Rule to distribute sent mail

I have 3 mail accounts and I want one (or more) rules like this:

Apply the rule after I send the message
Through the _specified_ account
Move it to the _specified_ folder
and mark it as read

The problem is that the only option I see, in the Rules wizard, is "move a
copy".
Furthermore, when I use that option, just to test the rule, the message that
was copied to the _specified_ folder looks unread. That's why in my rule I
want to add the option "and mark it as read".

Any ideas?

(Vista Home Premium - Office 2007 Pro)

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Brian
Fri May 02 04:54:04 PDT 2008

geotso <ge-o-tso@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have 3 mail accounts and I want one (or more) rules like this:
>
> Apply the rule after I send the message
> Through the _specified_ account
> Move it to the _specified_ folder
> and mark it as read
>
> The problem is that the only option I see, in the Rules wizard, is
> "move a copy".

Correct. That's all there is. If you disable the "Save copies of messages
in Sent Items folder", then the "move a copy" action will result in a real
move.

> Furthermore, when I use that option, just to test the rule, the
> message that was copied to the _specified_ folder looks unread.
> That's why in my rule I want to add the option "and mark it as read".

That action simply doesn't exist for outgoing messages.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Ikrananka
Thu May 08 08:31:06 PDT 2008

I have exactly the same issue as geotso. Why oh why does Microsoft insist on
providing such a restrictive subset of rules? Wouldn't it have made more
sense to provide a "Mark as Read" options for both incoming and outgoing
emails.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> geotso <ge-o-tso@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have 3 mail accounts and I want one (or more) rules like this:
> >
> > Apply the rule after I send the message
> > Through the _specified_ account
> > Move it to the _specified_ folder
> > and mark it as read
> >
> > The problem is that the only option I see, in the Rules wizard, is
> > "move a copy".
>
> Correct. That's all there is. If you disable the "Save copies of messages
> in Sent Items folder", then the "move a copy" action will result in a real
> move.
>
> > Furthermore, when I use that option, just to test the rule, the
> > message that was copied to the _specified_ folder looks unread.
> > That's why in my rule I want to add the option "and mark it as read".
>
> That action simply doesn't exist for outgoing messages.
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> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>