Bill Bandes helpfully suggested >That gets rid of them all, and the attachments are all directly >in the Trash, not the Downloads folder. So my Downloads folder >is almost always completely empty.
I have a similar mail action setup as you, Bill - but, until recently, I have been emptying my Deleted folder in a more cirucuitous way using Trash Attachments script and then selecting and deleting the folder contents. I now prefer Shred Messages for clearing out my Deleted Folder. Thanks for the tip! However, I don't know about you, but my Attachments folder (a separate folder to my Downloads folder which I have created for email attachments only - web-based downloads go into the Downloads folder, of which I have only one regardless of the browser I am using....) is usually STILL full of attachments sent to me by friends. I deal with them as follows, once I have dealt with the mail in my In Box, (much of my "good" mail goes there first): - with the first mail open, I either file the mail into another folder using pulldown in upper left, disregarding any attachment OR - run Trash Attachments (a script which leaves the mail intact), file the mail using pull down and then either - click on the Arrow Down button in the left hand corner to move onto the next mail OR - Option clicking the arrow will Trash the message as you move on. If you use Trash Message and Attachment instead of Trash Attachments, you cannot use the Arrow clicking action to move on - it is then dimmed. The advantage of this method is the ability to review the contents as you go through your In Box and trash or not trash its contents and/or attachments. SO, if anyone needs the Trash(just the) Attachments script, please let me know. Every now and then I open the still amazingly full Attachments folder and deal with each attachment that is STILL in there individually. I was saying I especially like dealing with the Deleted Folder using Shred Messages cuz you can easily process the whole folder - resulting in fewer stray and nefarious attachments left in the Attachment folder to deal with (I don't like finding myself opening a spam attachment thus inviting even more spam!) Tannis ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
