Send an email from a button within and email

I want a button in my received email and on that button click an email should be sent automatically

Is  this possible??

July 21st, 2015 7:43am

Hi,

Can you describe exactly what you want to happen?

You might be able to create a rule in Outlook to automate this.

Regards,

Matthijs

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July 21st, 2015 8:25am

Another option might be a custom Marcro: 
https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Assign-a-macro-to-a-button-728c83ec-61d0-40bd-b6ba-927f84eb5d2c

Regards,

Matthijs

July 21st, 2015 8:28am

Hi New_Tech_14,

Don't you think without getting the consent of the user and sending the response to someone would be considered malicious.

Macros as Matthijs posted can be used to get this done, however now a days macros are disabled in most of the organizations and environment. So you wouldn't be getting around with this.

If your requirement is genuine, you can use a HTML mailto link

<a href="mailto:name@email.com?Subject=Hello%20again">Click here to test</a>

Click here to test

It would generate a new compose email with pre-populated email and subject line, which can be decided by the user to send or not send.

Basically its  hyperlink with "mailto:name@email.com?Subject=Hello%20again"   as the content\link.

References:

http://www.rapidtables.com/web/html/mailto.htm

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_link_mail

July 21st, 2015 8:39am

Another option might be a custom Marcro: 
https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Assign-a-macro-to-a-button-728c83ec-61d0-40bd-b6ba-927f84eb5d2c

Regards,

Matthijs

  • Proposed as answer by M. ter Horst Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:04 AM
July 21st, 2015 12:26pm

Another option might be a custom Marcro: 
https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Assign-a-macro-to-a-button-728c83ec-61d0-40bd-b6ba-927f84eb5d2c

Regards,

Matthijs

  • Proposed as answer by M. ter Horst Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:04 AM
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July 21st, 2015 12:26pm

I want user to receive an email with two buttons for like and dislike, if the user click on 'like' an email should be sent saying the user gave a positive feedback and so on.
July 22nd, 2015 2:55am

This is my exact requirement.

Please respond correspondingly

I want user to receive an email with two buttons for like and dislike, if the user click on 'like' an email should be sent saying the user gave a positive feedback and so on.

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July 22nd, 2015 2:55am

Hi,

What you are looking for is already in-built in Outlook called Voting poll. (Minus the automatic sending part)

Create and send a voting poll in an email message

It is easy to create a poll in Microsoft Outlook by including voting buttons in an email message that you are sending. Recipients' votes are delivered to your Inbox.

Custom     Click this command to create your own custom voting button names. For example, you can ask your colleagues to choose among Like;Dislike.

Outlook Voting and Vote Processing

You can send survey-type messages with voting buttons to a group of recipients. By clicking a button, each respondent can express a preference and generate a response message to vote. Outlook logs Vote messages to the original message's tracking page.

This helps you keep track of the responses in single place, rather than you collecting everything and analyzing it later.

July 24th, 2015 12:08am

Hi,

Another way is include links at the bottom, which is easier to place and edit.

What do you think about this article/feature?

<a href="mailto:hr@contoso.com?subject=Article10%20%20Excellent">Excellent</a>&nbsp;
<a href="mailto:hr@contoso.com?subject=Article10%20%20Good">Good</a>&nbsp;

<a href="mailto:hr@contoso.com?subject=Article10%20%20Fair">Fair</a>&nbsp;

<a href="mailto:hr@contoso.com?subject=Article10%20%20Poor">Poor</a>&nbsp;

What do you think about this article/feature? Excellent Good Fair Po

July 24th, 2015 12:21am

This will open a new dialog to send a mail, I am looking to send an automated mail without asking user to click on the send button.
July 24th, 2015 1:59am

Hi,

Why would you want to have an appreciation email, without the user knowing\seeing what he is sending?

Even read receipts asks for confirmation(atleast once).

This prompt is for the benefit of the user:

"The user's security settings cause a prompt, alerting the user of a potential security problem"

"Not being able to see who you're emailing does raise legitimate security concerns, thus the likely reason why Outlook.com blocks these links."

Using Mailto in a Form Action:

http://www.apptools.com/rants/mailto.php

Programmatic security settings:

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July 24th, 2015 5:21am

This is the requirement of a user where they want us to have two buttons giving feedbacks, if the click on positive button an email giving positive feedback should be sent to the Service Desk else a negative one.

And user has insisted for a direct email without any prompt.

Is this possible to create?

The mail to will open a create mail window which is not required.

July 24th, 2015 5:36am

Hi,

Try changing the reg values in the earlier post and test if it works for you. security!promptoomsend controls whether you get a prompt or not.

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July 27th, 2015 5:32am

Using the mail to tag would open a dialog box for creating a new mail, prompting a warning is fine but I don't need a dialog box or any intermediary step to send the mail.

That is the requirement, can it be done??

Thanks for your help.

July 29th, 2015 3:47am

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