Any way to apply Outgoing rule *before* message is sent (to makeit confirm sending certain messages)

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Michael Levin

I'm on Entourage 2004 running on a Panther G5. Is there any way to have it
ask for confirmation of sending outgoing mail matching some criteria? I want
to set up a rule whereby certain emails need a special confirming click
before they actually go out, but it looks like the Outgoing rules in
Entourage are applied only after the email is actually sent. Is there any
trick to check an email *before* it's sent out?

Mike
 
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Paul Berkowitz

I'm on Entourage 2004 running on a Panther G5. Is there any way to have it
ask for confirmation of sending outgoing mail matching some criteria? I want
to set up a rule whereby certain emails need a special confirming click
before they actually go out, but it looks like the Outgoing rules in
Entourage are applied only after the email is actually sent. Is there any
trick to check an email *before* it's sent out?
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No, there isn't any way to intercept the "Send" button.

If you could train yourself to only ever "Send Later" instead of "Send Now"
- so that messages are sent only by the "Send and Receive All" schedule
every 10 minutes, say (or however often you want), then you could Remove the
"Send" command from that command and replace it by a command to "Run
AppleScript". It could run a script that checks each message in the Outbox:
if any recipient is in the "Ask First" category it would put up a
confirmation dialog before sending; other messages would just get sent.
There's no way to stop a message if you forgot and clicked "Send Now"
though.

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Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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