I heavily rely on organizing all my emails into folders (my brain finds email faster when they're grouped to a certain "topic"). I'm not only putting my received mails into them but also my sent ones, so all emails from a thread are together.
Every time I send an email from a thread, I've to manually move the email to the specific folder (it may be a public folder, but usually isn't).
Is there a way to optimize this?
- Can this be done automatically? I imagine I could do it by setting up hundreds of rules (I've literally hundreds of folders …)
- I always have to do it manually after I send the email. This is error prone/annoying (actually less error prone in my case, but annoys me); would it be possible to choose "do not put it into Sent but into this folder" ?
I guess what I would like to see is some kind of automation. If I reply to/forward an email from a folder (except "Inbox"), let Outlook put this just sent email into this folder instead of "Sent".
I'm using Outlook 2007.
Best Answer
The option is hidden away:
Tools
->Options
->E-mail Options...
->Advanced E-mail Options...
->In folders other than the Inbox, save replies with original message
Update for later version of Outlook - the option has moved and been renamed:
File
->Options
->Mail
->Save Messages
->When replying to a message that is not in the Inbox, save the reply in the same folder
(Screenshot from Outlook 2010)