Well, my comments did. In the Exchange Messaging Outlook Newsletter Volume 13, Number 36, Diane Poremsky posted the following from one of her readers:
Attachments and CC/BCC
Dave wants “a check box or other option on CC and BCC to eliminate attachments – this allows all those crazed corporate wind bags that "cc" their entire department when delivering work or some project, then everyone saves a copy and so on. Referencing the file name only would (or could given that fact that the sender would control the feature) need be referenced in the body of the email.”
I won't mention Dave's last name or his employer, just in case his crazed wind bags read this, but Dave is right – Outlook needs an option to send attachments only to those in the To field. This is a popular request, one I've heard many times over the last 10 years.
I responded, and my response made it into the current issue! Check out issue 37 of the EMO. Here is what I wrote:
You posted a question from Dave, who asked about avoiding sending attachments to CC and BCC recipients.
I have a simpler solution: save the document to a shared network drive, or some online file sharing service, and simply create a link to the file in the email. That way you save bandwidth and storage space at the same time.
I have some sample VBA code showing how to do this using the Outlook Object Model:
http://www.jpsoftwaretech.com/blog/2008/09/send-links-via-outlook-email/
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