Outlook data collection

[Dave]

Question. We have a long-standing email address "(e-mail address removed)" sort of
thing. My boss asked if an email sent to this email address could be changed
to become a small form. ie can an existing Outlook email address, when
addressed in the TO: line by anyone in the Outlook global, bring up an email
containing form fields for data collection?

Any ideas? thanks

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Question. We have a long-standing email address "(e-mail address removed)"

sort of thing. My boss asked if an email sent to this email address
could be changed to become a small form. ie can an existing Outlook
email address, when addressed in the TO: line by anyone in the Outlook
global, bring up an email containing form fields for data collection?

Any ideas? thanks

Sort of?

First, the answer to 'When addressed in the To line, can you change the form',
the answer is no, not unless you reprogram the default forms in Outlook to
be able to do that.

What you could do is create a custom form and require everyone use it to
mail this email address within the company.

Or you could create a webform that would submit the questions to the address.

 

[Dave]

First, the answer to 'When addressed in the To line, can you change the form',
the answer is no, not unless you reprogram the default forms in Outlook to
be able to do that.

What you could do is create a custom form and require everyone use it to
mail this email address within the company.

Or you could create a webform that would submit the questions to the address.

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f.h.
Microsoft Outlook MVP

Thanks FH, that is helpful to know. What if the existing outlook email forwarded all emails by a rule to a new address? Could a new from scratch email address be configured to collect data in any way? Are there semantic abilities to pull the user's name out of the email and drop in a SharePoint List or something of that nature? Or maybe I can publish an InfoPath Form to an Outlook email address somehow?

Advice appreciated, Thanks