Auto Open Contact From Email in Inbox

[Guest]

Is there any add-on or way in Outlook to automatically open the matching
contact from an incoming email address? That is, when I respond to an email
where the contact is already in Outlook, I would like the contact to be
automatically opened and my response automatically entered into the notes
field. I would be happy to by and add-on that gives me this capability, if
anyone knows of one.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Wouldn't it be better to use Outlook the way it was designed? The Notes
field of the Contact Record was not designed to be a repository for all your
email correspondence. Message Folders are, and the Activities Tab in the
Contact Record provides a dynamic link to all your correspondence with a
given Contact.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

YOu can poke around here for starters:
http://www.slipstick.com

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After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) asked:

| Is there any add-on or way in Outlook to automatically open the
| matching contact from an incoming email address? That is, when I
| respond to an email where the contact is already in Outlook, I would
| like the contact to be automatically opened and my response
| automatically entered into the notes field. I would be happy to by
| and add-on that gives me this capability, if anyone knows of one.

 

[Guest]

Russ,

Thanks for your suggestion but the Activities tab doesn't contain the detail
I need. Rather, it just contains an obscure, one line reference for every
email between that contact and me - no dates, no ability to see what is
behind that obscure one line, cryptic descriptor without having to open each
& every email. I DO USE Notes as a repository for all my email
correspondence and it works great, except I have to constantly cut and paste
emails into it. What I was hoping for is that someone has written a little
utility to: 1) automatically open a contact when I receive an email from
them; 2) let me copy the email and my response directly into notes without
the laborious cutting and pasting; 3) eliminate all the blank lines.

If you know of anything like this, regardless of the cost, please give me
the details, Thanks, Mike

Wouldn't it be better to use Outlook the way it was designed? The Notes
field of the Contact Record was not designed to be a repository for all your
email correspondence. Message Folders are, and the Activities Tab in the
Contact Record provides a dynamic link to all your correspondence with a
given Contact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Is there any add-on or way in Outlook to automatically open the matching
contact from an incoming email address? That is, when I respond to an
email
where the contact is already in Outlook, I would like the contact to be
automatically opened and my response automatically entered into the notes
field. I would be happy to by and add-on that gives me this capability,
if
anyone knows of one.

 

[Guest]

Milly,

Thanks for your suggestion. I went to slipstick and scrolled through all
their Outlook Contact Add-Ons but didn't find what I need. What I want to do
is USE Notes as a repository for all my email correspondence AUTOMATICALLY.
I do it manually right now and it works great, except I have to constantly
cut and paste emails into it. What I was hoping for is that someone has
written a little utility to: 1) automatically open a contact when I receive
an email from them; 2) let me copy the email contents and my response
directly into notes without the laborious cutting and pasting; 3) eliminate
all the blank lines.

If you know of anything like this, regardless of the cost, please give me
the details. I would even be willing to help pay for someone to write this
type of program, Thanks, Mike

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Sorry. Nothing I know of. The Activities Tab seems to fit most everyone
else's needs in this regard since a simple double click of the item returns
all the detail you require.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thanks for your suggestion but the Activities tab doesn't contain the
detail
I need. Rather, it just contains an obscure, one line reference for every
email between that contact and me - no dates, no ability to see what is
behind that obscure one line, cryptic descriptor without having to open
each
& every email. I DO USE Notes as a repository for all my email
correspondence and it works great, except I have to constantly cut and
paste
emails into it. What I was hoping for is that someone has written a
little
utility to: 1) automatically open a contact when I receive an email from
them; 2) let me copy the email and my response directly into notes without
the laborious cutting and pasting; 3) eliminate all the blank lines.

If you know of anything like this, regardless of the cost, please give me
the details, Thanks, Mike

Wouldn't it be better to use Outlook the way it was designed? The Notes
field of the Contact Record was not designed to be a repository for all
your
email correspondence. Message Folders are, and the Activities Tab in the
Contact Record provides a dynamic link to all your correspondence with a
given Contact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"(e-mail address removed)" <[email protected]@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message

Is there any add-on or way in Outlook to automatically open the
matching
contact from an incoming email address? That is, when I respond to an
email
where the contact is already in Outlook, I would like the contact to be
automatically opened and my response automatically entered into the
notes
field. I would be happy to by and add-on that gives me this
capability,
if
anyone knows of one.

 

[Herallyon]

Mike,

I know you would rather have the data pasted into notes, but I want to
address your comment about the Activities tab. If there are not enough
data in the one line, you can add columns for any field you want, just
like all the other views in Outlook, and you can sort by a range of
filters, including Conversation.

I use this extensively, and then just double click on the line item to
get all the information.

Russ,

Thanks for your suggestion but the Activities tab doesn't contain the
detail I need. Rather, it just contains an obscure, one line
reference for every email between that contact and me - no dates, no
ability to see what is behind that obscure one line, cryptic
descriptor without having to open each & every email. I DO USE Notes
as a repository for all my email correspondence and it works great,
except I have to constantly cut and paste emails into it. What I was
hoping for is that someone has written a little utility to: 1)
automatically open a contact when I receive an email from them; 2)
let me copy the email and my response directly into notes without the
laborious cutting and pasting; 3) eliminate all the blank lines.

If you know of anything like this, regardless of the cost, please
give me the details, Thanks, Mike

Wouldn't it be better to use Outlook the way it was designed? The
Notes field of the Contact Record was not designed to be a
repository for all your email correspondence. Message Folders are,
and the Activities Tab in the Contact Record provides a dynamic
link to all your correspondence with a given Contact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"(e-mail address removed)"

Is there any add-on or way in Outlook to automatically open the
matching contact from an incoming email address? That is, when I
respond to an email
where the contact is already in Outlook, I would like the contact
to be automatically opened and my response automatically entered
into the notes field. I would be happy to by and add-on that
gives me this capability, if
anyone knows of one.

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