How can I change default Save As type to .msg?

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I want to force Outlook to use .msg as file type by default when saving a
file. Is this possible in recent versions of Outlook? If yes, how?
 
No, but when you drag & drop the messages out of Outlook into an Explorer
window they will be saved automatically as msg-files.
 
Outlook provides no such option.

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Roady [MVP] schreef:
No, but when you drag & drop the messages out of Outlook into an Explorer
window they will be saved automatically as msg-files.
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Using the Outlook SaveAs or drag & drop methode results in msg-files
hardly to recognize. They all are named to their subject + ".msg" and
the date/time stamp of the file depends on the moment you save them.
Or, when opening then a week later, the date/time stamp is changed
again (to 'now') .

Take a look at http://www.slipstick.com/ for Outlook add ins, by
example MailToFile (www.mailtofile.com/en/).
With a good tool the filename of the msg is easy to recognize, the
date/time will be the 'SentOn' of the email (and won't change after
opening the msg).
 
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