Can Outlook generate an item from a text email?
Hello dear technically-inclined reader, I wonder if you could help.
I have been using email as my main means of capturing and storing information. Started with Outlook, switched to Gmail for a while (loved the tags and no-directory structure) but then went back to Outlook when I got an HTC Tytn II that syncs with it in real time.
I send myself dozens of emails every day, whenever something crosses my mind (easy for me, as I'm online on my mobile every single waking hour - from the moment my it wakes me up in the morning to the movies I watch on it or feeds I read in bed before falling asleep).
These emails look something like this:
- bitful backlog link to answers.com absent from single post page
- cal wed vegetable samosa 37g*320cal/100g
- money wed 2.50 leaving collection for x at work
- weight mon 13st 11lbs 21%
- task 1 feb register for glastonbury tickets
Then every now and then I sit at my machine at home and transfer the data into Outlook, MS Money or my weight/calories spreadsheet. Yes, I could enter the info straight into my mobile (it syncs with Outlook and has Mobile Word and Excel and all you can dream of) but if I'm at work it's much easier to email myself. Large fingers love large keyboards.
My question is: does anyone know of any application or system that lets you email a specific worded syntax to yourself and it gets entered into Outlook as a task/appointment/note/contact? I have fooled around with Sandy for a bit and although she's definitely a very smart cookie, her Outlook integration does not stretch that far.
Thank you.
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