How can I drag an email to contacts w/ attachments?

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TAA - 01 May 2006 16:43 GMT

When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically. Is
there anyway to do this?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 May 2006 17:58 GMT

What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts Folder.

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> When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
> contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
> attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically. Is
> there anyway to do this?

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TAA - 01 May 2006 19:15 GMT

I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon on
the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder, but I
want to save some of the information from the email in my contacts. Dragging
opens a new contact and automatically fills in some of the areas. I can then
save just the signature or other information. What I want is to have
attachment links from the email show in the body of the contact area, so I
can access them from that location. Dragging saves a lot of time for me when
it comes to creating contacts, but not if I have to cut and past attachments.

> What exactly are you trying to achieve here?
> I would assume you are not trying to move messages into the Contacts Folder.
> > When I drag emails to contacts, the attachments are only listed in the
> > contact body; they are not actually attached. I can cut and paste the
> > attachment, but I would like the attachments to show up automatically. Is
> > there anyway to do this?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 May 2006 20:22 GMT

Not a good idea.
You would never want to store messages in a Contacts Folder. You store
messages in message folders.
Why not use the Activities Tab in Contacts to create links to the email
associated with a Contact? That's what it's for. Outlook does that for you
automatically and dynamically.

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>I am moving email into my contacts. I drag emails to the contacts icon on
> the navigation pane when I don't want to keep the email in a folder, but I
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TAA - 01 May 2006 21:19 GMT

I also drag emails into calendar and tasks and notes. I have the same
problem everytime - the attachment doesn't follow. Good idea or not - can it
be done?
(Yes- I use the activities tab, but if I want to delete the email, the
activities tab won't help. Again, I only want to keep a small portion of the
email and the attachment on the front page of the contact form.)

> Not a good idea.
> You would never want to store messages in a Contacts Folder. You store
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 May 2006 21:47 GMT

No.
Outlook is trying to protect you from destroying your data.
Store things where they belong. I bet you don't store your frozen food in
your attic or park your car in your refrigerator.
Each Outlook Item has unique properties and should only be stored a folder
designed for that Item.

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Russ Valentine
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>I also drag emails into calendar and tasks and notes. I have the same
> problem everytime - the attachment doesn't follow. Good idea or not - can
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Brian Tillman - 02 May 2006 02:09 GMT

> I bet you don't store your frozen
> food in your attic or park your car in your refrigerator.

For some winters in Michigan, your garage may as well be your refrigerator!

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