Prompt Microsoft Outlook users to save sent email messages

I know that you can set a rule to either "save all" or "save none" of your outgoing email messages in Microsoft Outlook. But, how can I prompt Outlook to ask users if they'd like to save their sent email messages each time?

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Sue Mosher's book, Microsoft Outlook Programming, provides macro code that you can copy and paste directly into Microsoft Outlook. The steps are as follows:

 

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  2. Open the Outlook macro editor by pressing Alt-F11.

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  4. Open the ThisOutlookSession module within the macro editor.

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  6. Paste this provided VBA code into the module.

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  8. Close the window.

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  10. Configure Outlook macro security so that it will not prevent you from running unsigned code.

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  12. Make sure that Outlook options are set to automatically save a copy of Sent Items.

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  14. Restart Outlook and send a message. You will now be prompted for a folder in which to save a copy of the message.

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This was first published in January 2009

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