how do I save outlook e-mails as an e-mail, NOT a word document

[Guest]

I use Outlook 2003. When I want to save an e-mail, I want to save it as an
E-mail in Outlook Message Format, rather than as a Word document or HTML.
Therefore I have disabled using Word as my e-mail Editor (because when this
was enabled, it would only allow me to save it as a Word document). HOWEVER,
with Word editor disabled, when I save messages, it automatically defaults to
save my message as either Rich Text format (which then saves the message in
Word format) or it defaults to HTML format. How can I set up Outlook so that
when I save messages, the default setting is to save the message as "Save As
file type: Outlook Message Format"? This will save me time, and will stop
things being saved in the incorrect format whenever I forget to change the
settings!!!

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

If you save it from the Inbox folder view (not from an open message) you get
the format options you're looking for

 

[Guest]

Hi Vince
Thanks for replying, but I'm still having difficulty! I get the option to
save as Outlook Message Format even if I do save it from an open message
view. The issue I have is that I want to set up outlook so that it selects
that format automatically by default every time I save a message rather than
me having to select it each time (for some reason Outlook defaults either to
Rich Text Format or HTML format). I can do it manually, but it's irritating
to have to do it each time - plus sometimes I forget which means I end up
saving it as a Word file instead! Do you know if I can alter the default
settings here? I seem to have looked through every menu within outlook but I
haven't come across it.
Hope you can help, thanks for this, Rhian