Outlook 2003 copying messages to folders question

[ITITECH]

I am using Outlook 2003 and have a question about filing either “incoming†or
“sent†mail in any of the folders that I have created. The filing choices in
mail are either to “move†or “copyâ€. If I choose to “copyâ€, Outlook will
create a copy of the email and place it in the folder I have selected. If,
for some reason, I forget that I’ve already filed the email in that same
folder and do it again, Outlook doesn’t inform me that a copy of that email
already exists in the file. As such, it is very possible to have multiple
copies of the same email filed in a folder. I would like Outlook to prompt
me and let me know if I have already copied an email into a folder and then
prohibit another copy to be filed. Is there a way this can be done?
Thanks in advance

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

I am using Outlook 2003 and have a question about filing either “incomingâ€
or
“sent†mail in any of the folders that I have created. The filing choices
in
mail are either to “move†or “copyâ€. If I choose to “copyâ€, Outlook will
create a copy of the email and place it in the folder I have selected. If,
for some reason, I forget that I’ve already filed the email in that same
folder and do it again, Outlook doesn’t inform me that a copy of that email
already exists in the file. As such, it is very possible to have multiple
copies of the same email filed in a folder. I would like Outlook to prompt
me and let me know if I have already copied an email into a folder and then
prohibit another copy to be filed. Is there a way this can be done?

If you write the code yourself, you should be able to accomplish it.
Unmodified Outlook can't.

 

[ITITECH]

Brian,

Thank you for the reply, however, I have no programming skills and would not
have a clue as to how to write the code. i was hoping there may have been
some type of add-in that would accomplish this. Again, thank you for your
timely reply.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Thank you for the reply, however, I have no programming skills and would not
have a clue as to how to write the code. i was hoping there may have been
some type of add-in that would accomplish this. Again, thank you for your
timely reply.

I don't know of any that fit your stated requirements, but see if anything
mentioned here sounds close: http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.asp