The contact I used in my first attempt that returned zero results was located in a contact sub-folder. The options and settings used to create the folder were: 1) right click search folders 2) select new search folder 3) selected 'Mail from and to specific people' 4) clicked 'Choose.' and navigating to a contact I know I had e-mail for

However, my results initially returned empty. I believe it was 2013 when I no longerĪs for the suggested solutions, I tried to go the search folder route as it seems easy enough to customize the search folder on a contact by contact basis as needed without needing to add a new folder each time. I think I was still able to see this on each contact's card in 2007. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, following up to see if there is any further info on this topic? Is this past functionality truly stripped from Outlook 2016? As previously stated, it seems backwards to expect an end user to become a power user for simple previously existing features.Īll I want to do is compile a list of emails that were sent to a contact's email address across my entire mailbox. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, guess you are looking for the Mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Method 3: Revive the Contact Activity feature via some VBA code. Custom the Search Folder view to display the info you want to see, such as 'in folder'. Method 2: Create Search Folder to filter out emails you sent to a particular contact. Method 1: Enable People Pane under View tab > People Pane > Normal. Here are some workarounds for this issue, see if it applies to your situation: Please let me know if I can explain this any better as I do realize my hasty write up may not be as clear as I would like.Ĭontact Activity feature which has been removed since Outlook 2013. I can search in the current Mailbox for an email address but it is not quite the same as I may have emails in different folders and it does not specify folder location or any other info like I see no way to access this information when opening a contact. In my case, I am really only interested in seeing a nice list of emails that have been sent to a particular contact that is in my mailbox, on demand. What Diane's registry edit does not show for Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 is even if you link respective Outlook items to a contact, where can you then go to see what is linked to said contact?

I would assume that emails at the very least should be automatically linked by email address, provided the contact has that email address. I did find a registry edit from Diane on Slipstick that seems to reference this in some way: I do not recall if this was done through Contact Links or not, at least for emails. In older versions of Outlook, there used to be a way to view email, calendar, tasks, etc details about a Contact, right from their contact card.

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