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Save attachments from Outlook 365 into an external folder

How can I save all Outlook  2016 attachments from a specific folder for emails which was manually created into a folder on your desktop?
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David Favor
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If I had to do this, I'd start with something like... https://imapsync.lamiral.info/ to pull all email onto an Ubuntu Bionic machine running Dovecot.

The write a trivial PERL script to split messages (raw message files) into MIME parts + convert from base64 + write attachments of interest somewhere.

Trying to do this on Windows... would require far more work...

If you're lazy, go the Ubuntu + Dovecot way.
You can do it either via a custom VBA-based rule (see for example https://www.slipstick.com/developer/save-attachments-to-the-hard-drive/) or using third-party tools/add-ins (list of such addins here: https://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto-process/attachment-management-tools-for-outlook/).
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Bill Prew

One of the easiest ways that I use from time to time (the free version is usually all I need):

Save Attachments - Outlook Freeware


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