On Aug 13, 2024, at 08:31, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
The thing about Outlook automation is that its days are probably numbered in the medium to long term. Once the 'new' Outlook client is the default and the current native application is unsupported none of the MAPI or Object Model stuff will apply anymore. Using the Outlook Graph API is probably the future for this sort of requirement.
Speaking of the "New Outlook", I asked perplexity.ai how to disable quoting in that version. Its reply:
In the "New Outlook," there is currently no built-in setting to turn off quoting of the entire message when replying. Unlike the classic Outlook, which provides options under the "File" tab to manage how original messages are included in replies, the "New Outlook" lacks this feature. Users have reported that there is no straightforward way to set up automatic quoting or to disable it entirely in the new interface.As a workaround, you can manually delete the quoted text after hitting reply, or copy and paste only the specific parts of the message you wish to include in your response. Unfortunately, until Microsoft updates the "New Outlook" with more customizable reply settings, these manual methods are the primary options available.
I've always suspected that Microsoft adopted this approach not because it was useful to users, but because it bloated the storage requirements for a business running Exchange, forcing companies to pay lots more money for storage.
-- Ed Leafe