Turning on outlook rules remotely

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Im looking for a way to turn an outlook rule on by sending an e-mail
to a host computer with certain words in the subject.

eg I have a rule set up, that when I am sick all support e-mails for
my company get forwarded to my 2ic to handle in my absence. I want a
way for her to send my computer an e-mail with "Turn Fwd On" or
similar in the subject line and for my computer to then turn on the
forwarding rule.

Any help much appreciated

James
 
With rules itself that's not possible, and without Exchange you can't rely
on that Outlook handles your messages while you're absent. In principle it
could work this way:

Create a Run-a-Script rule that will be called for every message which
should be forwarded - even if you aren't absent.

The code would look like this:

Private m_Forward as Boolean

Public ForwardMessages(Mail as Outlook.MailItem)
On Error Resume Next
Dim Fwd as Outlook.MailItem

If m_Forward Then
Set Fwd=Mail.Forward
Fwd.To = "next address"
Fwd.Send
Endif
End Sub

Then create another Run-a-Script rule that parses your 'switch rule on'
messages. If a message comes in that should switch on the rule then set the
flag m_Forward = True; for switching it off again set the flag = False.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Quick-Cats - Categorize Outlook data:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am 30 May 2007 22:49:04 -0700 schrieb (e-mail address removed):
 
Actually, with Outlook 2007, you could write a "run a script" rule to turn rules on and off.

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

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
 
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