Thanks a lot!

i have this registry edit and works absolutely fine with me, there is only a compatibility issue between office 2007 and 2010 or any other different version of office. works very well with in the same version.

regards,
Asim.

thanks again!

THANKS for researching and writing about this tip. Automatic ategory removal was the primary “feature” that has kept my inbox uncategorized for the past year.

I really hate that MS-ware never provides GUI settings for the useful tweaks like this. Instead MS forces people to hack their registry, which opens up other cans of worms.

Here’s another blog entry I found with a systematic solution (with or without VBA) to GTD your inbox to zero.
http://blogs.msdn.com/smguest/archive/2006/06/04/617343.aspx

Cheers,

-Tony

it’s been quite a while since I investigated this topic, so I cannot guarantee that the following is 100% correct.

As far as I remember, using custom rules was one of the first options I tried by then and as you stated correctly, it can be used to assign a specific category but there’s no way to tell it to assign the same category the original mail had. At least, I didn’t find a way to do so.

I finally solved the problem the way described in my post above. At least I thought so, but I must admit, I didn’t know that categories will also be transmitted to the recipient along with the mail itself, something I’m honestly not too fond of. But anyway, thanks for the info and the link!

Could a rule with a custom action be used to apply the category to the sent item?

In Outlook rules, you can apply a category to sent items, though it only gives you the option to choose a specific one for the rule.

However there is a “perform a custom action” action in the wizard. I have no idea how to do anything with it, but I have a feeling that it could apply categories to sent items.

The reason I query a different method to changing the registry key is that using the registry fix means the recipient of your email will also receive your category. See the note on this page: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/41
Which could be undesirable in some situations.

all the best
Dave

Anyway, there’s a few glitches with this:
1) You” end up with a copy of every sent message in your inbox as well as another one in your sent items folder. So make sure to deactivate “save copies of messages in sent items folder” under tools -> options.

2) As far as I remember, the rule above doesn’t take care of replies and forwards in folders other then the inbox folder. So you should also activate the “in folders other than the inbox, save replies with original message” option.

Finally, remove the “except if sent to my_email” part. It’s unnecessary

Btw: Most of this info comes from a blog post a came across some time ago which can be found here.

except if send to my_email”