Hi guys,

I've seen other post regarding this but there was no answer for the practice drag-and-drop e-mails or documents to documents librarys inside outlook ??


can someone help me pls ?

thanks in advance

Hi,

Yes, there is no easy way to implement drag and drop email in Outlook to SharePoint document libraries.

However, if you are comfortable with coding, you can write an event receiver referred to: Drag and Drop with Outlook.

There is a workaround Drag and Drop between Outlook Attachments and SharePoint Document Library for your information.

Hope the information can be helpful.

-lambert

I've realized that Team discussions accept drag-and-drop, and there is something in its attributes that allows this, I think is the content type that enables the drag-and-drop.

Hi,

Yes, the Team discussions accept drag-and-drop items which are Discussion type.

You can create a discussion via Menu > File > New > Post in This Folder in Outlook 2007.

Hope the information can be helpful and let me know if you need further assistance.

-lambert

do you know if there is a way to allow folders and other content type be created inside a team discussion part ?


I've tried many things but can't add any of this types of content type to it.. my idea was to use this web part to store folders and other files so I could drag items from outlook.

The best way to do this so that it is easy for your end users is to:

Step 1

Create a drag and drop folder location for SharePoint Online e-mails

1. Go to your SharePoint Online shared documents location

2. Create the folder structure that you want for your e-mail storage

3. Click on your top folder

4. Click on Actions

5. Open with Windows Explorer

6. In the address bar at the top of the Explorer Window copy the address

Step 2

Go to Start, Computer

1. Click on Map Network Drive

2. Paste the address copied above into the Folder box

3. Check Reconnect at logon

4. Take note of the drive letter given or choose a drive letter

*note these instructions are for Windows 7 you can search help for Map Network Drive for the OS you are using

Step 3

Open Notepad

1. Type in the following:

explorer z: (leave out the quotation marks and enter the drive letter in step 2

2. Click File

3. Click Save As

4. File name OpenEmail.bat

Note the file name does not matter but the .bat has to be there

Save to the Desktop

When a user wants to open the SharePoint location that stores e-mail they double click on OpenEmail.bat and it will open in an Explorer view which will allow for e-mails to drag and drop from Outlook into the folder.

We were also looking for this functionality out of box with SharePoint.  Site Mailbox was close enough but did not pass the email metadata.

We are using third party tool called PageLight for Outlook SharePoint Integration which provides drag and drop functionality of emails and their attachment from Outlook to SharePoint.  Other features includes Save Outlook emails to SharePoint and also moving files/folders from file share to Office 365

• Edited by Ned Neville Sunday, February 16, 2014 7:08 PM

For the out of box Outlook and SharePoint integration without third party tool or plugins, please refer to the blog, SharePoint Email Management