Default Format For Saved E-mail Messages

[Guest]

Hi,

Is it possible (registry tweak or otherwise) to change the default format in
which e-mail messages are save. Specifically I want to change the format from
'.html' to '.msg'

Regards and thanks in advance

AC

 

[Guest]

Not an Office Outlook question. Outlook does not save anything as .html .

 

[AlanC]

Not an Office Outlook question. Outlook does not save anything as .html .

What? I'm not posting here for fun; I'm trying to solve a back-up
issue for a friend. If you don't understand the question please open
any e-mail message in Outlook 2003, click File|Save As - what format
does it offer you by default?

AC

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Mary is mistaken - Outlook has always offered to save as .htm, .msg., .oft,
or.txt, - but the default is always html. AFAIK, it cannot be changed.

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After furious head scratching, AlanC asked:

| Mary wrote:
|| Not an Office Outlook question. Outlook does not save anything as
|| .html .
|
| What? I'm not posting here for fun; I'm trying to solve a back-up
| issue for a friend. If you don't understand the question please open
| any e-mail message in Outlook 2003, click File|Save As - what format
| does it offer you by default?
|
| AC

 

[Lex De Leuke]

The way you can save your e-mail depends on the way it is formatted by
the author.
Having a html e-mail gives the option to save it als htm.

I prefer the msg format, because no information is deleted.
Unfortunately it's not possible to set another default than the first
in that list (and that option is never *.msg).