Change Outlook mailItem temporary

Question

When I modify or change any property in the mailItem, Outlook saves the changes permanently on exchange. For example, when I change the subject of a mail, then Outlook syncs the change with exchange. Is it possible to modify a mail temporarly, only for view purposes ?

Answer 1

Firstly, Outlook will not save changes unless Save is called. But it will prompt your save your changes if a message is closed by the user.

Most importantly, you need to rethink the problem you are trying to solve - it sure sounds like you want to display something different from what Outlook actually stores. You can attempt to display a different item entirely, or change (if possible) the way Outlook displays the data instead of temporarily modifying the item.