Grouping by subject (how to associate emails to same discussion)

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New to this forum, but trying to find a way to programatically group mail
items in a folder by the subject (i.e. want to export mail folder into a
threaded discussion forum).

When I am in Outlook and I sort by Subject, it knows that the 'Subject 1'
email 'belongs' with 'RE:Subject 1' and 'RE:RE:Subject' etc.

How can I do this programatically so I can export it into my threaded
discussion forum.
 
I'm more of a user interface guy, but here's my thoughts (take with a
grain of salt):

You want to programatically create a grouping of emails based on
commonality of a specific subject. I assume you're not counting on the
Subject line field. I've used word indexer Outlook plug-ins like
lookout or NEO (emailorganizer.com) Now you're looking to create this
functionality and I'm talking about an "in the box" solution". I think
its a good idea for you to look at NEO's user functionality as you may
model from this. In NEO I can take the discussion topic "WIDGET",
perform search on "WIDGET", in split second have all the emails that
mentioned "WIDGET". I can then further group these and then with a
seperate function, identify all unique correspondents (by email
address). Each correspondent created in NEO further has a folder
connected to it in which you can input further contact info. I'm a
business/sales+marketing user so this is helpful to me.

I apologize if I'm totally off track here. I'm new to developer boards.
Personally, I'm looking for help in customizing Outlook forms (more
specifically BCM forms withing Outlook)

Adios
 
The ConversationTopic property may be what you're looking for.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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