replace default new message with form

[Timboi]

Hi,

Is it possible to replace the default new message template with a custom
form? What I'm trying to do is make sure that any new message from a
computer/profile uses a from when the user clicks on 'new message'.
I know you can publish forms but this is for people who may not be very
computer literate, taking all the possible issues out of the equation, so
when they click on 'new message' they get a form with a pre-filled 'From'
field.

Cheers,

Timboi

 

[Hollis D. Paul]

Is it possible to replace the default new message template with a custom
form?

Go to the following page on Sue Mosher's site, Outlook-code.com.

1. How to make a Microsoft Outlook custom form the default
How to make a new Microsoft Outlook form the default for a folder (or the
overall default) and convert existing items
URL: http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm - 25KB - 27 Jul 2004

Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook]
(e-mail address removed)
Mukilteo, WA USA

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It can be done with registry substitution (see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm) but it's generally a bad idea, since sending a message with a custom form will probably make it impossible for non-Outlook recipients to get any attachments.

Maybe you could back up and talk about the functionality you have in mind for this form. There may be a better solution.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

AFAIK, you cannot accomplish this with a published custom form. The best solution I can think of would be to set up the profile so that the mailbox you want them to send from *is* the primary mailbox. The second best solution would be to use a COM add-in to handle the From setting; one is available from http://www.ivasoft.biz/

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Basically, it's going to be a simple form with the 'From' field filled
in with an address. The reason is that there are 4 users who will use
this computer and it's quite important that any email sent from any of
them appears to be from the same ['Send as'] address (although they
will have their own mailboxes as primary). The actual reason for this
form is so they don't have to remember to select a form or fill in the
'Form' field as some of them are bound to forget to.

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

If you run Outlook against Exchange 2000/2003 server, try to use this
server-side application:
http://www.ivasoft.biz/sendasgroup.shtml