This used to annoy me greatly.

Here's two approaches to this problem:
Educate your friends. I did this, and it went pretty well.
Use your web interface to receive mail. Delete  the large files using 
your browser.


Lee Kefauver wrote:
> Date:    Mon, 24 Jan 2006 11:02
> From:    Lee <[log in to unmask]> <
> Subject: Outlook question
> 
> I haven't done this for so long I'm not sure I remember how, so I hope I'm
> doing it right.
> I am using Outlook 2002 SP3 under Windows XP Pro SP1. I only have dial-up
> access with a max of 46kbps. Friends frequently send e-mails with
> attachments containing pictures, sound, video, animation, etc. They take a
> very long time to download. But not always, and there's no way to know in
> advance (or is there?). While they are downloading the entire computer is
> pretty much tied up - I can't even minimize Outlook and do something else
> while waiting. I would like to know if there's a way to cancel the download
> without exiting Outlook. To date, I've only been able to abort a download,
> once begun, by using ctrl-alt-del and ending Outlook.
> 
> Thanks for any hints.
> Lee
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