Disable Outlook Autocreate Feature?

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Jim Leach

I have an Outlook/Exchange solution that will allow users
to archive (Item.Move) items of different types to a
specific 'Archive' folder. Unfortunately Outlook's
Autocreate feature changes all items that are not the
folder's base 'Type' ex. Post to an item that is the base
type and adds the original item as an attachment.

Does anyone know if there is there a way to temporarily
turn off the Autocreate feature and archive all items
preserving their original type (MessageClass)?

The reason being that these items may one day
be 'Unarchived' and moved back to their original folders.

Thanks in advance,

Jim Leach
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

I know of no way of changing that behavior. I have wondered, though, if
making a copy of the Deleted Items folder would produce a "multi-type"
folder that wouldn't change items as they're added to it. Maybe that's
something you can try.
 
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Jim Leach

Thanks for your reply. I tried what you suggested but my
copy of the Deleted Items folder appears as a Post type
folder. This happens whether I make the copy through code
or manually through Outlook's UI. I guess you can't add a
Deleted Items folder to Public Folders, I'll just have to
deal with it. Sigh...

Thanks again,

Jim Leach
 
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Jim Leach

FYI - I tried storing the items MessageClass and
reassigning after the move but no luck either

Jim Leach
 
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