organize inbox by contacts categories

Is there a way to apply a rule after a message arrives that would assign the
message to a specific category based on the sender's category, which is
specified in my Contacts Address Book?

Instead of:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
assigned to [category] category --
and sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

This is what I am after:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and assigned to [category] category --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

Note: using Outlook 2K3

Any Suggestions?

No you can't because in your example the Category condition is not an e-mail
property but a contact property.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
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"thegeek" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to apply a rule after a message arrives that would assign
the
message to a specific category based on the sender's category, which is
specified in my Contacts Address Book?

Instead of:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
assigned to [category] category --
and sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

This is what I am after:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and assigned to [category] category --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

Note: using Outlook 2K3

Any Suggestions?

I was hoping that Outlook would be able to sort contacts in that manner so
that I would not have to create and edit filters for all of my contacts each
time a new contact was added/deleted/modified. Outlook would take care of
that automatically.

I was hoping that each time I added a contact (that has an email address) to
my Contacts Address Book, Outlook would assign that contact to an inbox
category based on the category that the particular contact was assigned to in
Contacts. If the contact were in different categories (more than one
category), then the contact would likewise be in different inbox categories
and the email received from that contact would be copied to each category.

Just hoping Outlook had something like that or similar.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

No you can't because in your example the Category condition is not an e-mail
property but a contact property.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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"thegeek" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to apply a rule after a message arrives that would assign
the
message to a specific category based on the sender's category, which is
specified in my Contacts Address Book?

Instead of:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
assigned to [category] category --
and sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

This is what I am after:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and assigned to [category] category --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

Note: using Outlook 2K3

Any Suggestions?

You can do something similair by adding that contact to a Search Folder
query.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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"thegeek" wrote in message
...
I was hoping that Outlook would be able to sort contacts in that manner so
that I would not have to create and edit filters for all of my contacts
each
time a new contact was added/deleted/modified. Outlook would take care of
that automatically.

I was hoping that each time I added a contact (that has an email address)
to
my Contacts Address Book, Outlook would assign that contact to an inbox
category based on the category that the particular contact was assigned to
in
Contacts. If the contact were in different categories (more than one
category), then the contact would likewise be in different inbox
categories
and the email received from that contact would be copied to each category.

Just hoping Outlook had something like that or similar.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

No you can't because in your example the Category condition is not an
e-mail
property but a contact property.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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"thegeek" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to apply a rule after a message arrives that would
assign
the
message to a specific category based on the sender's category, which is
specified in my Contacts Address Book?

Instead of:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
assigned to [category] category --
and sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

This is what I am after:
Apply this rule after the message arrives
sender is in [specified] Address Book --
and assigned to [category] category --
and on this machine only
move it to the [specified] folder

Note: using Outlook 2K3

Any Suggestions?