Two questions on saving sent messages

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Hi, all,

I am a new Outlook user (formerly Notes) and want to do two things in Outlook:

1) I do not want to save all sent messages, as some can be discarded
immediately. So, I'd like to, for example, have a selection window pop up
after I send each message asking me "Save" or "Don't Save" or something like
that. Any way to do that in Outlook?

2) For those messages I want to save after sending, I'd like to direct them
to a specific, existing folder. I've seen the posts on creating rules to do
this, but my interest is different. Since notes to someone might be about any
number of topics, I can't use a rule that sends a note to a specific folder
all the time. So, I'd like to be able to EASILY select which folder the note
goes to every time I send (assuming I saved it at all, per question #1
above). Any way to do this?

Thanks, all!

Paul M.
 
Paul M said:
1) I do not want to save all sent messages, as some can be discarded
immediately. So, I'd like to, for example, have a selection window
pop up after I send each message asking me "Save" or "Don't Save" or
something like that. Any way to do that in Outlook?
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Not without code.
2) For those messages I want to save after sending, I'd like to
direct them to a specific, existing folder. I've seen the posts on
creating rules to do this, but my interest is different. Since notes
to someone might be about any number of topics, I can't use a rule
that sends a note to a specific folder all the time. So, I'd like to
be able to EASILY select which folder the note goes to every time I
send (assuming I saved it at all, per question #1 above). Any way to
do this?
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Well, I think it's easy to click View>Options and specify the save folder
before I click Send. Whether you will or not I don't know. You can also
add code to automate the asking. See this:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/setsavefolder.htm
 
Brian,

OUTSTANDING! Thank you very much. This works just fine, as I simply select
the Deleted Items folder if I don't want to save it. It took me a little
while to figure out how to do this - I am not a programmer - but it was well
worth it.

Thanks again!

Paul M.
 
Brian - one question. When I quit Outlook, I saved the change to
"ThisOutlookSession" (that is, I saved the code I added from the website you
provided. However, when I started Outlook again, though the code was there,
the feature was no longer active.

How do I keep the feature active for every Outlook session (please keep in
mind I am not a programmer, so I need specific instructions).

Thank you,

Paul Mignini
 
Paul M said:
Brian - one question. When I quit Outlook, I saved the change to
"ThisOutlookSession" (that is, I saved the code I added from the
website you provided. However, when I started Outlook again, though
the code was there, the feature was no longer active.

How do I keep the feature active for every Outlook session (please
keep in mind I am not a programmer, so I need specific instructions).
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Alas, I've never used extra code in Outlook and I don't know the answer.
Sue Mosher, however, does read this newsgroup, so perhaps she or one of the
other code gurus wll answer.
 
I checked "Disabled Items" and it is clear. If you have other advice, it
would be appreciated. The code is still in ThisOutlookSession, it just
doesn't do anything since I shut down yesterday. Is there a "turn this code
on" command, or a "run this code every session" command or the like?

Again, I am NO programmer, so please share advice in non-technical terms.
Thank you!

Paul M.

Sue Mosher said:
Have you checked Help | About Microsoft Outlook | DIsabled Items?

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for general Outlook programming issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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When I changed Macro security to Medium, the problem stopped. Thanks for all
the advice and information, all.

Paul M.

Paul M said:
I checked "Disabled Items" and it is clear. If you have other advice, it
would be appreciated. The code is still in ThisOutlookSession, it just
doesn't do anything since I shut down yesterday. Is there a "turn this code
on" command, or a "run this code every session" command or the like?

Again, I am NO programmer, so please share advice in non-technical terms.
Thank you!

Paul M.
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