Exporting new email to file - vba

Question

There are a few sources from which we receive specific emails. The easiest way to categorize them is by mail title or even source email address.
We are trying to automatically save all incoming emails to file, whether it's a TXT or PDF so we can pull up a back up file when there is a problem with the network, email or whatever else is malfunctioning.
I tried to create a macro from a few similar topics;
Private Sub Application_Startup()
Dim olNs As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim Inbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set olNs = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Inbox = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set Items = Inbox.Items
End Sub
Private Sub Items_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)
If TypeOf Item Is Outlook.MailItem Then
SaveMailAsFile Item ' call sub
End If
End Sub
Public Sub SaveMailAsFile(ByVal Item As Object)
Dim olNs As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim Inbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim SubFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim Items As Outlook.Items
Dim ItemSubject As String
Dim NewName As String
Dim RevdDate As Date
Dim Path As String
Dim Ext As String
Dim i As Long
Set olNs = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Inbox = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set Items = Inbox.Items.Restrict("[Subject] = 'VVAnalyze Results'")
Path = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\Desktop\Backup Reports\"
ItemSubject = Item.Subject
RevdDate = Item.ReceivedTime
Ext = "txt"
For i = Items.Count To 1 Step -1
Set Item = Items.Item(i)
DoEvents
If Item.Class = olMail Then
Debug.Print Item.Subject ' Immediate Window
Set SubFolder = Inbox.Folders("Temp") ' <--- Update Fldr Name
ItemSubject = Format(RevdDate, "YYYYMMDD-HHNNSS") _
& " - " & _
Item.Subject & Ext
ItemSubject = FileNameUnique(Path, ItemSubject, Ext)
Item.SaveAs Path & ItemSubject, olTXT
Item.Move SubFolder
End If
Next
Set olNs = Nothing
Set Inbox = Nothing
Set SubFolder = Nothing
Set Items = Nothing
End Sub
'// Check if the file exists
Private Function FileExists(FullName As String) As Boolean
Dim fso As Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If fso.FileExists(FullName) Then
FileExists = True
Else
FileExists = False
End If
Exit Function
End Function
'// If the same file name exist then add (1)
Private Function FileNameUnique(Path As String, _
FileName As String, _
Ext As String) As String
Dim lngF As Long
Dim lngName As Long
lngF = 1
lngName = Len(FileName) - (Len(Ext) + 1)
FileName = Left(FileName, lngName)
Do While FileExists(Path & FileName & Chr(46) & Ext) = True
FileName = Left(FileName, lngName) & " (" & lngF & ")"
lngF = lngF + 1
Loop
FileNameUnique = FileName & Chr(46) & Ext
Exit Function
End Function
While I understand that Outlook cache is available even off line some are insisting to have back up files on a physical hard drive.
I know I could manually select those files and create a copy by drag&drop but that is insufficient.
I am aware of
https://www.techhit.com/messagesave/screenshots.html. It would be difficult to have this idea accepted because GDPR blah blah blah.

Answer 1

You could use this code, paste it in the ThisOutlookSession module.
To test this code sample without restarting Outlook, click in the Application_Startup procedure then click Run.
Option Explicit
Private WithEvents Items As Outlook.Items
Private Sub Application_Startup()
Dim Ns As Outlook.NameSpace
Set Ns = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Items = Ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items
End Sub
Private Sub Items_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)
If TypeOf Item Is Outlook.MailItem Then
Dim sPath As String
Dim dtDate As Date
Dim sName As String
Dim enviro As String
enviro = CStr(Environ("USERPROFILE"))
sName = Item.Subject
ReplaceCharsForFileName sName, "_"
dtDate = Item.ReceivedTime
sName = Format(dtDate, "yyyymmdd", vbUseSystemDayOfWeek, _
vbUseSystem) & Format(dtDate, "-hhnnss", _
vbUseSystemDayOfWeek, vbUseSystem) & "-" & sName & ".msg"
' use My Documents for older Windows.
sPath = enviro & "\Documents\"
Debug.Print sPath & sName
Item.SaveAs sPath & sName, olMSG
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ReplaceCharsForFileName(sName As String, _
sChr As String _
)
sName = Replace(sName, "/", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, "\", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, ":", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, "?", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, Chr(34), sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, "<", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, ">", sChr)
sName = Replace(sName, "|", sChr)
End Sub
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