Outlook 2007 Beta TR: How to automatically assign categories to email based on sender/recipient?

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ben.reichman

I'd like to create a rule that automatically assigns categories to
incoming and outgoing email based on the category of the
sender/recipient.

In other words, if my father sends me an email or I email him, the
email should automatically be marked "Friends and Family" (one of my
custom categories).

When I go into the Rule Creation window, I can create a rule based on a
list of particular contacts, but NOT on "all contacts with color
category X" and that's what I need. You see, if I make a rule for
Friends and Family based on the current list of Contacts I have, it
won't automatically include all new Friends and Family that I add in
the future, since it's just based on a particular list of people at the
time, not on all contacts that currently have the category "Friends and
Family."

Does this make sense? I feel like there's probably some simple way to
do this, but I'm new to Outlook (not just 2007, any version).

Thanks!
 
No, there is no simple way to do this. It would require either custom VBA code or rules that specific the contacts, not a category.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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