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Process a Set of Email Folders

Figure 1. Folder Chooser

This option allows you to process emails in an entire folder tree (and optionally, subfolders). Use it when you need to process every email in a mailbox, or every email in a set of folders.

When you first click the DetachPipe toolbar button\Process a set of folders, you see the folder chooser window.

Choose the base folder to start processing from, and then click [Ok].

The settings dialog appears, where you can choose the action from the Action to perform on each folder drop down - Detach, Save, Delete, Restore, TextPipe or Compress. You can also change the Start Folder (base folder) again if need be.

Figure 2. Settings Dialog

Action to Perform on Each Folder

Choose an action from the drop down - Detach, Save, Delete, Restore, TextPipe or Compress.

TextPipe Filter to Apply

This is where you specify the flename (.fll) containing the text-processing instructions for TextPipe. Double-clicking the field will open the file in TextPipe. You can also browse for a folder using the button at the right.

Start Folder

You can limit processing to just a small set of folders, although normally it is applied the Inbox and everything below it, or at the highest level, the Personal Folders store.

Include subfolders

When checked, subfolders of the start folder are also processed.

Mask for generating the attachment name and subfolder names

The mask is used to generate a name for the attachment on disk based on the original attachment name, the email and even the folder the email is in. It can use properties of the email and attachment such as the subject line, sender, receiver, filename, extension etc. See Placeholders for more detail.

Compress attachments

When checked, attachments are compressed (using a zip-compatible format) to save disk space. Attachments that are already compressed do not get compressed again.

Retain attachment icon on emails

When checked, DetachPipe adds a a small dummy attachment so that the email still appears in Outlook email lists with an attachment icon, and can also be located in search queries based on it having an attachment. This is used when attachments are Deleted or Detached. The dummy attachment is removed on Restore, and also when an email is Forwarded.

Ignore emails smaller than

When checked, DetachPipe will first examine the email to ensure it exceeds the specified number of KB (KiloBytes) before it processes it. If it is too small it is not processed. Generally it is only large emails (200 KB or more) that make up the majority of contributions to mailbox size, so typically this is set to 200 KB.

Ignore emails younger than

When checked, DetachPipe will first examine the email date to ensure it is older than the specified number of days before it processes it. If it is too young (i.e. not old enough) it is not processed. Typically this is set to 30 days, so only files that are looked at infrequently are processed.

Ignore embedded attachments

Ignore attachments that are embedded - these are usually small icons embedded in HTML text, rather than attachments intentionally added by the sender as 'real' attachments. Embedded attachments with no file type are skipped because they cannot be successfully detached.

Confirm each action

DetachPipe will prompt you with the suggested save location before it detaches the file. You can alter the name and path, or skip the attachment completely.