Is there a option to restrict downloading of heavy files in MS Outlook?

Question

While using Microsoft Outlook, I get mails which are 25MB or more which keeps on downloading for long time and if there is a drop in the internet it gets downloaded again. This makes my other pending mails suffer.

Is there some sort of filter option in MS Outlook which I can set to avoid such problems. I tried by checking in webmail for such options but I didnt get it.

Answer 1

This blog post tells you how to do this in a few clicks, it even has a nice picture.

In summary:

• Choose Tools – Options – select the Mail Setup tab
• Click the Send/Receive rectangular button – select the group on the left, then select the Edit button.

By default, Download complete item including attachments is selected, but you can change the settings to Download only headers for items larger than X

• Pick the size you’re willing to tolerate for X, and save.