![]() For example, testing for ‘.doc’ in the message header will detect a message with the subject “Beware messages with. Unfortunately, the message header has other information like the Subject line so any test on the header may pickup unwanted ‘false positives’. The message header should have the names of file attachments. Outlook won’t let you specifically test for a file attachment name, but you can check the message header. The ‘almost’ Outlook Rule for attachments For an accurate test you resort to VBA, we’ll explain both options. It’s not perfect but will serve for most people. There’s a similar limitation in Outlook search, Microsoft has ignored requests for better file name testing/searches despite their talk about the importance of security. You can test if a message has an attachment but there are no rules specifically to test file names in attachments. Outlook has automatic Rules to check incoming messages, but none of those rules can test for the file extensions on email attachments. xls etc) because of the virus risk, so how can you setup Outlook to warn you about emails with those attachments? We’ve warned against incoming ‘old’ Office documents (.doc. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments. ![]()
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