that's what i'm after actually naomi - my problem is finding the code that will accomplish this.
tnx
k


>>this is the start of outlook automation - is there a way to streamline the search so that only emails with attachments are inspected without having to use if clause:
>>
>>instead of
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>>For Each loMSG In loInBox.Items
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>>along these lines - excuse the syntax
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>>For Each loMSG loInBox.Items.loAttach  
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>>
>>

>>Local loOutlook   As Outlook.Application
>>Local loNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
>>Local loInBox     As Object
>>Local loMSG      As Outlook.MailItem
>>Local lnUnRead    As Integer
>>Local loAttach,llAttach
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>>#Define olFolderInBox      6
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>>loOutlook   = Createobject('Outlook.Application') &&
>>loNameSpace = loOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
>>loInBox     = loNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInBox)
>>lnUnRead    = 0
>>
>>For Each loMSG In loInBox.Items
>>

>>
>>thanks for any suggestions
>>k
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>May be (just an idea) there is a way to apply a filter first to see only messages with attachments. Try it manually first in Outlook - if it's possible, then you can do this programmatically too.