Outlook message rules for sent message from me.

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Bob

Greetings,

There has always been a message rule I wanted, and never asked about. So
now I will.

I default a copy of all my send messages to the sent folder. They are
marked at read... which is good, because if I send the message, I obviously
read it. <grin>

At times, I wish I could send the message to other folders. Example. I
have a folder called "family". If I send a message to "family", I'd like to
be able to put a copy in the "family" folder. I know you could do this, but
the message is not marked as read. Thus, the folder is bolded/highlighted
and it appears there is something in there that is read.

So my ideal rule is... if message is From "me" and To "anyone in family",
file it in "Family" folder and mark as unread. The second part is not that
important, but if I could add and "do not file a copy in the sent file." It
would be nice, but not critical that the sent file only contains messages
where rules have not been applied.

The real key I want any message from me to be "marked as read" regardless of
where it is filed. (Editorial comment: Quite frankly, this is what should
happen by default in the system.)

I am not optimistic such a thing can be done, but any help would be
appreciated.

Bob
 
M

Mary

Since you want to set up rules on sent messages--have you tried setting them
up the way you want? The only obvious problems I see is you get a copy in the
Sent Items folder and that cannot be changed unless you change it for all
messages. You also cannot mark it as unread, only read.
 
K

kenward

The real key I want any message from me to be "marked as read" regardless of
where it is filed. (Editorial comment: Quite frankly, this is what should
happen by default in the system.)
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This is one of those "what were they thinking about?" issues.

Like you, I am puzzled to have all those "unread" messages that I
wrote, and therefore read, scattered all over my Outlook folders.

This is so mind staggeringly obvious that you wonder what 8-year olds
Micros**t uses to write its software.

I have never seen any explanation as to why MS uses this model. It is
nutz.

There was once an add-in that sorted out this issue, but it stopped
working around Outlook 2000.

I step in here just to amplify the message and ask one of those
Outlook wizards to come up with a solution. I'll even pay for a
reasonably priced add in.


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