I was asked if it was possible to create an email within Outlook and make it look like it had been sent, without actually ever sending it. This question is very much in the grey area of "Don't ask why?"
After rummaging around on the Internet I couldn't actually find a reliable answer, but I remembered doing something similar with the nickname (.nk2 file)
1. Open Outlook
2. Click File - Manage Rules & Alters
3. Click Next
4. At the bottom of the window under Start from a blank rule, select 'Apply rule on messages I send'
5. Click Next
6. Tick the box that says 'sent to people or public group' then in the bottom window click on the underlined text 'people or public group'
7. In the To box enter the email address you are sending to then click OK
8. Click Next
9. Tick the box that says 'move a copy to the specified folder' then in the bottom window click on the underlined text 'specified'
10. Select Sent Items and click OK
11. Click Next (twice)
12. Click Finish
13. You will be warned that this rule will only run when Outlook is running, click OK (twice)
14. Either Disable your wireless / Internet connection OR put make Outlook Work Offline.
15. Create a new email and send it.
16. As Outlook is offline the message should stay in your Outbox. Scroll through your folders until you find the Outbox, it should show that 1 message is unread. Click into the Outbox and then delete the email contained within.
17. Navigate to your Sent Items, this should also show 1 unread item which is the email you have just 'sent'
18. If you want to modify the date on a sent item then you can do so by modifying the date / time on your computer.
I am currently still searching for a simpler solution, and am also looking out for some sort of add-in that may just create the sent object automatically without having to go thorough the steps outlined above
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