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Intro/general:
(A) I am proficient with outlook, as a user. Below is an annoying issue on
Outlook (known and I believe reported to Microsoft several years ago).
(B) A user-friendly solution within outlook menus is needed for us the
humble non-IT public, since it is an important gap/weakness in MS Outlook,
and I request that all MVPs would help vote to have Microsoft eventually
resolve it.
(C) Finally, Is this message the best means of passing this issue for action
by Microsoft?, If not then I ask any MVP to forward this problem to
"Microsoft decision
makers" on my behalf for full appropriate action, and let me know if he/she
did.
(D) In the meantime temporary help from an MVP to tackle this problem would
be appreciated:
The PROBLEM: Rules wizard dialog can set the category of an email ( on send
or on receive) to a given master list or user defined category. But
apparently there is no way to unset the category of an email (in order not to
impose one user’s choice of category on an email to the recipient and it is
not reasonable to expect all users to implement VBA's to null out our own
preferred categories !!).
Basically, With RulesWizard I can set “category†to anything, but I am
unable to reset it to “null/ or noneâ€.
Altern_re-phrased Q: What is the equivalent of “none†category to be input
in the appropriate field, within the the ruleswizard dialog, in order to
empty-out/reset the category to “none†?
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More info_ I have found today:
(1) that for outgoing emails from my company exchange server which are
forwarded to my home pc outlook (via another .org server), that the category
somehow resets to none. The latter hints to me that there must be a solution
to this at the Exchange server level.
If so, Please advise and I would suggest the solution to our company server
admin staff -- for our internal mail -- until such time as it is resolved in
outlook.
(2) from http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm
-!!!!!!!
Remove Categories From Messages
Rules wizard doesn't have an option to remove categories from messages you
send or receive, it can only add more categories. You'll need to use VBA to
remove categories.
Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Item.Categories = ""
End Sub
Visit OutlookCode for assistance with Outlook programming.
- !!!!!!!
Whilst I pray for full Microsoft action on this, I need a robust yet simple
solution suitable for me (an IT amateur yet forever novice !) -- bearing in
mind i have never used VBA with outlook -- and would not know how to link it,
or make the above VBA solution unless I have a detailed step-by step
guidance, in the reply ( Sorry, visiting OutlookCode for assistance with
Outlook programming is a no-go ...too much for my level or time )
(A) I am proficient with outlook, as a user. Below is an annoying issue on
Outlook (known and I believe reported to Microsoft several years ago).
(B) A user-friendly solution within outlook menus is needed for us the
humble non-IT public, since it is an important gap/weakness in MS Outlook,
and I request that all MVPs would help vote to have Microsoft eventually
resolve it.
(C) Finally, Is this message the best means of passing this issue for action
by Microsoft?, If not then I ask any MVP to forward this problem to
"Microsoft decision
makers" on my behalf for full appropriate action, and let me know if he/she
did.
(D) In the meantime temporary help from an MVP to tackle this problem would
be appreciated:
The PROBLEM: Rules wizard dialog can set the category of an email ( on send
or on receive) to a given master list or user defined category. But
apparently there is no way to unset the category of an email (in order not to
impose one user’s choice of category on an email to the recipient and it is
not reasonable to expect all users to implement VBA's to null out our own
preferred categories !!).
Basically, With RulesWizard I can set “category†to anything, but I am
unable to reset it to “null/ or noneâ€.
Altern_re-phrased Q: What is the equivalent of “none†category to be input
in the appropriate field, within the the ruleswizard dialog, in order to
empty-out/reset the category to “none†?
---------
More info_ I have found today:
(1) that for outgoing emails from my company exchange server which are
forwarded to my home pc outlook (via another .org server), that the category
somehow resets to none. The latter hints to me that there must be a solution
to this at the Exchange server level.
If so, Please advise and I would suggest the solution to our company server
admin staff -- for our internal mail -- until such time as it is resolved in
outlook.
(2) from http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm
-!!!!!!!
Remove Categories From Messages
Rules wizard doesn't have an option to remove categories from messages you
send or receive, it can only add more categories. You'll need to use VBA to
remove categories.
Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Item.Categories = ""
End Sub
Visit OutlookCode for assistance with Outlook programming.
- !!!!!!!
Whilst I pray for full Microsoft action on this, I need a robust yet simple
solution suitable for me (an IT amateur yet forever novice !) -- bearing in
mind i have never used VBA with outlook -- and would not know how to link it,
or make the above VBA solution unless I have a detailed step-by step
guidance, in the reply ( Sorry, visiting OutlookCode for assistance with
Outlook programming is a no-go ...too much for my level or time )