Outlook: Auto reminder when forgetting attachments in messages

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You may be headache to forget adding attachments, but remind recipients to check attachments in email message body. Here we will introduce two tricks about how to automatically remind yourself when you send an email message that may be missing attachments in Microsoft Outlook.

Automatically reminder when forgetting attachments in Outlook 2013/2016

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Automatically reminder when forgetting attachments in Outlook 2007 and 2010

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Auto reminder when forgetting attachments in Outlook 2013/2016

Microsoft Outlook 2013 supports the feature of automatically warning you when you send an email message that may be missing attachments.

Step 1: Click the File > Options.

Step 2: In the Outlook Options dialog box, click the Mail in the left bar.

Step 3: Go to the Send messages section, and keep checking the option of Warn me when I send a message that may be missing an attachment.

Step 4: Click the OK button to exit this dialog box.

Then Microsoft Outlook 2013 or 2016 will warn you automatically if you may forget attachments.

For example, you enter the text of “please check attachments”, “view attachments”, etc. in your message body, but do not insert attachments in the Attachment field. When clicking the Send button, a warning dialog box will pop out to say that you may have forgotten to attach a file. See the following screen shot:

Auto reminder when forgetting attachments in Outlook 2007 and 2010

Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010 do not support automatically warning if you may forget attachments. A VBA macro can help you realize it.

Step 1: Press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual for Applications window.

Step 2: Expend the Project 1 in the left bar, and double click the ThisOutlookSession to open it.

Step 3: Paste the following code in the ThisOutlookSession window.

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Step 4: Click the Save button on the toolbar.

From now on, if you add text of “attachment” in the message body but don’t attach files, the warning reminder will pop out to tell you that you may have forgotten to attach a file when you click the Send button. See screen shot:

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  The built in functionality is not as good as the VBA code !!! Test it for yourself, for example, if you copy/paste the 'please check attachments' text, it won't trigger... you need to write it in the body. I prefer the VBA code version, and moreover you can customize it (language and check for other words).

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    Will this vba code work with signatures?

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      I had the same issue, you have to change the code 'If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count = 0' to 'If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count > 1 '

      This only works when you have 1 picture in you signiture and not emailing in a string with a lot of signitures, but at least it helps for single emails.
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  works well- easy to set up-thanks
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  Will not work for me regardless of count value. I've tried everything here and for some reason can never get the popup.
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  THANK YOU!
  This works perfectly for me with 'If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count = 0' despite the fact that I have an image in my signature. I'm using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
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  If anyone is having trouble using this code, images in your signature count as attachments.
  I have one image in my signature, so changing the line:
  If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count = 0 Then
  to:
  If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count = 0 Or Item.Attachments.Count = 1 Then
  Made it work for me.

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    Thanks for pointing this out this was also a problem I was having. I found that your fix prompted the warning regardless of whether the word 'attach' had been used. Instead I used:
    If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.Count = 1 Then
    This prompted the warning only when intended not whenever any email was sent.

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      Thanks Anthony, it worked.
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  This Code would not work for me. I had to use this one:
  Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
  If InStr(1, Item.Body, 'attach', vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
  If Item.Attachments.Count = 0 Then
  answer = MsgBox('There's no attachment, send anyway?', vbYesNo)
  If answer = vbNo Then Cancel = True
  End If
  End If
  End Sub
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  Is the Auto-Attachment feature designed to work when email is sent using the Ctrl+Enter keys?
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  Is the Auto Attachment feature designed to work when you send email using the Ctrl+Enter keys?
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  I've used this code and when I test it with my email address in the to line I get the error message, but if I put anyone else in there it goes through just fine. Any ideas about what could be happening?
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  How to set Warning when a message is sent without attachment in lotus notes 8.5.3 ?
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  Has anyone got this to work in Outlook 2010? I've followed the above instructions and it doesn't do anything
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  Has anyone got this to work? I've added this code per the instructions above, enabled macros, but nothing. The code doesn't do anything.
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  Hi I have used this and its working great but I noticed that if someone responds to me and then I reply it searches the whole trail of emails rather than just the one being sent. Is there a way to change this?
  Thanks
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  Great help! :lol: it helps a lot! many thanks!

