How can I have all Sent messages go to the Inbox

[Guest]

I would like all my sent messages to be stored in the Inbox rather than the
Sent mailbox. Is there a way to make my default path to the Inbox for Sent
mail? I cannot figure out a way to use rules to accomplish this or see a
setting that will make this change.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I would like all my sent messages to be stored in the Inbox rather
than the Sent mailbox. Is there a way to make my default path to the
Inbox for Sent mail? I cannot figure out a way to use rules to
accomplish this or see a setting that will make this change.

A rule specified with "check messages after sending" will certainly do this.
However, if you have Outlook 2003 or 2007, I think creating a Search Folder
that includes both Inbox and Sent Items is a better idea.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick answer. The search folder accomplished what I wanted. I
performed the following steps:

1. Right-clicked on Search Folder and selected New Search Folder....
2. Went to the bottom of the list and selected Create a Custom Search Folder
3. Hit the Choose... button
4. Entered the name of my new folder (All Email) and hit the Browse button
and ignored the Criteria button
5. Unchecked the Mailbox at the top of the list and then checked Inbox and
Sent Items
6, Hit OK and OK again and the new All Email folder was populated

I tried the rule based option, but I could not get it to work well enough to
catch everything. I guess I need more experience in building rules.

Thanks again,
Loren

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

This VBA sample demonstrates how to set the folder for sent items:

http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?mnu=2&pub=6&lang=en&smp=54&cmd=showitem

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Am Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:52:01 -0800 schrieb Loren: