Automatic tracking of messages expected to be replies

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Does anyone know if Outlook has support and/or has any way to implement (ex.:
by VBA programming or thru forms) a way that when we send a message, we can
signal it that if the destinary does not reply in a certain number of days, I
get alerted to ask again for a reply, but if the destinary replies, this
alert is automatic cancelled? I suppose we can use some similar way to
Outlook use for tracking votes...
 
Hi Clarance,

OL´s support for that is calling VBA :-)

1) You could flag each sent message (Flag Due By). OL then warns you if
the message is stored in the default Inbox. If you like this mechnism
for other folders, too, you´d need to code your own or see e.g.
www.slovaktech.com.

2) Determining which message is a reply to a message you have sent isn´t
as easy. There are the ConversationIndex and -Topic properties. But
AFAIK this properties arn´t used by every mail client. In addition to
that the reply sender isn´t forced to use the reply button.

You could track the Inbox´ ItemAdd event and check the sender address.
Maybe the subject matches the original one, maybe not. Probably I would
implement a mechnism that allows the user also determining manually
whether the message is a reply or not.

If there is an incoming message recognized as a reply then the original
message´s flag can be deleted.
 
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