Confirmation before sending messages

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Joshua Beall

Hi All,

How do I setup Outlook so that it asks for confirmation before sending a
message? E.g., "are you sure you want to send this message now?" That
would be a useful feature for me, since I have the unfortunate tendency to
hit "ctrl-enter" and send incomplete messages by accident. Often I am
meaning to do something like hit "ctrl-v" followed by "enter" to go to the
next line, but I just hit the keys too fast.

-Josh
 
If you're NOT using Exchange server, turn off the autosend feature
(Tools, Options, Check for messages on... and clear the checkboxes)

It's possible that all messages will be stuck in Outbox until yo
manually hit send/receive. This has the unfortunate consequence o
forcing you to hit send/receive to check mail.

There's hope, although not the prettiest method. Create yet anothe
Internet Email account that is just for Outbound email. Make sure tha
account is the top account in the "Deliver mail via" list.

As long as the Inbound email account doesn't have a valid SMTP server
you can feel free to have it download automatically. Make sure th
OUTBOUND Internet Account doesn't auto check for mail, and you can us
it to send/receive on demand.

This is not a pretty situation for what you're asking, but ... stuff i
outbox stays until the send-receive for the outbound account occurs.

Alternative to that, you'd have to find a program that can trap th
ctrl-enter keystrokes, or just pop the ctrl key caps off your keyboar
:-
 
crythias said:
If you're NOT using Exchange server, turn off the autosend feature.
(Tools, Options, Check for messages on... and clear the checkboxes)

It's possible that all messages will be stuck in Outbox until you
manually hit send/receive. This has the unfortunate consequence of
forcing you to hit send/receive to check mail.
Click to expand...
<snip>

So, there is no way to just have a confirmation box that comes up, saying
something like "Are you sure you want to send this message now?" or
something like that? Then to send messages I would just have to do
ctrl-enter, enter. The extra enter would be enough to keep me from
accidentally sending messages, but adding another enter is pretty easy to
do, so it would not add much extra effort. That would be the best solution.

Is there a way to do that in Outlook? I have Outlook 2002, and I am sending
via regular SMTP.
 
No.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
Joshua Beall <[email protected]> asked:
| ||
|| If you're NOT using Exchange server, turn off the autosend feature.
|| (Tools, Options, Check for messages on... and clear the checkboxes)
||
|| It's possible that all messages will be stuck in Outbox until you
|| manually hit send/receive. This has the unfortunate consequence of
|| forcing you to hit send/receive to check mail.
| <snip>
|
| So, there is no way to just have a confirmation box that comes up,
| saying something like "Are you sure you want to send this message
| now?" or something like that? Then to send messages I would just
| have to do ctrl-enter, enter. The extra enter would be enough to
| keep me from accidentally sending messages, but adding another enter
| is pretty easy to do, so it would not add much extra effort. That
| would be the best solution.
|
| Is there a way to do that in Outlook? I have Outlook 2002, and I am
| sending via regular SMTP.
 
there may be 3rd party utilities that can do this - see if
http://ssw.com.au/SSW/LookOut/default.aspx does it. You could also use VBA
to bring up a dialog, although it gets annoying after a couple of times.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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Diane Poremsky said:
there may be 3rd party utilities that can do this - see if
http://ssw.com.au/SSW/LookOut/default.aspx does it. You could also use VBA
to bring up a dialog, although it gets annoying after a couple of times.
Click to expand...

What is VBA? Visual Basic something? How would I go about doing that?

I have only moderate experience with Visual Basic, but I've done a good bit
in C++/Java, so I think I could figure it out if I had to.
 
Do you feel comfortable running VBA code to help with this? You can use the
Application_ItemSend event handler to put up a prompt.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Sue Mosher said:
Do you feel comfortable running VBA code to help with this? You can use the
Application_ItemSend event handler to put up a prompt.
--
Click to expand...

Wheren I learn about VBA code, and implementing it for this purpose?
 
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