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    Here's everything, sorry it looks like some of it got cut off in the previous message...
    Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim retMB As Variant
    Dim strBody, strEnd, strTrunc, strAttach, strFtype, strIndex As String
    Dim iIndex, i, trueCount As Long
    On Error GoTo handleError
    i = 1
    strEnd = InStr(Item.Body, 'From:')
    If strEnd 0 Then
    strTrunc = Left(Item.Body, strEnd)
    Else:
    strTrunc = Item.Body
    End If
    'Debug.Print strTrunc
    If Item.Attachments.Count 0 Then
    iIndex = Item.Attachments.Count
    trueCount = Item.Attachments.Count
    'Debug.Print iIndex
    'Debug.Print trueCount
    Do While i

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      Hi Dan! Looks like your second post cut off at the same place. Not sure if there's a character limit in the forum...maybe try splitting the code between posts?
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  First off, thanks. I Incorporated this into our office that runs on 2010. However, we found that if someone had sent an email initially with the word attached and after multiple replies the macro would still count the initial 'attach'. Big problem with long email convo's you would keep being prompted to put an attachment due to the original email. Thoughts?

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    [quote name='DAN']First off, thanks. I Incorporated this into our office that runs on 2010. However, we found that if someone had sent an email initially with the word attached and after multiple replies the macro would still count the initial 'attach'. Big problem with long email convo's you would keep being prompted to put an attachment due to the original email. Thoughts?[/quote]
    Thought I'd share a solution we came up with in my office on this one. This will make it so that pictures added to the email or that may be found in someone's signature will not count as an attachment. And it only takes a count of your most recent email, not the whole body.
    Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim retMB As Variant
    Dim strBody, strEnd, strTrunc, strAttach, strFtype, strIndex As String
    Dim iIndex, i, trueCount As Long
    On Error GoTo handleError
    i = 1
    strEnd = InStr(Item.Body, 'From:')
    If strEnd 0 Then
    strTrunc = Left(Item.Body, strEnd)
    Else:
    strTrunc = Item.Body
    End If
    'Debug.Print strTrunc
    If Item.Attachments.Count 0 Then
    iIndex = Item.Attachments.Count
    trueCount = Item.Attachments.Count
    'Debug.Print iIndex
    'Debug.Print trueCount
    Do While i

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      I know this thread is a couple months old, so I'm hoping you are still following. For some reason, I'm unable to see your comment in its entirety. It is getting cut off at 'Do While i'. Is there any way you can repost or send via email?
      Thanks in advance!
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  Is it possible to look for more than one word? F.e. checking for both 'attach' and 'enclosed'
  Thank you

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    in this section of the code...
    iIndex = InStr(Item.Body, 'attach')
    you can add in more variables or 'strings'.
    Ex: iIndex = InStr(Item.Body, 'attach', 'attachment', 'attaching')
    ... and so on. Make sure you separate each one with a comma however
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  For some of you noting that nothing happened... I couldn't get it to work right away, but when I started my computer up the next day it worked fine. Maybe a restart is required?
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  This macro works for me, but unfortunately the company-required signature has a confidentiality notice that contains the work 'attach' 3 times! So I get the pop up warning with every email I sign. How can I edit the macro to only warn we if the word attach is in the email 4 or more times?

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    In the line which states 'If iIndex > 0 And Item.Attachments.count = 0 Then' change the first 0 to a 3 so it reads:
    'If iIndex > 3 And Item.Attachments.count = 0 Then'
    That line is checking for how many times you said the word specified in the previous line, so I think that will fix your problem.
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  I have macros enabled in Outlook 2010, but the code is not working. All files with attachment in the body are still sending with no attachment.
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  I tried the macro and nothing happens - any ideea why?
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  Really, It's working.
  thanks
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  hi,
  gr8 help,thanks.
  but there is an issue when the date changes macro do not works, any help for life time. ;-)

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