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Incoming Emails

DetachPipe processes emails automatically as they arrive in your mailbox. Found under the DetachPipe toolbar button\Settings, Detach Settings tab\Incoming controls how they are handled.

Figure 1. Incoming settings

How to handle attachments on incoming emails

Do nothing - attachments are not processed
Detach automatically using settings below - save the attachments to disk, and insert a hyperlink to them in the email body.
Delete to Recycle Bin (first detach using the settings below) - the attachments are saved to disk, removed from the email, and then deleted from the disk. The attachments can be manually recovered from disk if necessary. Note - this is considerably slower than a straight delete.
Delete (No Recycle) - the attachments are deleted, but no recovery is possible. This is faster than the Delete to Recycle Bin option.

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.

Example masks:

Mask

[MyDocuments]\DetachPipe\[FolderStructure]\[filename].[ext]

[MyDocuments]\[senderdomain]\[subject]_[filename].[ext]

C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\My Documents\[sendername]\[subject]_[filename].[ext]

Suggested Mask for DropBox integration:

[MyDocuments]\My Dropbox\Public\DetachPipe\[FolderStructure]\[subject]_[filename].[extension]

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.

Note: Normal attachments are processed as usual.

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.