Outlook express and downloading large emails 1

[Chrissirhc]

Hello I want to use outlook express to check my mail. The problem is is that sometimes people send me large mail with attachments and I don't always want to download the attachment. How do I set not to download mail of a certain size say 60kb. OR how do I say not to download attachments without asking me first.

Thanks in advance.

Chris

 

[Zelandakh]

I don't know of any way you can restrict it.

The option you have (assuming you are using a POP3 mail client) is to check your mail using

http://www.mail2web.com

and keying in your POP3 mail account and password and checking your mail in a similar way to hotmail. You can then read the text messages and ignore the large files until you are ready to download them.

 

[Chrissirhc]

Thanks but that is'nt that much advantageous over reading my mail using telnet. I am sure I read somewhere in a magazine that someone had the same problem but I don't see how they got around it. Really it should be something built into the software I think.

Chris

 

[gpwolf]

If you are on a network it can be done in the Postmaster.

 

[OldSkoolSkater]

Hello all
The mail file size can definitely be done as I have done it myself on my machine. Problem is that I cannot remember how at this time!
I will post again with the answer very soon.

 

[disconockerated]

In outlook express click > tools > message rules > mail > in new mail rule condition 1 check "where the message size is more than size" in condition 2 check " do not download from server". In condition 3 click underlined words to set the required values. Give the rule a specific name click ok > apply now.

Note the rule can be removed at any time by clicking on it an selecting remove.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

;-)

 

[Chrissirhc]

Thanks you have sorted it out. Ironically I have been there before because I had set something up in there called uni mail, but thanks I now have sorted the problem out. Did you know about the disconnect thing in the system settings?

 

[disconockerated]

Glad to be of help.

".....Did you know about the disconnect thing in the system settings?"

Could you be more specific?

 

[Chrissirhc]

Sorry I posted a message a while back with the full question but no one answered it is about cd drives and disconnect.