Retaining date and time of email when copying

[emozley]

Hi,

Is there a way of copying an email from MS Outlook (2003) to a windows folder in such a way that the date/time created is retained? At the moment the date/time is that at which the email was moved rather than that at which it was created.

Thanks very much

Ed

 

[xlbo]

That's because it is the date and time that the .msg file was created. It has nothing to do with the Date Sent property of the email

Rgds, Geoff

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[emozley]

I see - is there any round this then?

The only piece of software I've been able to find to do this is here:

http://www.topshareware.com/Outlook-Attachment-Sniffer-transfer-12736.htm

 

[xlbo]

I would imagien that the "Date Sent" property of the email itself still exists - what is it that you are trying to achieve here ?

Rgds, Geoff

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[emozley]

I am trying to copy an email from Outlook to a windows folder but I want the date modified (in properties) to be the date the email was written rather than the date the email was copied.

 

[xlbo]

Not going to be do-able without some code I wouldn't have thought - you may be able to write VBA that examines the email, and uses the date sent as a variable to amend the properties of the .msg file but I ask again - why ? You have said that you want to save .msg files to a windows folder - why do you want to do that ? maybe there is a better way of doing what you need to do without saving to a folder...

Rgds, Geoff

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[bobw]

emozley,
This may not be just what you want, but have you tried opening the email as if you were forwarding it and then copy all to Word?
Bob

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