4th
December
2007
As I feared, I’m now in my hotel trying to download 26 megs of mail on my (far too slow) Verizon Wireless Broadband service. Before I left, I forgot to limit my file attachment size for download.
Once it’s finally done, I’ll do the following in Outlook 2007 to make sure I don’t get hung up like this again:
Choose Tools – Options – select the Mail Setup tab
click the Send/Receive rectangular button – select the group on the left, then select the Edit button.
By default, “Download complete item including attachments” is selected, but you can change the settings to Download only headers for items larger than X“
Pick the size you’re willing to tolerate for X, and save.
For now, I guess I’ll go down to the casino, because it’s going to be a long long time… (thanks Verizon)
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Michael Cuthbert says:
Curiously, my version of Outlook 2007 is identical except not having the “Download only headers for items larger than XXX KB” option. Is there something that one needs to do to make that available? I’m stumped!
Michael Cuthbert says:
Ah, I see now, the option isn’t available for IMAP (and HTTP) mail accounts. Too bad.
Peter Haine says:
Thank you so much it has been so much of help to me
KayGee says:
In Outlook 2010, these options are even harder to find. Try:
File, Options, Advanced, Send/Recieve.
Now click on the Send/Receive button and follow the instructions above.
Jim Harris says:
But the attachment is downloaded as soon as you view the email. So what good is it? Event looking in the preview pane downloads the full message.
Scott says:
No, it’s not downloaded until you choose to download the entire thing – that’s the point.