Classic ASP

Remove All Attachments from an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from the in-memory message. Related items (inline images, style sheets) and attached message/rfc822 emails are not affected. This example adds two attachments, drops them, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Chilkat distinguishes three kinds of enclosed content: ordinary attachments (files meant to be saved), related items (resources that support the HTML display), and nested attached messages. DropAttachments targets only the first category — useful, for example, when forwarding or re-sending a message body without carrying its original file attachments along.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
'  Demonstrates the DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from
'  the email.  Related items and attached messages are not affected.

set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Drop attachments example"

success = email.AddStringAttachment("a.txt","first attachment")
success = email.AddStringAttachment("b.txt","second attachment")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "NumAttachments before = " & email.NumAttachments) & "</pre>"

'  Remove all attachments.
email.DropAttachments 

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "NumAttachments after = " & email.NumAttachments) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>