One of the best ways to tame the e-mail jumble is to take control of your attachments. To that end, Outlook users will appreciate MADSolutions Attachment Executive 3.0 (30 days free, then $28.95). This utility integrates with Outlook 97 or later. Since it builds on the Outlook Rules wizard, you can easily create sophisticated rules that automatically file or delete incoming attachments and remove attachments from outgoing mail saved to your Sent folder.

For a more manual version of attachment management in Outlook, try EZDetach 1.2 (30 days free, then $18.95).