Use the MAPIFolder.Items.Add event to monitor the desired folder. The item added to it is passed as an argument. Help has code examples, and there is another at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/quarexe.htm.

Note that your scenario has nothing to do with custom Outlook forms. The newsgroup for general Outlook programming issues is "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm....program_v ba


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I have a folder in outlook 2003 whenever a new mail is dropped in this folder
it should send my customised reply to the person and after that the mail
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