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How to set Tasks in outlook from WSS ?

Asked By: Elliot Erickson Date: Oct 23, 2004 Category: WSS Views: 268

If I set a Task in WSS and assign that particular task to someone, is there a way where I can send an auto generated email to that guy saying a Task as been assigned to him and which he can track it through his Outlook?

If there is a solution for this, please get back to me.

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5 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Spencer Bradley Answered On: Oct 23, 2004

Check out Microsoft Project Server for that kind of task management.

Answer #2 Answered By: Jay Ruiz Answered On: Oct 23, 2004

Another way to do this is to create your task list using the Issues
List template. The issues list template has the functionality to
alert the assigned person automatically when anything is changed to
the list item, including when a list item is created.

It's not perfect, but it works.

Answer #3 Answered By: Graham Ingram Answered On: Oct 23, 2004

Check out the following commercial web part from CorasWorks if it suits your needs.

www.corasworks.net/.../...ficationwithhistory.html

Answer #4 Answered By: Donte Jefferson Answered On: Oct 23, 2004

I tried out the option you mentioned, but it’s not sending an automatic alert to the assigned person. We need to set alerts for that issue list then only it generates the alerts. So, this again is manual process.

I have created an Issue List and added my Tasks assigning few. But none of the assignee got any alerts. Is the procedure which I followed is correct ?

If you have any other solutions/options, please get back to me.

Answer #5 Answered By: Beau Pena Answered On: Oct 23, 2004

The following should do the trick (as long as your EMail settings for the server are correct):

1. Create a new list based on the issue template.
2. "Change general settings"
3. "Modify settings and columns"
4. set "EMail Notification" = Yes

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