Outlook 2010 - Need help with a custom field.

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Farallon5

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Hello!

I use rules a lot. One of my favorite rules is to copy incoming messages to a certain folder and set a No Date follow up flag to appear to show me that that message has a rule applied to it successfully. This way I can tell at a glance which messages have already been filed and I can just delete them from the inbox after I have read them.

Unfortunately, it is cumbersome to see WHERE the message has been filed from the message list if I have a question about it or if I suspect my rule has filed it in the wrong folder.

I can get what I want by right clicking on a message and choosing "Find Related" > "Messages in this conversation" but I would like to add a custom field in a new column that shows me which folders a given flagged message can be found in. Each folder that the message has been copied to by my rule would be shown in the field, separated by a comma. Inbox could be omitted as I am already in the Inbox.

Any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
 

Diane Poremsky

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You might be able to do this using bits from a macro http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/email/sort-messages-sender-domain/ - actually, I think i would copy the message using the macro too, that way you have the folder path to insert into the field. There is a run a script rule at the bottom of the article.

use this to move it, the code on the other macro to set the field.

Dim strFile As String

strFile = "Inbox\Move"

Item.Move (Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("Move"))
 

Farallon5

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Hi Diane,

I could accept (barely) running a macro to see the folder(s) that my rule directed the message to, but I think running one to do the actual moving, etc would be converting an automatic rule into a manual task. Or am I misunderstanding your suggestion?

Thanks!
 

Diane Poremsky

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Outlook's Rules have an Action called "run a script". Instead of using the rule to move, you'll use the same rule but remove the move Action and add run a script, selecting the move script.

Outlook's Rules and Alerts: Run a Script

Maybe something like this

Public Sub MovedToScript(Item As Outlook.MailItem)
Dim objProp As Outlook.UserProperty
Dim strFile As String
strFile = "Inbox\Move"
Item.Copy (Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders(" Move"))


Set objProp = Item.UserProperties.Add("Copied To", olText, True)
objProp.Value = strFile
Item.Save

End Sub

- - - Updated - - -

Outlook's Rules have an Action called "run a script". Instead of using the rule to move, you'll use the same rule but remove the move Action and add run a script, selecting the move script.


Outlook's Rules and Alerts: Run a Script






Maybe something like this




Public Sub MovedToScript(Item As Outlook.MailItem)



Dim objProp As Outlook.UserProperty
Dim strFile As String
strFile = "Inbox\Move"



Item.Copy (Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders(" Move"))



Set objProp = Item.UserProperties.Add("Copied To", olText, True)
objProp.Value = strFile
Item.Save

End Sub
 
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