Hi, folks!

I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on a
"freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
those emails.

What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
during only certain times.

I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted to
see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Bruce

Am Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:21:03 -0700 schrieb BruceS:

Bruce, that´s quite simple: You can use the ItemAdd event of the Inbox (see
VBA help for an example). In that check the time and call the item´s Forward
method, which returns a new MailItem object. Add the address to it and call
that item´s Send method.

In OL XP you´d get a security prompt at the latest by calling the Send
method. You could display the message instead and press the Send button
manually, or use the Redemption (www.dimastr.com) to avoid that.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
-- www.VBOffice.net --


> Hi, folks!
>
> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on
a
> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> those emails.
>
> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> during only certain times.
>
> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted
to
> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

There are two ways you can to do that:

1. Using a MS Outlook add-in (an example would be Auto Reply Manager for
Outlook; you can find it here:
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/o...uto-reply.html)

2. Using a MS Outlook VBA script (which you can do it yourself or you can
find it on the internet)


"BruceS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:115D0479-B5A3-40B8-A4E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, folks!
>
> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on
> a
> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> those emails.
>
> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> during only certain times.
>
> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted
> to
> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

I had the same problem with rules wizard, in new rules set up, you need
to say select check messages when they arrive, set the condition (doubt
if you can set a time interval) then in the following screens you get
the option of what to do with the message(s) [you have to scroll down
the list of actions to see forward].
BruceS wrote:

> Hi, folks!
>
> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on a
> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> those emails.
>
> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> during only certain times.
>
> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted to
> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

I had a similar problem with rules wizard in trying to set up a simple
autoforward, in new rules set up, you need to say select check messages
when they arrive, set the condition (doubt if you can set a time
interval) then in the following screens you get the option of what to
do with the message(s) [you have to scroll down the list of actions to
see forward].
BruceS wrote:

> Hi, folks!
>
> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on a
> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> those emails.
>
> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> during only certain times.
>
> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted to
> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

Michael,
Thanks for responding. I've run into the SendTo required prompt (What a
pain!) doing Access apps. Can't use that because it requires a response for
each message and I'll hopefully be doing something more fun than working when
it pops up. Unless someone knows a way around the prompt, that would be a
deal breaker.
Bruce

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Am Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:21:03 -0700 schrieb BruceS:
>
> Bruce, that´s quite simple: You can use the ItemAdd event of the Inbox (see
> VBA help for an example). In that check the time and call the item´s Forward
> method, which returns a new MailItem object. Add the address to it and call
> that item´s Send method.
>
> In OL XP you´d get a security prompt at the latest by calling the Send
> method. You could display the message instead and press the Send button
> manually, or use the Redemption (www.dimastr.com) to avoid that.
>
> --
> Viele Gruesse / Best regards
> Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
> -- www.VBOffice.net --
>
>
> > Hi, folks!
> >
> > I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> > support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on
> a
> > "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> > those emails.
> >
> > What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> > automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> > rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> > during only certain times.
> >
> > I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> > customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted
> to
> > see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruce
>

Dan,
Thanks for repsonding! I've checked out the link. Looks like that may
work. The other approach won't because of the "security" in SendTo.
Best,
Bruce

"Dan Pascal" wrote:

> There are two ways you can to do that:
>
> 1. Using a MS Outlook add-in (an example would be Auto Reply Manager for
> Outlook; you can find it here:
> http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/o...uto-reply.html)
>
> 2. Using a MS Outlook VBA script (which you can do it yourself or you can
> find it on the internet)
>
>
> "BruceS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:115D0479-B5A3-40B8-A4E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi, folks!
> >
> > I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> > support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on
> > a
> > "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> > those emails.
> >
> > What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> > automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> > rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> > during only certain times.
> >
> > I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> > customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted
> > to
> > see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruce
>
>
>

What we ended up doing:

TMSoft allowed us to forward all "support" emails to both techs. (It would
not allow doing so only at certain hours.) Each tech set up a special folder
in their inbox to receive them. We just delete/ignore any that arrive when
we are not on duty.
Bruce

"BruceS" wrote:

> Hi, folks!
>
> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on a
> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> those emails.
>
> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> during only certain times.
>
> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted to
> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

Harold,
Thanks for replying. You're right, I didn't see Forward, and it won't allow
setting a time interval, only days. Will keep looking.
Bruce

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> I had the same problem with rules wizard, in new rules set up, you need
> to say select check messages when they arrive, set the condition (doubt
> if you can set a time interval) then in the following screens you get
> the option of what to do with the message(s) [you have to scroll down
> the list of actions to see forward].
> BruceS wrote:
>
> > Hi, folks!
> >
> > I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
> > support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up on a
> > "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick up
> > those emails.
> >
> > What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
> > automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
> > rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less forward
> > during only certain times.
> >
> > I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
> > customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I wanted to
> > see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruce
>
>

Am Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:06:02 -0700 schrieb BruceS:

As I told you, please visit www.dimastr.com/redemption

All you need to know about the security issues you can read here:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/sec.htm

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
-- www.VBOffice.net --


> Michael,
> Thanks for responding. I've run into the SendTo required prompt (What a
> pain!) doing Access apps. Can't use that because it requires a response
for
> each message and I'll hopefully be doing something more fun than working
when
> it pops up. Unless someone knows a way around the prompt, that would be a
> deal breaker.
> Bruce
>
> "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Am Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:21:03 -0700 schrieb BruceS:
>>
>> Bruce, that´s quite simple: You can use the ItemAdd event of the Inbox
(see
>> VBA help for an example). In that check the time and call the item´s
Forward
>> method, which returns a new MailItem object. Add the address to it and
call
>> that item´s Send method.
>>
>> In OL XP you´d get a security prompt at the latest by calling the Send
>> method. You could display the message instead and press the Send button
>> manually, or use the Redemption (www.dimastr.com) to avoid that.
>>
>> --
>> Viele Gruesse / Best regards
>> Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
>> -- www.VBOffice.net --
>>
>>
>>> Hi, folks!
>>>
>>> I (on the east coast) and another person (on the west cost) provide tech
>>> support for a small company. We have a "support" email account set up
on
>> a
>>> "freebie" (TMSoft) email server. I have my Outlook 2002 set up to pick
up
>>> those emails.
>>>
>>> What I want to do is, during specified hours each day, have those emails
>>> automatically forwarded to the west coast person. I looked in the inbox
>>> rules and did not see anything that would even forward, much less
forward
>>> during only certain times.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty good with VBA in Access but have never really done any
>>> customization for Outlook. Before diving into more programming, I
wanted
>> to
>>> see if there was anything already out there that would solve my problem.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bruce
>>