Always cc myself

[AML Global]

Hello All,

Is is possible to set it so when I send emails it always cc¹s myself?

Thank you

Adam

 

[Diane Ross]

Is is possible to set it so when I send emails it always cc¹s myself?

There is no setting, but you can use a script. See the Favorites Scripts
page > Messages for several options.

You can also create an Automator action in Entourage 2008. See the example
Automator workflows in the Entourage Script Menu Items folder to get you
started.

 

[Jeff Chapman]

Hello Adam,

Is is possible to set it so when I send emails it always cc¹s myself?

Thank you

Adam

Basically, you just want to have a copy of everything that you
sent in a separate folder, is that correct?
There are at least a few more options if you just want to
make a copy of what you sent.

Generally everything that you send is also copied to the
Sent Items folder.
Check the settings in Entourage Preferences - Mail - Compose -
Save copies of sent messages in the Sent Items folder to make
sure of this.

You can also use Entourage's Rules feature, rather
than making an Automator workflow or bothering with a script.
Go to Tools - Rules, select the type of account you want to
make a rule for on the tabs, click on the New button and be sure
to select Outgoing. You'll see a new rule dialog box. Add your
rule name. In the If section, change the dropdown menu to read From,
contains, and your email address that you use to send mail from.
In the Then section, select Copy message, and then specify the folder
in Entourage that you want to copy all sent messages to.

Both of these methods don't actually send a cc: mail out -
they simply route a copy of your mail internally to a folder
on your system. Is there some other reason why you would need
to actually send cc's to yourself?

Jeff

 

[AML Global]

Hello Adam,



Basically, you just want to have a copy of everything that you
sent in a separate folder, is that correct?
There are at least a few more options if you just want to
make a copy of what you sent.

Generally everything that you send is also copied to the
Sent Items folder.
Check the settings in Entourage Preferences - Mail - Compose -
Save copies of sent messages in the Sent Items folder to make
sure of this.

You can also use Entourage's Rules feature, rather
than making an Automator workflow or bothering with a script.
Go to Tools - Rules, select the type of account you want to
make a rule for on the tabs, click on the New button and be sure
to select Outgoing. You'll see a new rule dialog box. Add your
rule name. In the If section, change the dropdown menu to read From,
contains, and your email address that you use to send mail from.
In the Then section, select Copy message, and then specify the folder
in Entourage that you want to copy all sent messages to.

Both of these methods don't actually send a cc: mail out -
they simply route a copy of your mail internally to a folder
on your system. Is there some other reason why you would need
to actually send cc's to yourself?

Jeff

Thank you for your help. Basically I use Entourage for work but MobileMe
when I am on the go (my work email automatically forwards emails to me
@me.com address) But I would like to always cc myself so even when I am out
and about I have access to my send messages.

Also, I do not work off exchange servers.

Thank you.

 

[Jeff Chapman]

Hello again, Adam,

Thank you for your help. Basically I use Entourage for work but MobileMe
when I am on the go (my work email automatically forwards emails to me
@me.com address) But I would like to always cc myself so even when I am out
and about I have access to my send messages.

Also, I do not work off exchange servers.

Okay - I've found that when you use outgoing rules
in Entourage, you can automatically forward a message to yourself
that you send.

Go to the Tools - Rules section,
click on the Outgoing button/tab, and create a new rule.
Type in the rule name. In the "If" section, add the condition
From contains <your e-mail account>.
In the "Then" section, add the condition "Forward to <your e-mail
account>". Make sure that "Enabled" checkbox contains a check,
and click OK.

From now on, when you send a message, you should get a forwarded
message sent back to you.

How's that?

Jeff

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

Our computer specialist found a great solution that does not use
rules. If you go to Tools-->Accounts-->Mail-->(your exchange server
acct)-->Options-->Additional Headers, you can add an additional
header to take care of what you asked for. Just type in CC or BCC
(depending on what you want) in the left side of the field and then
your email address you want the copy sent to in the right side of the
field. Entourage will CC or BCC you a copy of all of your mail to the
specified address. Hope that helps!

I'm going to caution against this for Bcc or at least with "test this
thoroughly before relying on it." Cc shouldn't be an issue.

The "Bcc" is not a true header in the sense that it's part of the
message like other headers. You don't want it to be a part of the
message because you don't want your Bcc recipients to see this information.

Some service providers may leave this in the headers you've added. For
example, I found that if I did this with my Comcast account, anyone else
on Comcast would see the Bcc recipients but those outside of Comcast
might not. When addresses were added to the Bcc field in a new mail
message then they were not visible. So, Comcast treats the Bcc field in
a new mail message differently from a Bcc header.

Furthermore, the receiving mail servers may or may not strip your Bcc
header. When I tested a Bcc header with my Comcast account, I had a
hotmail.com user report he didn't see hit while also having a free.fr
user report he could see it.

--

bill

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