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Old April 24th 08, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Josetta
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Default Flag Autoforwarded Messages with Rule

I autoforward emails that I get from a specific client to one of my
users, but I also send regular emails that are not autoforwarded to
him.

In order to distinguish the ones that are autoforwarded, I want to be
able to flag (on his machine) those messages after they arrive.
There is a field called Auto Forwarded and that is checked, so I want
to be able to check that field when the email arrives and if Auto
Forwarded is true, then flag it. (I tried just showing the
Autoforwarded check field, but my user says that's not enough...it's
particularly bad if he's looking for a specific email from me that
wasn't autoforwarded and he has to search though all the ones (and
there are lots) that were.) He feels more comfortable with the flags.

I found the criteria that says something about checking Document or
Form properties, but when I add a standard form, like the "note",
which is the message class of the message, I don't get to look at any
fields. (In custom forms that I've created, I am able to see fields
for those.)

Does anyone know how I can do this?

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Old April 25th 08, 02:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default Flag Autoforwarded Messages with Rule

Josetta wrote:

I autoforward emails that I get from a specific client to one of my
users, but I also send regular emails that are not autoforwarded to
him.

In order to distinguish the ones that are autoforwarded, I want to be
able to flag (on his machine) those messages after they arrive.
There is a field called Auto Forwarded and that is checked, so I want
to be able to check that field when the email arrives and if Auto
Forwarded is true, then flag it.


I don't believe you can affect the flag attribute of the message in his mail
client.
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Old April 25th 08, 07:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Diane Poremsky {MVP}
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Default Flag Autoforwarded Messages with Rule

I don't think rules can detect which are autoforwarded and which are
manually forwarded - If it were me, I'd use a rule that looked for messages
from you, that had FW: in the subject line and flag. As long as you don't
forward a lot of things manually that he doesn't need flagged, it'll work.

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"Josetta" wrote in message
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I autoforward emails that I get from a specific client to one of my
users, but I also send regular emails that are not autoforwarded to
him.

In order to distinguish the ones that are autoforwarded, I want to be
able to flag (on his machine) those messages after they arrive.
There is a field called Auto Forwarded and that is checked, so I want
to be able to check that field when the email arrives and if Auto
Forwarded is true, then flag it. (I tried just showing the
Autoforwarded check field, but my user says that's not enough...it's
particularly bad if he's looking for a specific email from me that
wasn't autoforwarded and he has to search though all the ones (and
there are lots) that were.) He feels more comfortable with the flags.

I found the criteria that says something about checking Document or
Form properties, but when I add a standard form, like the "note",
which is the message class of the message, I don't get to look at any
fields. (In custom forms that I've created, I am able to see fields
for those.)

Does anyone know how I can do this?

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Old April 25th 08, 08:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Josetta
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Default Flag Autoforwarded Messages with Rule

Thank you both for your replies. Not what I wanted to hear...but I
just came up with an idea that my very visually motivated user is fine
with...

I set up Automatic Formatting to say if Autoforwarded is True make the
font Bold Green. Problem solved.

Thanks for your help!

Josetta


On Apr 25, 1:44*pm, "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:
I don't think rules can detect which are autoforwarded and which are
manually forwarded - If it were me, I'd use a rule that looked for messages
from you, that had FW: in the subject line and flag. *As long as you don't
forward a lot of things manually that he doesn't need flagged, it'll work.

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"Josetta" wrote in message

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I autoforward emails that I get from a specific client to one of my
users, but I also send regular emails that are not autoforwarded to
him.


In order to distinguish the ones that are autoforwarded, I want to be
able to flag *(on his machine) those messages after they arrive.
There is a field called Auto Forwarded and that is checked, so I want
to be able to check that field when the email arrives and if Auto
Forwarded is true, then flag it. *(I tried just showing the
Autoforwarded check field, but my user says that's not enough...it's
particularly bad if he's looking for a specific email from me that
wasn't autoforwarded and he has to search though all the ones (and
there are lots) that were.) *He feels more comfortable with the flags.


I found the criteria that says something about checking Document or
Form properties, but when I add a standard form, like the "note",
which is the message class of the message, I don't get to look at any
fields. *(In custom forms that I've created, I am able to see fields
for those.)


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