Strip attachments from emails to disk but leave a link in the email to the attachment

Solution 1:

A free tool is doing what you want: Outlook Attachement Remover. Use the feature "Replace by link attachement" so a link is added in the email.

They say:

The application should run in any Windows 32-bit operational system (Win9x, WinME, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP). The application should run on Outlook 2000, 2003 and 2007.

No idea about Vista and Windows 7 unfortunately. I only used it on XP.

Solution 2:

For stripping attachements from mails in Outlook take a look at this tools:

• Outlook Attachment-Remover (Freeware)
• Outlook Attachement Sniffer (15 USD)

The following two solutions are in german but very powerful:

• SmartTools AutoSave Pro (25 Euro)
• Toolstage.Office Mail.Attachment (20 Euro)

I think that all these tools are meeting your requirements.

Edit: I think I was a little too slow in typing...