
- Do a File, Save As to save the message to an *.EML file, or
drag-and-drop the message to a Windows folder
- Then edit the file in Notepad or other text editor. For some
information on the formatting of attachments, see
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm
- Save the file
- With OE5+, you can drag-and-drop the message back to an OE folder.
With OE4, you must double click the saved file from the Windows File
Explorer. It will open in a mail window. You can then select File,
Copy to folder (also works with OE5+).
- You can then delete the original message.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"B" wrote in message
...
I'm not seeing the whole picture on this one. The file I end up
opening up
in Wordpad is an '.eml' file. As I use Win98 and OE 6.00, after
editing the
email and removing what seems to be the code of the attachment, I have
no
way of dragging the email back to the Sent folder in OE. From what
little I
know about file types, Sent is a .dbx file. If you are suggesting that
I
simply store the resulting stripped '.eml' file in a given directory
(but
not the Sent folder within OE) such as My Documents, then I
understand.
Otherwise, I'm a bit confused..


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Save the message to the Desktop. File | Save as | Desktop | Save.
Open it
with Notepad. Highlight and delete the attachment code and drag the
message
back to a folder in OE.

If you do this a lot, this tool does this and more. You might find it
worthwhile.

OEX:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"B" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to strip attached files from emails in the Sent
Folder in
order to reduce the amount of hard drive space the folder takes up
?
I'd like to keep the message itself as a record, but not duplicate
the
storage of the files attached and forwarded.

Thanks in Advance,

Brad