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bisaacs@telus.net - 31 Jan 2008 20:05 GMT

Hi all,

I am using outlook 2007 on vista. I would like to automatically
categorize contacts based on attributes of an e-mail sent or recieved.
A rule would be the obvious solution, but the rules wizard only allows
you to do this for the e-mail itself and not the contact.

Any suggestions?

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Brian Tillman - 31 Jan 2008 21:17 GMT

> I am using outlook 2007 on vista. I would like to automatically
> categorize contacts based on attributes of an e-mail sent or recieved.
> A rule would be the obvious solution, but the rules wizard only allows
> you to do this for the e-mail itself and not the contact.

As far as I can tell, you can't automatically categorize a contact based on
a mail message. Perhaps you could do something like that writing your own
Visual Basic code, but a rule sure can't. Rules act upon messages, not
other item types.

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bisaacs@telus.net - 31 Jan 2008 22:00 GMT

> bisa...@telus.net <bisa...@telus.net> wrote:
> > I am using outlook 2007 on vista. I would like to automatically
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> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian, I just thought I would check with the experts.

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Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook] - 01 Feb 2008 06:22 GMT

I'm curious, how do you want to categorize the contacts?

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Easy Categorizing:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:05:01 -0800 (PST) schrieb bisaacs@telus.net:

> Hi all,
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> Any suggestions?

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bisaacs@telus.net - 01 Feb 2008 15:38 GMT

On Jan 31, 11:22 pm, "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" <m...@mvps.org>
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> I'm curious, how do you want to categorize the contacts?
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Hi Michael,

Categorization should be based on the contents of the subject line,
the presence of an attachment, etc---just as for the categorization of
email, but applied to the contact. I work as a business broker and
receive hundreds on inquiries from individuals that need to be
categorized according to the email correspondence.

Thanks again for your interest.

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Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook] - 04 Feb 2008 06:31 GMT

Thanks. For the Addin Category Manager I'm always interested in how people
want to categorize their data.

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Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
The Tool for Working with Outlook Categories:
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Am Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:38:11 -0800 (PST) schrieb bisaacs@telus.net:

> On Jan 31, 11:22 pm, "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" <m...@mvps.org>
> wrote:
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>> Easy Categorizing:
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<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

>> Am Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:05:01 -0800 (PST) schrieb bisa...@telus.net:
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> Thanks again for your interest.

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