Messages are intended to be sent, not posted to folders. Therefore, the default form for a folder cannot be a message form. You can still launch the form from the Action menu in the Inbox.

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"Demon News" wrote in message ...
I'm new to this so bear with me.

I wanted to add a new field to the form new emails use. I used an email from
the inbox and did a `design this form', then published the form to the inbox
folder with the new field added. My problem is that when I go to the `When
posting to the folder, use' and tried to set the default form to the new one
I get the error; `You cannot create an item of this type in this folder.'

I understand that the form an email message uses is an IPM.Note. So why then
is the default form for the Inbox IPM.Post ?

Am I missing something fundamental here?

Thx.
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np