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[David]

This starts a new e-mail message in Outlook. Nothing earth-shattering but it's something I use constantly.

[Chris]

That's neat, thanks.

[Payam]

David, thank you!
May I ask how you found this out as I'd like to find some other commands as well.
Thanks

[ck]

Google is your friend:

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/commandlines.htm

[Kilav]

Get some more.
Microsoft Outlook - Command line options I - Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:23 am
Microsoft Outlook - Command line options II - Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:23 am
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[David]

I found the codes in Outlook help, under "Command-line switches":

• /c ipm.activity creates a Journal entry
  
• /c ipm.appointment creates an appointment
  
• /c ipm.contact creates a contact
  
• /c ipm.note creates an e-mail message
  
• /c ipm.stickynote creates a note
  
• /c ipm.task creates a task
  

[MisterGank]

This is GREAT info!!!

So, what I'm gathering and reading...

[MisterGank]

oh geez I guess I completely forgot about using the whole thing of

[vishy4]

For Office 2007, change the string from Office 11 to Office 12, i got an error, hence posting here, so others can solve it.

[641E25EC-8EB0-11DF-976B-2]

The only difference between your call and mine is that I don't have a comma after the "Run" (and I hard-coded "program files"). My call works and looks like this:

^!m::
Run "c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\outlook.exe" /c ipm.note
Return

[virulency]

i think i have figured out how to send an email with an attachment and subject body and to field filled out

run, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\outlook.exe /c ipm.note /a "filename.txt" /m email.com&subject=something`%20something&body=somethingsomething

to create a space you must use `%20

`marks out the % sign so it makes a space, spaces are not allowed and cause the command line argument/verify switch error

also variables do work

[Ludo]

You can also use (for Outlook 2003) the following shortcuts:

CTRL+SHIFT+M for a new message
replace M by a for an appointment or c for a contact, l for a list.

so I send ^+m then the recipient address then tab then the cc then tab then the object etc.

I've a CTRL+F1 to Fxx for the peoples I emailed very often.

[BigMan]

I tried this and it seems to work pretty well, but I cannot get the attachment part to work. Not sure if I really have a use for it right now, but think it could be valuable knowledge for the future.

Also, how do you get it to SEND once your done?

[Ludo]

When the email is open, CTRL+ENTER (for outlook 2003) will send the message.

If you wish to automate everything I recommand to launch the script offline so that you can check if something went wrong instead of sending tens of "wrong" emails.

[Xx7]

Thanks BigMan! I will use that