Selective save at send-time

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Doug N

(Sorry for posting to 2 groups, wasn't sure which one would be better for
this topic.)

At the time I click "send" in Outlook to send a message (new message or a
reply), I'd like a dialog box that says "Save message? OK/Cancel". If
Cancel is clicked, the message is sent but not saved in the Sent folder.
(Or if it would be easier, it's saved, but then immediately deleted
afterward.)

Lotus Notes has this feature, and it's a great way to keep your sentbox
clean, since there are often emails that you just don't need to keep.

What's the best way to accomplish this?

thanks in advance.
 
Wow, fantastic, that is just what I needed.

The interesting thing is that if you click "cancel" on the folder selector,
it still saves the message in your Sent box. I suppose I could add some
code which, if "nothing" is returned, further prompts the user Y/N to save
it at all?... How would I cancel the Saving entirely but still allow it to
be sent?

Guess I'll have to buy your book. ;-)
 
Take a look at the MailItem.DeleteAfterSubmit property.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
you have the same challenge i do--don't want too many random emails junking
up your sent messages folder, and then having to take the time to go and
delete them all. You seemed pretty happy with the technical answers these
guys gave you but that was way too complicated a solution for me. thought i
would share with you my simple approach--you can take it or leave it.

so from my inbox display in tools, options, email options i unchecked the
box that directed to save all sent messages. then, when i'm sending an email
that i know i want to save, before i send it, i click the options menu on the
new email TOOLBAR (NOT tools, options) and in the bottom half of this pop-up
window, you can check a box that says to save the message in a particular
folder.

This way you can choose to save the emails you want, but the catch is you
have to remember. it won't remind you by asking to save or delete, but i
find it is better than weeding through the hundreds of emails we send each
week.

not sure if that was helpful, but thought i'd share anyways :/

~amy
 
Amy, here's a way to extend your idea: If you always want to save messages on a certain subject or to a certain recipient, you can create a Rules Wizard rule to put a copy of a message in the Sent Items folder (or any other folder), based on the conditions you set on the rule.
 
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