How to Edit the Conversation Field?

[Roy Sprunger]

How can I edit the Conversation field contents and make them visible on all
messages sent or received?

I need a way to group messages into a thread, similar to how Newsgroups and
Forum messages are linked. While I might be able to use Categories to
accomplish groups messages on keywords, I would end up with an inordinate
number of categories based on subject content. As it is, I have 7 years
worth of messages in about 15 .PST files and well over 200 folders. Many,
many times I have needed to recover information originally processed 2-3
years ago. Maybe half a dozen times a year I need to reach back to messages
from 1997-1998. Many of these latter messages are used in making policy
decisions/changes.

In addition, I am a member of an online support group that has a
preponderance of new computer users who do not know how to manage email
subjects/threads. They either change the subject or also frequently reply
using the same subject but wholly unrelated content. Therefore, I also have
an interest in managing my personal messages by Conversation.


Roy Sprunger
Anetsprüngenheim

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

View, Current View, By Conversation Topic.

 

[Roy Sprunger]

How do I "EDIT" the Conversation field using your suggestion, if Views are
only for viewing?

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

ConversationTopic and ConversationIndex are read-only to the Outlook object
model and the UI. You'd need to use CDO 1.21 or Extended MAPI or Redemption
(www.dimastr.com/redemption) code to change those fields.

 

[Roy Sprunger]

Thanks for the link, Ken. The site has another product called "Outlook Spy"
that has done exactly what I was looking for. I truly appreciate the tip.

Roy

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

OutlookSpy is great. I use it many, many times every day. A truly invaluable
tool.