Automaticlly move email attachments to Network folder

[tommishuck]

Is there a way to automatically move email attachments to a netwwork share? What we would like to do is have our customers email us a csv or xlsx file, have that attachment automatically move to a network share. We will then write an application that will check the network share, and extract the information so that we can dump in to a database. Just need to figure out how to move the attachments to a network share without manual intervention.

 

[NortonES2]

Not sure if this can be done, if not you could script FTP to do this.

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[Zelandakh]

There's a third party tool but nothing native.

 

[Zelandakh]

But you'd have to have Outlook open all of the time, parsing would be a nightmare...

Why not just have them upload it via FTP?

 

[ShackDaddy]

If you look into the Exchange/SharePoint integration you'll find that the mechanism involves having Exchange route the mail to a a separate SMTP server instance that saves files to a "drop" directory where a timed SharePoint task picks up the email and saves the attachment into a SharePoint library (which can be accessed directly with a file path).

http://sharepointgeorge.com/2010/configuring-incoming-email-sharepoint-2010/

Since even the basic free SharePoint can do that, it may be a viable solution for you.

Alternately, browse through these options for a third-party solution:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto-process/attachment-management-tools-for-outlook/

Dave Shackelford
ThirdTier.net
TrainSignal.com