Is there an easy way to save at .rtf or .msg in an outside file?

[Guest]

I would like to save my mail as .rtf or .msg to a folder outside of outlook.
It would be great if i could set up a rule that would do this automatically.
When I looked at rules and see the "script" option but i don't know how to
creat one and am unsure if it would work at all in the way I am suggesting.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, you can't; why do you want to store your messages out of Outlook? Having
so many small files on your disk is highly inefficient; for instance your
virusscanner will go nuts on it.

Anyway; you can drag and drop your messages out of Outlook into an Explorer
window to save the message(s) as msg-file.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

 

[bondg]

It may seem inefficient to you, but I'm sorry, you were not asked to judge
what FlyHunter wants to do. I have the very same need. As do several
others. Just do a quick search of this NG for "save" and you'll find many
requests for this. Not to mention a Google search that turns up several
developers that have developed solutions for this problem.

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but too many of your so-called MVP's are way too
quick to insult the people you are supposed to be helping.

Bondg

 

[Brian Tillman]

It may seem inefficient to you, but I'm sorry, you were not asked to
judge what FlyHunter wants to do. I have the very same need.

And, judgement ot not, Robert gave the answer: drag-and-drop.

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry... I did not mean to insult anybody... especially those smarter
than me. I was just wanting to be able to save certain groups of emails as a
record outside of Outlook automatically - not all of the emails I receive.
Sorry if I offended anyone...

FlyHunter

It may seem inefficient to you, but I'm sorry, you were not asked to judge
what FlyHunter wants to do. I have the very same need. As do several
others. Just do a quick search of this NG for "save" and you'll find many
requests for this. Not to mention a Google search that turns up several
developers that have developed solutions for this problem.

Sorry to get on my soapbox, but too many of your so-called MVP's are way too
quick to insult the people you are supposed to be helping.

Bondg

No, you can't; why do you want to store your messages out of Outlook?
Having
so many small files on your disk is highly inefficient; for instance your
virusscanner will go nuts on it.

Anyway; you can drag and drop your messages out of Outlook into an
Explorer
window to save the message(s) as msg-file.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I would like to save my mail as .rtf or .msg to a folder outside of
outlook.
It would be great if i could set up a rule that would do this
automatically.
When I looked at rules and see the "script" option but i don't know how to
creat one and am unsure if it would work at all in the way I am
suggesting.