Auto forward email that is moves into a specific outlook folder

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richardwing

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Outlook 365 64 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
Hello I really love this forum. :)

I am really new to VBA.

I am looking to auto reply and auto forward the same email, each with a custom html body message, when the email arrives into a specific folder.

I located this vba to auto forward emails. but its not folder specific nor does it have the reply functionality either.

Code:
Sub ForwardEmail(Item As Outlook.MailItem)
// Determine if it’s an email
If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
    With Item.Forward
        .Subject = ("ITS - ") & Item.Subject
        .Recipients.Add "backup@email.com"
        .Recipients.Add "backup2@email.com"
        ' You need to overwrite the Body or HTMLBody to get rid of the auto signature
        .HTMLBody = Item.HTMLBody ' <-- Or use .Body for Plain Text
        '.Display ' <-- For Debug
        .Send ' <-- Put break here to Debug
End With
End If
End Sub

Could someone help with this. I am willing to pay as well. Just direct me to the correct place to discus payment.


Lastly, is there a bit of code that I can add to allow any of the vba scripts that I come across that run for inbox items to only run in specific folders?

Thanks for your time and direction.

Richard
 

Diane Poremsky

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Outlook version
Outlook 2016 32 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
Lastly, is there a bit of code that I can add to allow any of the vba scripts that I come across that run for inbox items to only run in specific folders?
You need to use an itemadd macro for this - it watches the folder and when a new message is added, does whatever.


Code:
Option Explicit
Private objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Private WithEvents objItems As Outlook.Items

Private Sub Application_Startup()
 
Dim objWatchFolder As Outlook.Folder
Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

'Set the folder and items to watch:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objItems = objWatchFolder.Items

Set objWatchFolder = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub objItems_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)

' Determine if it’s an email
If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
    
    With Item.Forward
        .Subject = ("ITS - ") & Item.Subject
        .Recipients.Add "backup@email.com"
        .Recipients.Add "backup2@email.com"
        ' You need to overwrite the Body or HTMLBody to get rid of the auto signature
        .HTMLBody = Item.HTMLBody ' <-- Or use .Body for Plain Text
        .Display ' <-- For Debug
        '.Send ' <-- Put break here to Debug
    End With

    With Item.Reply
        .Body = "Regarding: " & Item.Subject & vbCrLf & _
            "In Reply to: " & Item.Subject & vbCrLf & _
            "More required text" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Item.Body 
        .CC = "alias1@domain.com"
        .BCC = "alias2@domain.com"
        .Subject = "subject text- " & Item.Subject
        .Display

    End With
End If
End Sub
 

richardwing

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Outlook version
Outlook 365 64 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
You need to use an itemadd macro for this - it watches the folder and when a new message is added, does whatever.


Code:
Option Explicit
Private objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Private WithEvents objItems As Outlook.Items

Private Sub Application_Startup()
 
Dim objWatchFolder As Outlook.Folder
Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

'Set the folder and items to watch:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objItems = objWatchFolder.Items

Set objWatchFolder = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub objItems_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)

' Determine if it’s an email
If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
   
    With Item.Forward
        .Subject = ("ITS - ") & Item.Subject
        .Recipients.Add "backup@email.com"
        .Recipients.Add "backup2@email.com"
        ' You need to overwrite the Body or HTMLBody to get rid of the auto signature
        .HTMLBody = Item.HTMLBody ' <-- Or use .Body for Plain Text
        .Display ' <-- For Debug
        '.Send ' <-- Put break here to Debug
    End With

    With Item.Reply
        .Body = "Regarding: " & Item.Subject & vbCrLf & _
            "In Reply to: " & Item.Subject & vbCrLf & _
            "More required text" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Item.Body
        .CC = "alias1@domain.com"
        .BCC = "alias2@domain.com"
        .Subject = "subject text- " & Item.Subject
        .Display

    End With
End If
End Sub

Thank you for the response to my post. I regret to say I am not quite sure where or how I would define the folder or sub folder I would like it to process.

If its not too much trouble could you explain that piece in detail where and how I insert the name of the folder I wish the code to work in. :)

Thanks in advance.
 

richardwing

Member
Outlook version
Outlook 365 64 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
To set a folder on the same level as the inbox would I switch out the lines like so?

Code:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) 

with

Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder("folder1")

To set a subfolder of a folder on the same level as Inbox would I switch out the line like so?
Code:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) 

with

Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder("folder1").Folders("fol2")


To set a subfolder of inbox folder would I switch out the line like so?

Code:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) 

with

Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("fol2")
 

Diane Poremsky

Senior Member
Outlook version
Outlook 2016 32 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
Same level as inbox:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name")

Subfolder of folder at same level as inbox
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name").folders("name")
but... you shouldn't use so many dots.

This is better -
Set objParentFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name")
Set objWatchFolder = objParentFolder.folders("name")

This is correct for a subfolder of the inbox -
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("fol2")

If you are using multiple folders, I would do it like this -

Set objInboxFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objParentFolder = objInboxFolder.Parent.Folders("Folder name")
Set objWatchFolder = objParentFolder.folders("name")

Set objParentFolder2 = objInboxFolder.Parent.Folders("Folder name2")
Set objWatchFolder2 = objParentFolder.folders("name2")

 

richardwing

Member
Outlook version
Outlook 365 64 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
Same level as inbox:
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name")

Subfolder of folder at same level as inbox
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name").folders("name")
but... you shouldn't use so many dots.

This is better -
Set objParentFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Folder name")
Set objWatchFolder = objParentFolder.folders("name")

This is correct for a subfolder of the inbox -
Set objWatchFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("fol2")

If you are using multiple folders, I would do it like this -

Set objInboxFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objParentFolder = objInboxFolder.Parent.Folders("Folder name")
Set objWatchFolder = objParentFolder.folders("name")

Set objParentFolder2 = objInboxFolder.Parent.Folders("Folder name2")
Set objWatchFolder2 = objParentFolder.folders("name2")

Thank you so much.
 
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