26 April 2010

Saving Outlook email attachments with MessageExport

Sarah wrote us this morning with a question about using MessageExport for extracting email file attachments from Outlook: "I have a folder containing hundreds of emails from a client, many of which have important attached files and documents. I want to copy all of the file attachments and save them to my flash drive. I don't want to export the email message, only the attachments. To do this manually would take me all morning. Can MessageExport do this? I didn't see an option like this in the MessageExport profiles."

Yes! MessageExport can copy file attachments from the selected message or messages. To do this, you will need to configure a custom action. This is not difficult, and can be done by simply modifying one of the existing export profiles, and giving it a new name.

Lets take you through it step by step.

Assuming MessageExport is installed on your computer, open Microsoft Outlook.
1. From the MessageExport drop down list, choose "Export to PDF - Attachments Saved to Disk"
2. Click MessageExport's "Open Profile Options" button, which is the "hammer and wrench" tool.
3. Change the Profile Name to "Export Attachments Only." We do this so that we don't overwrite the existing PDF profile that we are modifying.
Change "Export Target" either to "Select Files" or "Selected Folders." If you want to export multiple folders and all of their subfolders, then select "Selected Folders with Subfolders."
4. Change "Export Format" to "Don't Export Body." This tells MessageExport not to export the email message.
5. Change "Export Attachments" to "As File Attachments in Same Folder." This will copy all file attachments to a single folder.
6. Move to the "Output Folder" tab and select "Prompt User for Export Folder" if you want MessageExport to ask you where to put the files. If you always want to put the files in the same folder, then select "Predefined Folder" and tell MessageExport which folder to use.
7. Click "OK" to save your new profile.

Now lets try out our new profile.

Choose "Export Attachments Only" from the MessageExport drop down list.
Select the Outlook messages or folders that contain the file attachments we want to export.
Click on the MessageExport "Export" button (looks like a computer floppy disk), and off you go.

The ability to configure custom email export profiles is a powerful feature of MessageExport. Remember that any profile can be modified, and new profiles can be built to accommodate your specific needs and custom actions. If you don't see how to do it, you can ask the MessageExport support team by opening a help ticket at www.encryptomatic.com/osticket/

For more information on MessageExport for Microsoft Outlook, visit http://encryptomatic.com/messageexport/

23 April 2010

MessageExport version 1.5 is released

Encryptomatic LLC is pleased to announce the release of MessageExport for Outlook version 1.5. MessageExport enhances Outlook's email exporting and connection capabilities, allowing users to export email, file attachments in many different formats (including PDF, MHTL, HTML, Text, etc) to many different places (local or network drives) in many different ways (custom naming schemes for exported files, zip compression, encryption, attachments extracted, etc).

MessageExport includes integration with Sharepoint and Symantec Enterprise Vault, and is highly configurable by administrators to meet the filing and archiving needs of the organization.

In this update, Encryptomatic has responded to user requests for improved attachment handling processes. These enhancements were requested frequenetly from the legal profession. MessageExport 1.5 now includes the ability to export email file attachments as files within a PDF document, or to convert into part of the PDF image. Attachment export to PDF requires that the application be installed (for example, to export Word DOC file attachments, you must have Microsoft Office present on the computer).

Click here to learn more about MessageExport or to obtain a free trial.


Version 1.5 Change Log:
- 0000735: [Add] Export to the pdf format both as converted/included content and as embedded attachments in document
- 0001256: [Add] Add 'Export to PDF - attachments embedded' and 'Export to PDF - attachments conveted/included' profiles
- 0001310: [Add] Login to SharePoint with current Windows session credentials
- 0001084: [Add] Possibility to include email address from Exchange to the exported file name
- 0001153: [Fix] Index was out of range error
- 0001252: [Fix] Problem on WindowsXP with OL14 after exporting a specific message
- 0001274: [Fix] 'The given path's format is not supported' error
- 0001272: [Fix] System.InvalidOperationException
- 0001271: [Fix] System.IO.__Error.WinIOError