Saving Sent (Outbound) Emails

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Saving Sent (Outbound) Emails

This feature allows you to prompt you to save your sent emails to Docsvault. This helps in maintaining a centralized repository of all your important email communications.

 

Enabling the Feature:
 

1.User Configuration:

 

oYou can enable this setting from the Options form of your Outlook Add-in.

 
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oUsers can also set their 'Ignore List' to ignore prompts for specified email accounts or domains to ensure that the prompts are kept to a minimum.
 
 

2.Admin Configuration:
 

oYour system administrator can enable this feature from global User Settings in the Docsvault Server Manager.

 

MS Outlook Save Sent Message Setting

MS Outlook Save Sent Message Setting

 

oAdministrators can create a system-wide ignore lists of email accounts to exclude in the automating saving process.
 

Go to Add-Ins menu in MS Outlook and select Docsvault > Options.

Open Ignore List: Click on the Ignore List button.

Add Email Accounts: Click Add to add email accounts you want to exclude from the automatic saving process.

Set Visibility: Choose whether to make the ignore list public (visible to all internal users) or private (only visible to you).

 

MS Outlook Save Sent Message Setting

MS Outlook Save Sent Message Setting

 

 

 

How it Works:

Email Sent: When you send an email, Docsvault prompts you to save it.

Email Captured: The system identifies eligible emails,excluding those on the ignore list.

Email Indexed: Captured emails are indexed and stored in Docsvault.

Email Accessible: You can access and search for these saved emails within Docsvault, just like any other document.

 

Steps to Save Emails

 

Save Sent Message

Save Sent Message

 

Prompt to Save: When you send an email, Docsvault will prompt you to save it.

Select Destination Folder: Use the Docsvault navigator to choose the desired folder.

Provide Index Information: In the Import Files and Folders dialog, select a profile and fill in the necessary index fields (description, notes, etc.).

Import Email: Click the "Import" button to save the copy of the email as a .msg file in Docsvault, The original email will remain in your Sent folder.

 
Note on Attachments:

Depending on your attachment preferences in the Add-on Options, attachments may be:

oEmbedded directly into the saved email.

oSaved separately in a designated folder.

You can view and manage these attachments within Docsvault.