Hi,
in Outlook 2007, when creating a rule for sent messages, you have no
option to MOVE the messages to a different folder, you can only make
Outlook COPY it.
Is there a custom action add-on around which I can download and install
to add this simple rule?

Please note that I cannot deactivate the option to save copies of sent
messages, because the rule I need would be applied only to some
messages, based on other conditions (e.g. containing a certain word in
the subject), all other sent mails must stay in the Sent folder.

And I cannot use some complex macro which I found searching on Google,
which had folder names and other stuff hardcoded in VB, because I need
the rule to be customized by a "normal" user.

Hmmm... maybe I can deactivate the option to keep copies of sent mails
and then create two rules: a first one which copies all sent mails in
the Sent folder, and a second one which copies specific messages to a
different folder... will it work? Any other solutions?

Thanks.

--
Ciao,
Marco.

You'll need to use two rules - one to move a message based on conditions,
the second to put everything else in the sent folder. Or use a macro that
pops up a dialog asking the user to pick a location to save each message.

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"Marco De Vitis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> in Outlook 2007, when creating a rule for sent messages, you have no
> option to MOVE the messages to a different folder, you can only make
> Outlook COPY it.
> Is there a custom action add-on around which I can download and install to
> add this simple rule?
>
> Please note that I cannot deactivate the option to save copies of sent
> messages, because the rule I need would be applied only to some messages,
> based on other conditions (e.g. containing a certain word in the subject),
> all other sent mails must stay in the Sent folder.
>
> And I cannot use some complex macro which I found searching on Google,
> which had folder names and other stuff hardcoded in VB, because I need the
> rule to be customized by a "normal" user.
>
> Hmmm... maybe I can deactivate the option to keep copies of sent mails and
> then create two rules: a first one which copies all sent mails in the Sent
> folder, and a second one which copies specific messages to a different
> folder... will it work? Any other solutions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Marco.

Il 2-10-2008 16:26, Diane Poremsky [MVP] ha scritto:

> You'll need to use two rules - one to move a message based on
> conditions, the second to put everything else in the sent folder. Or use

Thanks, that's what I wrote in the last paragraph in my previous post.
And I tried it in the meantime, it works, but it has a side effect: all
sent messages appear as unread (= bold). And once again, Outlook does
not provide an action to mark sent messages as read :-P.
Better than nothing, anyway.

> a macro that pops up a dialog asking the user to pick a location to save
> each message.

Too cumbersome, the point of my request was to have messages moved
automatically to user-defined folders.

--
Ciao,
Marco.

Are incoming messages moved and if so, are you moving the replies to the
same folder? if so, outlook has a setting to save replies with the original.
its in tools, options, email options.

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"Marco De Vitis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Il 2-10-2008 16:26, Diane Poremsky [MVP] ha scritto:
>
>> You'll need to use two rules - one to move a message based on conditions,
>> the second to put everything else in the sent folder. Or use
>
> Thanks, that's what I wrote in the last paragraph in my previous post. And
> I tried it in the meantime, it works, but it has a side effect: all sent
> messages appear as unread (= bold). And once again, Outlook does not
> provide an action to mark sent messages as read :-P.
> Better than nothing, anyway.
>
>> a macro that pops up a dialog asking the user to pick a location to save
>> each message.
>
> Too cumbersome, the point of my request was to have messages moved
> automatically to user-defined folders.
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Marco.

Il 3-10-2008 19:32, Diane Poremsky [MVP] ha scritto:

> Are incoming messages moved and if so, are you moving the replies to the
> same folder? if so, outlook has a setting to save replies with the
> original. its in tools, options, email options.

I should ask the person who actually needs this feature, but... I
strongly doubt this would be a good solution, not all sent mails are
replies .
Thanks.

--
Ciao,
Marco.

it has the potential to reduce the number of rules and when you use this
method, they are marked read, so its worth enabling if that is what the
rules do.

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"Marco De Vitis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Il 3-10-2008 19:32, Diane Poremsky [MVP] ha scritto:
>
>> Are incoming messages moved and if so, are you moving the replies to the
>> same folder? if so, outlook has a setting to save replies with the
>> original. its in tools, options, email options.
>
> I should ask the person who actually needs this feature, but... I strongly
> doubt this would be a good solution, not all sent mails are replies .
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Marco.

It is a different solution and I don't know if it works in Outlook 2007 but
in 2003 there's an option to save the sent messages (responses) in the same
folder where the message (responded to) is.
I use it and like it.
So, the rule for incoming messages is enough because it sends the incoming
messages to the right folder and then when I reply the response is kept on
the same folder.
It is in the somewhere in the options for outlook
regards
e.

"Marco De Vitis" wrote:

> Hi,
> in Outlook 2007, when creating a rule for sent messages, you have no
> option to MOVE the messages to a different folder, you can only make
> Outlook COPY it.
> Is there a custom action add-on around which I can download and install
> to add this simple rule?
>
> Please note that I cannot deactivate the option to save copies of sent
> messages, because the rule I need would be applied only to some
> messages, based on other conditions (e.g. containing a certain word in
> the subject), all other sent mails must stay in the Sent folder.
>
> And I cannot use some complex macro which I found searching on Google,
> which had folder names and other stuff hardcoded in VB, because I need
> the rule to be customized by a "normal" user.
>
> Hmmm... maybe I can deactivate the option to keep copies of sent mails
> and then create two rules: a first one which copies all sent mails in
> the Sent folder, and a second one which copies specific messages to a
> different folder... will it work? Any other solutions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Marco.
>