Delete Msg Before Downloading - POP Account

[Dianne Siebold]

I have a family member on dial-up access using Outlook. With Outlook Express,
he was able to create a rule that specified that if an e-mail had an
attachment over a certain size, the action was to delete it from server. This
was done before the e-mail was downloaded thus saving a lot of time when
large attachments were inadvertantly sent.

Now that he has upgraded to Outlook 2007, this is no longer an option. I see
that you can create a server-side rule, but this only seems to be an option
when your server is an Exchange server.

Is there any way this can be done?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DL]

Within Options>Send/receive settings there is an option to download headers
only for items larger than **Kb
Maybe that helps

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have a family member on dial-up access using Outlook. With Outlook Express,
he was able to create a rule that specified that if an e-mail had an
attachment over a certain size, the action was to delete it from server.
This
was done before the e-mail was downloaded thus saving a lot of time when
large attachments were inadvertantly sent.

Now that he has upgraded to Outlook 2007, this is no longer an option. I see
that you can create a server-side rule, but this only seems to be an option
when your server is an Exchange server.

Is there any way this can be done?

Not with Outlook. Outlook cannot query the server for message attributes and
then act upon a message prior to downloading. Outlook must download a message
in order to act upon it with a rule. Many people use add-ins like mailwasher
or spampal to control server-side content.