Macro/button to change message importance

[Dawn]

I have to change large numbers of messages that come into our company email as high importance until certain actions are taken and then I have to go back and change them to normal importance at some later time. I think it's crazy that this can only be done one at a time through the message options screen.

Is there a way to assign a macro to one button to change to high importance and to another button to change to normal importance?

 

[Molly Coddlez]

yeah, you need the MailIItem object, just loop through all the emails you want to change and assign importance this way

Dim mailMail As MailItem,

set mailMail = outlook.Session.Folders.Item(x).Folders.Item(y).Items.Item(z) ' where x is the index of the parent folder (default is Personal Folders) and y is the index of sub folder (be it a custom on e or your inbox or whatever) and z it the index of the email item

mailMail.Importance = olImportanceHigh 'for high

mailMail.Importance = olImportanceNormal 'you get the idea

Hope that helps