OL97: Preventing Reply All to Large Aliases

• Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

Sometimes you may want to prevent a Reply All to an e-mail message that you send to a large alias. This article describes how to design a new message form in Microsoft Outlook 97 that does not have a Reply All button for use in these cases.

MORE INFORMATION

To design a new message form that does not provide for Reply All, follow these steps:

1. In Outlook, open a new Mail Message.

2. On the Tools menu in the new message, click Design Outlook Form.

3. Click the (Actions) tab.

4. Double-click the Reply To All line.

5. In the Form Action Properties dialog box, click to clear the Enabled check box, and then click OK.

6. On the File menu, click Publish Form As.

7. In the Publish Form As dialog box, in the Form Name field, type a name for your new form.

8. Click Publish In, move to your Inbox, click OK, and then click Publish.

9. Close the form without saving.

NOTE: An alternative to creating a new form is to place the recipient addresses on the "Bcc:" line rather than the "To:" line. Then if a recipient chooses "Reply to All" only you, the Sender, will receive the reply. To access the "Bcc:" line, click "Bcc Field" on the message's View menu.