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Use VBA to check Outlook's outgoing messages for attachments and cancel the send if some of the recipients should not receive the attachment.

This macro demonstrates how to pick up the sender's address and use it for a new message. This was put together for a user who wanted to send email using the address of one of several shared mailbox automatically.

How to use VBA to 'do something' in Outlook's non-default folders.

Another entry in my Lazy Programmer Series, a macro for Outlook users who want to schedule a message to send later. This macro is triggered by a reminder and sends a message, composed from the appointment's subject line and body.

While you can't change Outlook's 18 hour default reminder, you can use VBA to remove the reminder or change it to a different time. While the tweaks here work specifically with reminders on All Day events, this code can be tweaked to do almost anything when a new appointment or event is saved.

If you want to save messages in a universal format and want the attachments stay with the document, you need to convert the message to RTF format then save the message in *.doc format. . While you can do this in Outlook, it takes several steps. Using VBA to save messages to your hard drive in *.doc format takes just seconds.

Use an Outlook macro to save the selected message as a text file, or save the selected messages in a single text file.

How to change Outlook's programmatic access options in the Trust Center.

How to use a macro to move email, meeting requests, and more to another folder as they age or using other conditions. Create folders for the sender's display name to move the messages to.

How to create a list of the folders in Microsoft Outlook data files. This code works with any data file in the Outlook profile.