Creating custom rules on Outlook 2003 or 2007

[Fdiez1]

I accidentally sent an email to a contact on my list who had the same first
name as the contact for whom the original email was intended. This got me
into some serious problems at work and I cannot have this happen again.

I need to create a Rule or an Alert that asks for confirmation for every
email I send out. Basically, once I hit SEND on every email, it should
display a message like: "are you sure you want to send this email to
(e-mail address removed)?". I just need to make sure every time that the intended
recepient is the correct one.

Please can anyone help me here?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You need to use VBA and there should be some samples at outlookcode.com for
this.

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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I accidentally sent an email to a contact on my list who had the same first
name as the contact for whom the original email was intended. This got me
into some serious problems at work and I cannot have this happen again.

I need to create a Rule or an Alert that asks for confirmation for every
email I send out. Basically, once I hit SEND on every email, it should
display a message like: "are you sure you want to send this email to
(e-mail address removed)?". I just need to make sure every time that the intended
recepient is the correct one.

Why not take two extra seconds and verify the recipient before clicking Send?
Taking care is better than an automated nanny any day.