Policy
Message handling
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
You can use this setting to specify various options for how e-mail messages are handled.
Internal name
L_Messagehandling
Policy ID
589b5e378c17
Elements
5
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Autosave unsent every xx minutes (0=No AutoSave): ID L_Autosaveunsenteveryxxminutes0NoAutoSave | decimal | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\mailsettings Value name autosavetime Type REG_DWORD | Range: 0 to 99 | |
| User | After moving or deleting an open item: ID L_aftermovingordeletinganopenitem0 | enum | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences Value name aftermove Type REG_DWORD | Options: Open the next item (0), Return to the current folder (1), Open the previous item (2) | |
| User | Close original message when reply or forward ID L_Closeoriginalmessagewhenreplyorforward | boolean | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences Value name closeorig Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 | |
| User | Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder ID L_SavecopiesofmessagesinSentItemsfolder | boolean | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences Value name savesent Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 | |
| User | Automatically clean up plain text messages ID L_Automaticallycleanupplaintextmessages | boolean | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail Value name autoformatplaintext Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |
Autosave unsent every xx minutes (0=No AutoSave):
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\mailsettings
Value name
autosavetime
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: 0 to 99
After moving or deleting an open item:
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
Value name
aftermove
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Open the next item (0), Return to the current folder (1), Open the previous item (2)
Close original message when reply or forward
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
Value name
closeorig
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
Value name
savesent
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Automatically clean up plain text messages
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail
Value name
autoformatplaintext
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0