How To Automatically Close A Message With A Reply/Forward

When you open an Outlook message in its own window, by default that window remains open until you close it. However, Outlook has a setting that will automatically close messages when you reply to or forward them.

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1. Click File
2. Click on Options
   
3. Select Mail in the left column
4. In the right column scroll down to Replies and Forwards
5. Click the Close original message windows when replying or forwarding checkbox
   
6. Click OK