Saving emails as .msg file: how to assign name other than subject.

[Guest]

I wish to save/archive emails as .msg files in my Documents folder (I have
the space) and do not want the default naming which is currently the subject
but to set up some prompt that will enable me to enter as the file name: the
date rec or sent as YYMMDD followed by certain words that I would type in as
I archive these emails or that would default to 2 or 3 criteria (with
predefined categories) and, should 2 emails be identical, add a number before
the file's extension.
Example: Email received today re our ABC subsidiary from J. K. Smith re
Chinese Wildlife being: "050722 ABC JKM China Agreement (1).msg".
Can anyone help?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You could write a VBA macro that takes the currently selected item (Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1)) and invokes the SaveAs method, specifying the full path that you want to use. An InputBox could provide a prompt if you don't want to create a full-fledged VBA userform.