Outlook rules: trick to fwd mails to right person

[mindful_learner]

I'd like to be able to send an e-mail from my hotmail account to my
work e-mail account and then have my work account fwd the mail to a
particular contact, even if I can't remember the contacts full details.

I think I can set this up using a hack with Outlook rules. But, I'm
not sure if there is a more efficient/straightforward approach. My
idea:

Send an e-mail from hotmail to my work account with a special delimiter
in the subject line, relating to the person, e.g.

Subject: The document you requested [John]

I'd then set up an Outlook rule along the lines of,

If receive e-mail from (e-mail address removed)
if subject line has text '[John]'
fwd mail to (e-mail address removed)

I'm pretty sure this will work, but my main problem is having to set up
such a rule for every single contact I want to fwd messages to. Very
time consuming.

So, is there a better method, or is there a smarter way to set up the
Outlook rules - e.g. I have one text file with all contact names in
them and do a rule along the lines of:

If receive e-mail from (e-mail address removed)
get nicname [I'd have to parse the subject line to get the bit in
square brackets]
fwd mail to GetFullE-Mail (nicname) [GetFullE-Mail would be a
function I define]

You get the idea...

Any ideas much appreciated,
Mindful

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook rules do not work with HTTP accounts.

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After furious head scratching, mindful_learner asked:

| I'd like to be able to send an e-mail from my hotmail account to my
| work e-mail account and then have my work account fwd the mail to a
| particular contact, even if I can't remember the contacts full
| details.
|
| I think I can set this up using a hack with Outlook rules. But, I'm
| not sure if there is a more efficient/straightforward approach. My
| idea:
|
| Send an e-mail from hotmail to my work account with a special
| delimiter in the subject line, relating to the person, e.g.
|
| Subject: The document you requested [John]
|
| I'd then set up an Outlook rule along the lines of,
|
| If receive e-mail from (e-mail address removed)
| if subject line has text '[John]'
| fwd mail to (e-mail address removed)
|
| I'm pretty sure this will work, but my main problem is having to set
| up such a rule for every single contact I want to fwd messages to.
| Very time consuming.
|
| So, is there a better method, or is there a smarter way to set up the
| Outlook rules - e.g. I have one text file with all contact names in
| them and do a rule along the lines of:
|
| If receive e-mail from (e-mail address removed)
| get nicname [I'd have to parse the subject line to get the bit in
| square brackets]
| fwd mail to GetFullE-Mail (nicname) [GetFullE-Mail would be a
| function I define]
|
| You get the idea...
|
| Any ideas much appreciated,
| Mindful

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook rules do not work with HTTP accounts.

Milly, he said the sending account at home is Hotmail, not the receiving
account at work where he wants to sort the incoming messages.

Mindful_learner, you can't do what you describe with a single rule. You may
be able to do something like that with code, but that's a queston for
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