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Subject:RE: Deleting scripts from an Outlook message From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:36:55 -0500
One more clue: The exported HTML file is small, but you can also export
as an Outlook message file (*.msg). The exported Outlook message file is
large, like the original message.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Goldstein
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:33 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Deleting scripts from an Outlook message
>
> You're gonna love this. When I save the HTML-formatted
> Outlook message as an exported HTML file, the saved HTML file
> is *much* smaller than the HTML-formatted Outlook message.
>
> I already mentioned that when I save the HTML-formatted
> Outlook message as a plain-text Outlook message, the
> plain-text Outlook message is still much larger than
> expected. But there too, when I save the plain-text Outlook
> message as an exported text file, that text file is very small.
>
> Something in Outlook that's unrelated to the contents or
> formatting of the message is keeping it large in Outlook, but
> isn't getting exported.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Lauriston
> > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:20 PM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: Re: Deleting scripts from an Outlook message
> >
> > If the HTML is larger than expected, can't you open it with a text
> > editor and see whatever is inflating the file?
> >
> > Microsoft applications sometimes include proprietary tags that can
> > increase the size of an HTML file exponentially.
> >
>
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