BetterAttach

Your files are named wrong. And your auditor will notice.

BetterAttach renames email attachments to your firm's standards before anyone saves them — automatically, at the source.

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Received

scan001.pdf
invoice_final_v3.pdf
IMG_4872.pdf

Saved as

2025-05-12_Smith_v_Jones_Deposition_Exhibit_A.pdf
2025-05-12_ProjectAlpha_Invoice_Q2.pdf
2025-05-12_SEC_Disclosure_Draft_v1.pdf

The Problem

Your naming policy exists. Nobody follows it.

Every attachment saved from email becomes a compliance liability. Generic filenames break DMS indexing, derail audits, and make matter reconstruction nearly impossible.

Audit exposure you can't see

SEC 17a-4, FINRA 4511, and ABA Rule 1.15 require retrievable records. scan001.pdf fails that test.

DMS implementations that fail at intake

iManage and NetDocuments can't auto-profile documents with generic names. Bad filenames create manual remediation backlogs.

20–50 renames a day, per person

Paralegals and associates spend hours on mechanical renaming. That's billable time spent on admin.

How It Works

Three steps. Zero server uploads. Zero new habits.

1

Open your email in Outlook

BetterAttach appears in the task pane automatically when an email with attachments is selected.

2

See renamed attachments instantly

Your org's naming rules run locally. Each attachment shows its current name and the policy-compliant name side by side.

3

Save with the right name

Click Save. The file downloads with the correct name directly to your machine. Nothing touches our servers.

Features

Built for ops managers. Enforced across the entire firm.

Org-wide policy engine

Define naming templates once in the admin panel. Rules apply to every user, every email, every attachment — automatically.

Email-first enforcement

Most tools enforce naming inside the DMS. BetterAttach catches files at the moment they arrive, before bad names get saved anywhere.

Audit-ready rename log

Every rename is logged with the original filename, the applied rule, the user, and the timestamp. Export-ready for compliance review.

DMS-ready output

Pre-configured templates for iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, and custom folder structures. No post-processing required.

FAQ

Questions from ops managers like you.

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