Message handling

You can use this setting to specify various options for how e-mail messages are handled.

Supported on: At least Windows 7
After moving or deleting an open item:


  1. Open the next item
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
    Value Nameaftermove
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. Return to the current folder
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
    Value Nameaftermove
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1
  3. Open the previous item
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
    Value Nameaftermove
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2

Close original message when reply or forward
Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
Value Namecloseorig
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1
False Value0
Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder
Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
Value Namesavesent
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1
False Value0
Autosave unsent every xx minutes (0=No AutoSave):

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\mailsettings
Value Nameautosavetime
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value3
Min Value0
Max Value99
Automatically clean up plain text messages
Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail
Value Nameautoformatplaintext
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value1
False Value0

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