Outlook 2007 : wanted : RULES > MOVE action for sent items

[NRG]

There's still not a simple MOVE action for sent
emails available in the rules set. This must have been a much requested
feature for ages...

I know there are some workarounds available, but still they lack
the core functionality of a move action, and they are way to complex to setup.

Most MVP's here will tell you to 1. turn off the global option to save sent
messages to Sent items, 2. create a catch all rule with no condition to get
messages still in your Sent items folder, 3. for other folders, create an
appropriate rule to move a copy of the item and make sure that it includes
the 5. Stop Processing action and that it 6. appears above the catch-all rule.

That's 6 steps to follow for the closest workaround available.

This 'workaround' does still come with two things I don't like at all:
1. Messages are being copied to the Sent Items folder before they are even
sent out, and still waiting in the Outbox.
2. Copied Sent Items get a "not read yet" status. What's the point of that?
I've wrote it, so I've read it

So, what does it take to get the real MOVE action for sent emails into
Outlook 2007? Bring it on, right now!

 

[Brian Tillman]

There's still not a simple MOVE action for sent
emails available in the rules set. This must have been a much
requested feature for ages...

Yes there is, and you describe it. The reason you think it's complicated is
because you don't understand the implications of the "Save sent messages to
Sent Items" option. That's an imperative action, not a conditional one that
checkes for rules moving copies as well. However, I completely agree with
you that moved sent messages should not be marked unread.

 

[NRG]

Yes there is, and you describe it. The reason you think it's complicated is
because you don't understand the implications of the "Save sent messages to
Sent Items" option. That's an imperative action, not a conditional one that
checkes for rules moving copies as well. However, I completely agree with
you that moved sent messages should not be marked unread.

I have never understood the need for a feature like the "Save sent messages
to Sent Items" option. Who wants to disable that anyway? If you don't set up
additional rules, you simple loose your outgoing mails.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have never understood the need for a feature like the "Save sent
messages to Sent Items" option. Who wants to disable that anyway?

I do. I do not wish to have copies of the majority of replies I send, so I
disable the option. If I do wish to keep a copy of my reply, I either use
View>Options an specify the folder in which the copy should be placed, or I
simply include myself in the Cc field.

If you don't set up additional rules, you simple loose your outgoing
mails.

Of course. Outlook does only what you tell it to do.