As default in outlook 2000, the rules wizard only applies rules to either 'after message arrives' or 'after message is sent'. Obviously this won't help you. I haven't tried it, but in theory it would be possibly to write a macro which could run underneath the send/receive button, which would change the stationary & then send the message, rather than sending the message & then applying the rule. Basically the macro would need to first trigger the rule you wish to implement (haven't looked into the logistics in doing this, but i would imagine it can be altered within code), before triggering the send event....
You could also look at using forms for data entry. I believe this is designed to standardize things, so it might be able to do what you need...... James Goodman
j.goodman00@btinternet.com
