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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Get Total Size and Number of Items in an Office Outlook Folder?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the total number of items - and the total size - of all the items in my Inbox and Sent Items folders?-- CS(image) (image) (image) Hey, CS. You know, one of the Scripting Guys has a foolproof method for determining this information. What does he do? Nothing; instead, he just sits around and waits ...

How Can I Convert an Outlook Email Message into a Text File?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert an Outlook email message into a text file?-- MW(image) (image) (image) Hey, MW. You know what drives the Scripting Guys crazy? (We mean besides the other Scripting Guys.) It’s this: people who barely say hello before they start making excuses: “I’m sorry I did such a lousy job on this, ...