Messageexport Add-in For Outlook

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:37:10 PM8/3/24

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Many users need to save some messages a folder on their computer or a file server. While you can just drag and drop messages from Outlook to the file system, this method creates *.MSG files - these are Outlook message files and only Outlook can open them.

You can use the Save as command to save individual messages in Text or HTML format. To save multiple messages, you'll need to use VBA or a utility. See Tools for a list of utilities that can automate the process and save messages in a variety of formats. Several replicate your Outlook folder structure, which is handy if you are archiving the messages.

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About Diane PoremskyA Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999, Diane is the author of several books, including Outlook 2013 Absolute Beginners Book. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.

You'd need to use an email client such as Outlook - mail would be downloaded into the mail client for offline access. Configurations are listed here: -do-i-use-other-email-applications-to-send-and-receive-my-aol-mail or here -services-in-outlook/#aol

>> I had to reinstall these add-ins every few months because they started to crash Outlook.
This is definately a problem and should not be necessary. I'm surprised reinstalling them stopped the crashes.

I would like to save my Outlook emails (MSG) in my Windows File Explorer. I want to be able to sort the emails in the Windows Explorer according the when the emails are received/sent. However, the metadata (date sent/recieved, author, etc) does not get saved with the file. If I save an old email, its "Date modified" is the current date, and I am unable to see when it was actually received. Is there any solution to this other than buying software?

Hi,
I'm looking for a plug-in for Outlook to add a WIndows Explorer folder list to the Outlook left navigation, so that emails can be dragged from the main window to the relavant file system folder in the left navigation pane. Does such a plug-in/application exist?
Thanks in advance,
Kevin

When dragging and dropping several email messages with the same subject lines, the email are numbered once they are copied into the windows directory. What governs this numbering system? Why does it number them the way it does?
For example, email with the same subject of XXXXXXXX were numbered XXXXXXXX (47) through XXXXXXXX (53). Why 47? This could make other think there are 1 to 46 missing emails of the same subject. Any ideas?

I clicked "file -> save" before a forced reboot in the fond belief that it would save the message I was writing in drafts, but when the reboot was complete, my message was nowhere to be found. Diane, you're way ahead of me. I need a simple answer to a simple question -- where did Outlook stash my message?

I had the same problem but I checked all the option on Options/Email/Saving messages and it seems now it is working... The only difference with this guy is that I open different windows to make drafts of emails, and I normally just hibernate my computer, but once my computer freak out and shutdown and when I wanted to go back I didn't found my draft.