'New Outlook' - how to save sent emails in a different folder instead of Sent folder

Anonymous
2023-11-16T18:37:42+00:00

I have multiple subfolders for each of my projects. When I'm sending an email in my previous outlook, I was able to assign my email to a different subfolder than 'Sent Items' before I sent the email. I now don't see that as an option. How can I do this in the new Outlook?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T15:45:06+00:00

    Tracy,

    apologies, we must just have different versions :(

    Have you tried the "Reply" work around, if you set the option to save replies in the folder sent from if it's not the Inbox?
    Best of luck!

    Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2408 Build 16.0.17928.20114) 32-bit

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T15:33:09+00:00

    I also don't have the Save Sent Item To as an option in the toolbar:

    Clicking on the More options in the tool bar just gets me this (was hoping the save to was there - argh!!!)

    Outlook Version is:
    ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/82c4cb8a-ad74-486a-a29e-599c9b029673?platform=QnA

    So frustrating!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T10:01:01+00:00

    Maybe it's the version of Outlook you're running. Mine is a corporate Office 365

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T09:35:13+00:00

    If you start a new message, then click on the "Options" tab in the new message, there is a "Save Sent Item To" drop down menu, which would allow you to save the sent item where you choose. But it's clunky if you have a large set of folders and subfolders to navigate through.

    Nope. On my side "Save Sent Item To" isn't in the Option tab.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-12T11:08:56+00:00

    If you start a new message, then click on the "Options" tab in the new message, there is a "Save Sent Item To" drop down menu, which would allow you to save the sent item where you choose. But it's clunky if you have a large set of folders and subfolders to navigate through.

    Alternatively, when you want to send a new message and have it saved in a specific folder, go to the folder where you want your sent message to be saved, and "Reply" to an existing email in that folder (you may need to do a little cleaning up of the addressee, title and body, but quick enough). If you have the "When replying to a message that is not in the inbox...." option clicked, then your new "Reply" will be saved in that folder.

    What I would much prefer is that you could automatically direct that any Sent item, be saved in the folder that you had open when you created the message.

    Like the alternative above, but without having to go through the "Reply" rigmarole.

    Lucky I don't design Microsoft products!!
    :)

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