How to make outlook ask for a confirmation before sending out an e mail as a
reply to the sender(sometimes you make a mistake and hit "reply" instead of "
forward").Tks for the trouble.
Soli

There is no such option in Outlook (or in any other email application that I
know of) but if you really need this kind of checking, you should be able to
do it with some custom VBA programming. The fact that you want to forward
the message also means that you need to set the "To:" field manually. By
doing so, you'll automatically encounter that there is already a name
specified there which would basically count as a confirmation that you hit
the wrong button as well.

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"SOLI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How to make outlook ask for a confirmation before sending out an e mail as
> a
> reply to the sender(sometimes you make a mistake and hit "reply" instead
> of "
> forward").Tks for the trouble.
> Soli

Thanks Robert for your quick reply.
However I need to avoid sending by mistake my remarks back to the sender
instead of forwarding to someone else. I sometimes hit the reply instead of
forward and immediately I also hit the send button. If an alert would appear
immediately after hitting the send button asking to confirm that you want to
reply instead of forwarding...that mistake would not happen!

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> There is no such option in Outlook (or in any other email application that I
> know of) but if you really need this kind of checking, you should be able to
> do it with some custom VBA programming. The fact that you want to forward
> the message also means that you need to set the "To:" field manually. By
> doing so, you'll automatically encounter that there is already a name
> specified there which would basically count as a confirmation that you hit
> the wrong button as well.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
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>
> "SOLI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C8419F59-A0E9-4222-8D84-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How to make outlook ask for a confirmation before sending out an e mail as
> > a
> > reply to the sender(sometimes you make a mistake and hit "reply" instead
> > of "
> > forward").Tks for the trouble.
> > Soli
>
>

SOLI wrote:

> How to make outlook ask for a confirmation before sending out an e mail as a
> reply to the sender(sometimes you make a mistake and hit "reply" instead of "
> forward").Tks for the trouble.
> Soli

The "confirmation" is already there. When you are composing your new
e-mail, you can already see whether or not you are replying or
forwarding an e-mail. You can see to whom you are sending the e-mail.
If replying, it would be to the original sender - and that recipient has
already been filled in for you. If forwarding, YOU would have to enter
an e-mail address. When forwarding as attachment, you can see the
original message is attached. When forwarding inline, you'll see it is
indented (or whatever format you selected in Outlook's options).

So the question is: How do you NOT know you are replying or forwarding?
Having the recipient already filled in or not is a really big indicator.

"SOLI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> However I need to avoid sending by mistake my remarks back to the sender
> instead of forwarding to someone else.

That's easily done by engaging your brain before clicking anything.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]