Not sure if I should ask this question here or in the outlook forum.

I have the following scenario,

I have SharePoint lists that contain mails these mails are dropped there by several people.

Unfortunatly these mails can't be searched effectively/user friendly in SharePoint (SharePoint lists don't hold the mail meta data)

So I figured the following , create shared mailboxes, let user fill those and fill the SharePoint lists from these mailboxes.

My plan:

Make an outlook add-in that can create shared mailboxes in exchange and set permissions automatically (permissions are always the same).

My questions:

Is it possible to make an exchange shared folder and set permissions via code (c#.net or vb.net)

Is it possible to make exchange via code write all new mails from a shared mailbox to a SharePoint list (I know the SharePoint side what I'm interested in is:  if it is possible in exchange to detect new mails in a shred mailbox and do some action on that

any other usefull insight is welcomed aswell :-)

• Edited by Rbie 22 hours 38 minutes ago

Hi Rbie,

Regarding a mailbox container which can both keep smtp header data and interoperate with Sharepoint - here is a good solution ready exists: Exchange 2013 Site mailboxes.

An Outlook add-on to create mailboxes on-demand - I really doubt this is a right way to go. You don't plan to create dozens of mailboxes daily, do you? It's also doubtful that Outlook can grasp enough of permissions and api to create Exchange mailboxes, it's just a client at the end.

Though, a more or less automated procedure for creating mailboxes can be achieved through Remote Powershell connecting to Exchange Management Shell at the end server, considering necessary user rights and permissions in the Exchange system.

Well actually, we do make those projects on a daily basis maybe not dozens but not far from it.

These SharePoint lists are projects, we create new projects on a daily basis (between 10 to 20 a day)

All document regarding these projects (including mails) are kept in these SharePoint lists.

I'm basically looking for a way to view these mails in SharePoint as an outlook mailbox.

looks like your advice is the answer, I hope

Atm we are still at SharePoint 2010, but we plan to move to 2013 within 6 months, so I'll guess I'll wait till then.

Thanks for the info

• Edited by Rbie 16 hours 53 minutes ago