Mail: change order of Move drop-down list?

[Andrew Levin]

It appears that the drop-down list of Move To folders changes dynamically
depending on usage. That means I must search the ever-changing list to find
the Move To folder I need. Isn't there some way to make the list fixed? I
regularly access about 15-20 folders, so I'd like for them to be in the same
place each time. Yes, I know I can set up rules, and attach key-combinations
to them, but that's too many keyboard combos to memorize.

I've scoured the MS Help and the Internet for a solution, but to no avail.

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks.

Andrew
ale...@clemson.edu

[Diane Ross]

There is no way to do this. Send feedback to Microsoft to request this feature. This is something I would like to see also. To work around this I have a few move to script for my most used folders. This script moves messages to a folder named !Recent Items. (The exclamation mark moves the folder to the top of my list.). To use, just change the folder name !Recent Items(listed twice in the script) to your choice. Assign a shortcut to the script for easy use. <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
    try
       set theMessages to current messages
   on error
       display dialog "select some messages before running this script." buttons {"Quit Script"} default button 1 with icon stop
       return
   end try
  
    try
       move theMessages to folder "!Recent Items"
    on error
       display dialog "An error occurred and the messages were not moved.
Does the folder\"!Recent Items\" exist?" buttons {"Quit Script"} default button 1 with icon stop
       return
   end try
end tell

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Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

[Andrew Levin]

Ms. Ross,

Thank you so much. I'll do this for my most common folders, and just memorize the few keyboard commands. Meanwhile, I will send feedback to MS.

Andrew

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