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How to Backup Outlook Attachments
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Title: How to Backup Outlook Attachments
uses
ComObj;
{...}
function ManageAttachments(SendersName, AttachmentPath: string;
MailDelete: Boolean): Boolean;
var
oApp: Variant;
oNs: Variant;
oFolder: Variant;
oMsg: Variant;
AtC: Variant;
AttFilename: Variant;
FileName: string;
CheckSender: string;
Counter: integer;
MailCounter: integer;
begin
try
oApp := CreateOLEObject('outlook.application');
try
oNs := oApp.GetNamespace('MAPI');
ofolder := oNS.GetDefaultFolder(6); // FolderTypeEnum (olFolderInbox)
MailCounter := 1;
// If there is any email in the Inbox
if ofolder.Items.Count 0 then
begin
repeat
// Get the first Email
oMsg := ofolder.Items(MailCounter);
// Check the name or Email
// Use CheckSender := oMsg.subject to search on Subject;
CheckSender := oMsg.sendername;
if CheckSender = SendersName then
// Remove this line to backup all your attachments.
begin
// Check how many attachments
atc := oMsg.Attachments.Count;
if atc 0 then
begin
// Get all the attachments and save them
for Counter := 1 to atc do
begin
AttFilename := oMsg.Attachments.item(Counter).FileName;
//filename := IncludeTrailingBackslash(AttachmentPath)+AttFilename; {Use this line for D5)}
FileName := AttachmentPath + '\' + AttFilename;
oMsg.Attachments.Item(Counter).SaveAsFile(FileName);
end;
end;
if MailDelete then
begin
oMsg.Delete;
// There's 1 Email less, so MailCounter - 1
Dec(MailCounter);
end;
end;
// Get the next Email
Inc(MailCounter);
// Do until there is no more Email to check
until MailCounter ofolder.Items.Count;
end;
finally
oApp.quit;
end;
except
Result := False;
Exit;
end;
Result := True;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
// ManageAttachments(Email or name, Backup directory, MailDelete yes or no)
ManageAttachments('info@cleys.com', 'F:\test', False);
end;
Warning!
All your selected Email will be deleted if MailDelete = true
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