No. To work with attachments in the Outlook object model, you need to use Attachment.SaveAsFile to save it as a system file.
FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for general Outlook programming issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public
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