How to get an email during the send process?

[sublimese]

I am making an Outlook addin. The addin must work with Outlook 2003
and Outlook 2007. One of the requirements of the addin is that after
a user sends an email, I must make a copy of it and place that copy
into a specific folder in the public folder tree.

I know how to copy an item, and I know how to place an item into the
public folder tree.

What I have not found a way to solve is how to get a copy of an email
AFTER it is sent. When I make a copy of the email, that emails "Sent"
property must be "TRUE" and its "SentOn" property must be populated
with the correct time.

Unfortunately all the events I have attempted to hook all happen
BEFORE the email is sent. I have tried to hook the Item_Send event,
various outbox events, I looked into the "Send/Receive" group events
with no luck. The closest I have come is hooking the item_add event
on the "Sent" folder. While this would certainly fulfill the
requirements of getting the email after it was sent, the issue with
that a user can choose weather or not sent email items go into the
"Sent" folder. A user can set this as an outlook wide option, and can
also set it on an item by item basis.

I need something that will reliably allow me to get a copy of an email
after the email has gone through the sending process.

Thank you

 

[Helmut Obertanner]

Hello Sublimese,

you can monitor the sentItems folder for the Items.Add event.
everytimes an email is sent it goes to the sent items folder of the sender.

But as I know you can archive that functionality also with a rule at the
Client.
If it's for 1 Client only - maybe better use a rule, if it's for multiple
clients - better use an addin.

Here I would recommend an COM addin, not a VSTO.

Hope this helps,
greets, Helmut