guimatheus92 / Save-attachments-from-email-to-a-folder

This repository will be used to store the VBA scripts used in processes in both Microsoft Outlook to save attachments in a folder received by e-mail.

Save attachments from e-mail to a folder

This repository will be used to store the VBA scripts for Microsoft Outlook run a macro that can save any attachments from email to a folder.

Prerequisites

Microsoft Outlook

For VBA scripts in Microsoft Outlook to work, you must check the following points below:

• Using a mailbox for any user that has access to the email

• Check if the rules on Outlook can run a script. If not, run the regedit file to add the option Run a Script

• Necessary to enable All Macros from Trust Settings on MS Outlook

• Create a rule to execute the VBA macro on the e-mail received

Installation

If your Microsoft Outlook does not have the Run a Script option in the rule, then you must add a value within a parameter in Regedit or just execute the regedit file.

But it is easier if you download the file with the extension .reg and run it, according to the version of your Microsoft Outlook. After installation, restart Microsoft Outlook. That way, the Run a Script option will appear normally.

1. Download the regedit file according to the version of your Microsoft Outlook
2. Execute the regedit file to add value in the right path
3. Restart your Microsoft Outlook

In order to work, you need to copy and paste the content of the file ThisOutlookSession.vb into MS Outlook.

Outlook Rule

In order to create your rule on Outlook, you can import the rule called SaveAtchFromEmail.rwz to your MS Outlook rules and change the email subject that the file will be received as the image in the repository.

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