No, email is never really caught up, but I can't stand being more than a half day behind. The reinstall put me more than a day behind, so I'm working on catching up to my 'comfort zone'. I'm almost there and can then get back to working on adding more things for the install. Once I get most of my apps and settings done, I can go back to work in the sandbox and check on the extractor for you. lol Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:21 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: IMAP vs POP > The emails that I need to extract from almost never have text in them > that I want to read. I can POP them and run my extractor utility and > delete them. I don't see a need to keep them on the server for access > also. > > Of course, that may change as I learn more about IMAP and the hosting > server capabilities and capacity. > > I use the utility Outlook Express Attachment Extractor. It also comes > in versions for Outlook and Vista Windows Mail. It works! I love it. > And the price is *very*reasonable. (www.ope2000.com) But I am always > open to new ideas so if/when you get email caught up I would > appreciate knowing what utility you have for the the job. Is email > *ever* *really* caught up? :-)) > > IIRC there is a Mozilla based local email client (Eudora??) that will > automatically extract attachments. I might check that out. If it > also will extract embedded pictures as well as the attached pictures I > might use it as my local client. > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------