Rule to change mail recipient?

[Andy Linton]

Hi,

I sometimes use my laptop and/or home PC to send mail from my business account.
However of course this mail doesn't appear in the SENT items in my office Outlook. I can cc it to my office, but then it appears from ME to ME!

I'd like to create a rule that will:

1. Filter any mail that comes in from me to a particular folder;
2. Change the recipient from ME to the person who was the original recipient.

Is this possible please?

I'm guessing a custom action?

Thanks

Andy.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, but why not simply create a rule to move it to your Sent Items folder?
It will then be in the correct place and shows the correct "To" information.

I find it strange that your company allow for such a decentralized
configuration. Company mails are bound to get lost this way. You are not
using Exchange or another server-side mail storage system?

 

[Andy Linton]

If I simply do that, it makes it difficult to search for mails, as they will all show To: me and From: me.

As I'm a director of the company, I allow myself to do it! No-one else (excpet my co-director) will do this.

Thanks

Andy.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, it will be sent From yourself, To recipient, CC to yourself. Since the
Sent Items folder displays the To field, it will show up correctly. It will
still show you in the CC and From field as well.