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Macro to Move or Copy an Outlook message to another folder
A user had this question: I want to do the following: Copy a message from one public folder to another public folder Mark the original message as read Mark the original Complete Add a Category to it A Quick Step will categorize the e-mail first (it has a higher priority) and both the actual e-mail
Automatically create a task when sending a message
How to automatically create tasks for message you send using a VBA macro.
Process mail that was Auto forwarded by a rule
Option Explicit Private objNS As Outlook.NameSpace Private WithEvents objItems As Outlook.Items Private Sub Application_Startup() Dim objWatchFolder As Outlook.Folder Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 'Set the folder and items to watch: Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) Set objItems = objWatchFolder.Items Set objWatchFolder = Nothing End Sub Private Sub objItems_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object) Dim propertyAccessor As Outlook.propertyAccessor Set propertyAccessor
Save Outlook Email as a PDF
How to use VBA to save selected Outlook messages as PDF files.
Save and Delete Attachments from Outlook messages
The following is the Save Attachment code sample from Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours. (It works in current versions.) Frank modified the code to break it into a single call for each mail item so you can use it with a rule to filter incoming mail. Augusto modified Frank's code "in order to avoid
Create Outlook Folders from a List of Folder Names
How to use a macro to create Outlook folders from a list of folder names in a csv file.
Use a macro to open the Calendar to appointment date
Macro to replace the Go To Date feature of Outlook's Calendar. From an open appointment, run the macro. The calendar opens to the date of the appointment.
Open All Hyperlinks in an Outlook Email Message
Use an Outlook macro to open every hyperlink in the selected email message. A version of the macro will open hyperlinks in every message in the selected folder.
Update Contact Area Codes
Use a macro to update the area code on Outlook Contacts.
Use a macro to move IMAP account Sent Items
Use a VBA macro in Outlook to move IMAP sent items to the Sent items folder on the IMAP server.
Get Flag Completed Time
A visitor to Slipstick Forums had a problem: I need to count the inbound traffic by inbox/day and check whether the email was marked as complete (Flag Completed Date and Time). I can get the time when I copy and paste from a folder to Excel but there are a number of folders to process
How to change the From field on incoming messages
How to use Redemption to change the sender's name field on messages.
VBA: Change the From Account on Replies
A user wanted to always reply to messages sent to one account using another account. He also wanted to remove his address from the recipient list.
VBA: File messages by client code
The problem: a user needs to file messages from clients in a specific folder, which is the clients accounts number. Moving the messages manually is time consuming but using a macro makes it easy.
Update Contacts with a New Company Name and Email Address
It can be a real hassle to update contacts when a company changes their name and domain. While it's actually really easy to change the company name by using group by company view and dragging contacts to a new group, you can't change the email address field using this method.