Add category that stays when email is received

[maswhat]

Hi,
I'm trying to automatically send notification email to multiple Outlook
users. Before I send this notification email, I would assign a certain
category, i.e. "Due Date Notification" to the email, and I would like this
category to stay on the email when it is received by users.
I was able to add a category to email
objMailItem.Categories = "Due Date Notification"
but, when user receive this email, this category is gone. Is this a
designed behavior of the Category? If so, what else can I do to make this
happen. I would like users to be able to sort/filter/forward a folder using
the category. I would not like to add addtional text, like "(Due Date)" as a
part of the Subject or the Message and use it for sorting or filtering, etc.
Thank you.

 

[Bruce]

With Outlook 2007, you can use a registry entry or apply a Group Policy.

Registry entry
Add a new DWORD type registry key using regedit.exe at the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Preferences
Name it “SendPersonalCategories†and set its value to “0×00000001†(1).
Restart Outlook!

Group Policy
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179073.aspx

Managing categories during e-mail exchanges
Control how categories are shared as users exchange e-mail messages. For
example, specify that categories are not removed for users' incoming e-mail.

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

By default Oulook 2007 has a rule enabled that deletes categories on
incoming e-mails. You need to ask the users to disable the rule.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

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Am Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:31:00 -0800 schrieb maswhat:

 

[maswhat]

Hi Bruce,
Thank you for your quick response.
I tried the registry change only, but it did not work. You replied "a
registry entry or apply a Group Policy", but did you mean "a registry entry
AND apply a Group Policy"? I will request our IS department for the Group
Policy change. I will update the results once the change is made.

 

[maswhat]

Hi Michael,
Thank you for your quick response.
I could not find the option or a rule what would enable categories
transfered. My Outlook users are all on the Exchange server. That may be
why. I will request our IS department to make a change on the setting on the
server and update the results once it is done.
Thank you for your help again.