Email Best Practices 2.0

Step 1

Select NEO’s Attachment View by clicking the Attachment tab:

Step 2 In the Attachment View folder list, select All Attachments (shows emails with attachments of any type):		Step 3 Click the Size column heading to sort biggest first (arrow pointing down):

Step 4

Select the email you want, then in the NEO Reading Pane, click on the attachment icon. You can save the attachment first, or just delete it.

Will this reduce the size of your email data?

Yes but not immediately. Over time Outlook will automatically recapture the space.

If the attachment is in an Outlook Data File (aka PST), you can “immediately” reclaim the space by running compact on it. I say “immediately” because it can take many hours to compact your data so you might want to run it overnight.

Here’s how: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289987

By the way, if you choose to just delete the email instead, press Shift+Delete to remove it permanently (or Delete it then empty your Deleted Items).

Tips in the NEO series are about Nelson Email Organizer, the original and best automatic email organizer available today. We often recommend it to clients who deal with high volumes of daily email.