Mail attachment reminder saves embarassment

I've done it again -- sent an email that mentions an attachment, and then forgot to attach the file. It's always embarassing. Here's a way to save yourself from similar humiliation.

Download this free Attachment Scanner plugin for Mail.app, and install it following the directions on the developer's site. Now when you type "attach," "attachment,", "attaching," or similar words in an email, if you hit Send without actually attaching a document, you'll see a warning like this one: "Message Has No Attachment. Your mail appears to refer to an attachment, but none exists. Do you wish to continue?" If you don't mention an attachment, you won't see anything different than usual. I've been using it all day, and really appreciate getting a second chance to save face thanks to developer James Eagan.

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olivier Peyre

well, great idea, BUT...

the plugin should just check the 1st level text, not the quoted text from previous messages, otherwise if:
1/ you're replying to a message that was referring to an attachment
2/ the other guy has a legal footer saying "This message and any attachments are confidential"
the pop-up still asks for an attachment and it becomes very annoying...

August 22 2006 at 9:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris Watson

Argh, where has this been for the past couple years! I can't even begin to count how many "Oops, forgot to add the attachment...." emails I've sent to potential employers, family members, etc... This will be a lifesaver for sure!

I like Mr Lizards idea as well, I imagine that could save more embarassment than a forgotten file attachemnt!

August 21 2006 at 9:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Anonymous

Very useful. I forget to do that a lot.

August 21 2006 at 7:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kenny

KDE's KMail had this some time ago -- but it is seriously is the coolest thing ever.

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kmail-devel&m=111452120315439&w=2

August 21 2006 at 5:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bryan

works as advertised but the only problem is my signature from work has the following text

"This e-mail (and its attachment(s) if any) is intended for the named addressee(s) only"

So the plug in picks this up with every email i try and send!

August 21 2006 at 5:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jerome

it ain't working here...tried it in the home folder and the root hd Mail libraries...run the terminal commands. nothing :-(

August 21 2006 at 4:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lustigson

Hmm... this would come in handy if it were ajustable for other languages. I mean, the Dutch 'bijlage' doesn't even come close to 'attachment'. ;)

August 21 2006 at 3:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott Falkner

Oh, I want one of those a couple of months ago. This might get me to use Mail again, instead of Google's gmail page. Might.

August 21 2006 at 3:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kangamini

This is the hottest thing ever!