Outlook 2011 Attachment Remover AppleScript

outlook2011_attachment_remover.scpt

-- AppleScript to remove attachment from selected messages in Outlook 2011
-- Incorporates code from these sources:
--    http://dice.neko-san.net/2012/03/strip-attachments-from-outlook-2011-using-applescript/
--    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9617029/how-to-get-the-a-file-url-in-osx-with-applescript-or-a-shell-script (for path2url function)

on path2url(thepath)
	-- Needed to properly URL encode the path
	return do shell script "python -c \"import urllib, sys; print (urllib.quote(sys.argv[1]))\" " & quoted form of thepath
end path2url

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
	-- Get currently selected message
	-- FOR NOW JUST SELECT ONE
	
	tell application "Finder"
		try
			tell me to set folder_path to (choose folder with prompt "Select a folder to save the attachments") as text
		on error number -128
			-- User canceled the action
			display dialog "No folder selected. Please rerun the script and select a folder." with icon 2
			return number
			-- Exit the script
		end try
	end tell
	
	set selectedMessages to current messages
	set attachmentSizes to 0
	set fileDownloadedList to "Attachments Removed:<br>------------------------<br>"
	
	if selectedMessages is {} then
		display dialog "Please select a message first then run the script" with icon 1
		return
	end if
	
	-- Check for attachments
	repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages		
		-- Get the attachments
		set attachmentlist to every attachment in theMessage
		repeat with anAttachment in attachmentlist
			set a to anAttachment
			
			try
				set attachmentSize to file size of a
				set fileDownloaded to folder_path & name of a
				
				-- Save the attachment
				save a in folder_path & name of a
				
				-- Log the file sizes and file list
				set attachmentSizes to attachmentSizes + attachmentSize
				
				set fileDownloadedURL to "file://localhost" & my path2url(POSIX path of fileDownloaded)
				set fileDownloadedList to fileDownloadedList & "Attachment:  <a href=\"" & fileDownloadedURL & "\">" & fileDownloaded & "</a><br>"
				
			on error
				exit repeat
			end try
			
		end repeat
		
		set content of theMessage to fileDownloadedList & "<br>" & content of theMessage
		
		-- Need to delete the attachments here, otherwise we throw index errors
		-- Becase Outlook resets the list when deleting, need to just keep deleting the first
		-- item each time until all are removed
		set attachmentCount to count of attachmentlist
		repeat (attachmentCount) times
			delete item 1 of attachmentlist
		end repeat
	end repeat
	
end tell

Nice Script, I made a minor mod...

https://gist.github.com/marmot401/6127913

7-31-13 updated the script so that running the script on multiple emails does not cause the attachment list to grow. Moved "repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages" to a better place.

Great script! How do you set the attachment size limit to 100KB?
I'm trying to get only the attachments that are over a certain size to be removed.
thanks!

Works great -- thank you!

If you want to only save and remove attachments above a certain size, you can use the "file size" property on the attachment object, which is an integer. Something like:

if file size of a is greater than 99999 then
     -- Process the file
end if

Hope that helps!

Has anyone updated this script to work with Microsoft Outlook 2016?

I have a new version of this script for Outlook 2016. Specifically, it handles the issues with saving files in the Sandbox. It does require the use of Hazel to accomplish this.

Outlook 2016 Attachment Remover