Saving email folder contents

[AndyApp]

We have a requirement (when I say we I mean my manager) for a program that would enable someone to open an email folder, we have some users on Outlook 97 and some on 2000, and then save the contents of that folder, i.e. the emails, elsewhere on a HDD.

I'm not convinced it's possible? Surely the program would have to convert the emails as it copies them otherwise how would you open them??

Anyway if anyone can shed any light on this or know's of a program that can do such a thing, it would be most helpfull.

"Life is like a Ferrari, it goes to fast.
But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway" - Jim Davis (Garfield)

 

[mscallisto]

I'm not sure I exactly understand your question but I'll give a try at an answer.


You can have a personal folder and put it anywhere on your own HD, someone elses HD or a network file server HD.

Anyone with Outlook can open that folder.

You can use the rules manager to put mail from the Exchange server directly to that personal folder or you can drag and drop mail from your in-box for example, to that personal folder.

If I didn't understand the question at all...maybe you can be more specific.

 

[AndyApp]

mscallisto
no probs. couldn't be more specific at the time cos i wasn't sure myself. spoke to someone else though and basically they want to be able to give users the ability to turn emails into Word Documents but rather then do one at a time, just do a whole folder in bulk. Doing it from exchange would be spot on...I think anyway.

"Life is like a Ferrari, it goes to fast.
But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway" - Jim Davis (Garfield)

 

[mscallisto]

Hmmm I would think the only way to turn e-mail into word docs would be via some VBA code.

I'm not at all familiar with VBA for Outlook.

I don't even see a way to record a macro in Outlook.
I was going to record a macro then edit the VBA code it generated.

Without cutting (from outlook) and pasting (to word) one at a time I can't offer a suggestion.

Hopefully someone with Outlook programming skills will join your thread.


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