Outlook Text Alerts of Received Email

[crecord1]

Is there a way to set Outllok 2007 to send a text alert when I receive an
email from specific people? I don't want a notification of every email, just
certain ones. I know the email to text address for my phone, but I can't
determine how to do this. I was trying to write a rule, but the option I
would want is not offered (apparantly).

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Which option are you looking for then?

From the information provided, your rule should be something like this;

Apply this rule after the message arrives
from <people or distribution list>
forward it to <your email to text address>.

 

[crecord1]

I realize I can do what you outlined, but I actually don't want the email
itself forwarded, just a text sent that the email is there. It is actually
for my daughter who is bad about checking her email. When she gets an email
from her cheerleading coach, I would like her to get a text alert that its
there. My daughter doesn't get email on her phone, but has unlimited texting.

I guess what I would like it to do send a text alert, or a particular
"email" message that I have written, to her phone. Since the emails
themselves are typically over 160 characters, they don't forward to the text
address. If it is a very short email, those will go through and show up as a
text. I guess if there was a way to have it forward just the forst 50-100
characters, that would work as well, but I don't see a way to do that either.
That is why I would like a specific message or alert sent, instead of the
actual email, so she always gets a message regardless of the size of the
original email.

I realize I want an email to fit into a text (square peg in round hole), and
maybe it just isn't an available option. I was told by someone, who doesn't
know how to implement it, that it was possible. But since they can't tell me
how to do it, they may be wrong.