Good idea. I will check to seek if the profile which was displayed in the logon inputs of my code, to see if that profile has that option set. That might do it!
Now why didn't I or my operating system guy think of that. Thanks.

>>>(The reason I didn't give too much detail is that in a component world we should be able to talk about object models that don't change from version to version if I understand COM properly. I think my question should be, "If outbox is the name of the folder that I need to write a message in to send it, what is the folder object name that will let me create a message in the Sent Items folder?"
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>I asked for more detail because your first post did not say HOW you were sending a message to the Outbox. You said: "When I send a message to the Outbox Folder...".
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>I'll check a few things and get back to you later, but here's a due diligence item to check out for now: Have you verified what profile is being used for certain when you start under program control, and if "Save copies of messages in sent items folder" under Options, Sending is checked? (That's what it's called in OL97, might be diff in 2000).