"new message to contact" does not exist !!

My answer to this was:
And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify this?

Anyway, I have reinstalled Outlook and configured my mail account.
Still, I don't have "new message to contact".

Any other ideas?


On Jan 17, 12:50 pm, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:
I already answered you. I told you there will be no such item until you have
Outlook configured as your email client.
--
Russ Valentine
wrote in message

...

And I already replied to you regarding the mail transport. My answer
was:

And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify this?
At
least I can go into my mail folder and click on new message, and an
empty message pops up. No problem in that respect.

When asking how can I verify this, I didn't receive an answer. Sorry.

I only said, that I normally use another mail client, as an
information when chasing the error. But I didn't imply, that I don't
need the mail functions of Outlook at all.
In this case, for example, I need the "new message to contact" for the
following reason: Conforming to what is often suggested by Outlook-
MVPs, I avoid DL and rather stick to categories. So, if I want to
write a mail to a category - instead of a DL - I sort by category,
select a category and would then like to click on "new message to
contact", as it is suggested a lot of times in this forum.
There are also a couple of other reasons, why I'd need the "new
message to contact" menu command.

I would be very thankful, if you or someone else has an idea as to why
"new message to contact" is missing.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Then what is your question? If you don't use Outlook as your mail client,
why would you have or need a "New message to Contact" option? Why would
you
expect one?
I already asked you if you used Outlook for your mail transport.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
I did toolscustomizetoolbars and reset the toolbars "standard",
"advanced" and "menu bar". Without any change. It is still not there.
Please note also, that when I go into toolscustomizecommands and
choose the category "actions" I have a whole lot of commands there,
but not "new message to contact".
I have already re-installed Outlook. Same situation.

I don't use Outlook as my mail client, I have another one, if that is
of any importance.
thanks for helping.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Something is wrong with your profile. Everyone else has this option.
Repair
your installation or reset your toolbar.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Thanks for helping!

Yes, I made sure that the contact has a correct email address
(that's
a resolved electronic address,no?).
And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify this?
At
least I can go into my mail folder and click on new message, and an
empty message pops up. No problem in that respect.

I will verify everything you tell me, but to me, it does not seem
obvious why I can create a new email in my email folder, whereas in
my
contacts, I cannot "actionscreatenew message to contact" !

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Any Outlook profile that has a valid mail transport will also have
a
"New
Message to Contact" option in that flyout when you have selected a
valid
Contact that has a resolved electronic address.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
I'm sorry, Russ, I wanted to create a new topic, but couldn't
then
figured out that I couldn't delete my first posting ...

You told me that I should look in the "create" flyout. But for
me,
there is only "new task for contact" and "new journal entry for
contact".

I have searched this group extensively, but could only find those
topics dealing with "DL from categories" where "new message to
contact" is provided as a solution. But I am missing this in my
"actions" menu.

Thanks so much for your help!

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Already answered. No need to post more than once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
In my OL2007 I don't have
Actions"new message to contact"
(even when I select a category or a contact).
It is not even grayed out, it simply does not show up there...
Any ideas ?

Nope. Never seen it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
My answer to this was:
And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify this?

Anyway, I have reinstalled Outlook and configured my mail account.
Still, I don't have "new message to contact".

Any other ideas?


On Jan 17, 12:50 pm, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:
I already answered you. I told you there will be no such item until you
have
Outlook configured as your email client.
--
Russ Valentine
wrote in message

...

And I already replied to you regarding the mail transport. My answer
was:

And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify
this?
At
least I can go into my mail folder and click on new message, and
an
empty message pops up. No problem in that respect.

When asking how can I verify this, I didn't receive an answer. Sorry.

I only said, that I normally use another mail client, as an
information when chasing the error. But I didn't imply, that I don't
need the mail functions of Outlook at all.
In this case, for example, I need the "new message to contact" for the
following reason: Conforming to what is often suggested by Outlook-
MVPs, I avoid DL and rather stick to categories. So, if I want to
write a mail to a category - instead of a DL - I sort by category,
select a category and would then like to click on "new message to
contact", as it is suggested a lot of times in this forum.
There are also a couple of other reasons, why I'd need the "new
message to contact" menu command.

I would be very thankful, if you or someone else has an idea as to why
"new message to contact" is missing.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Then what is your question? If you don't use Outlook as your mail
client,
why would you have or need a "New message to Contact" option? Why
would
you
expect one?
I already asked you if you used Outlook for your mail transport.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
I did toolscustomizetoolbars and reset the toolbars "standard",
"advanced" and "menu bar". Without any change. It is still not
there.
Please note also, that when I go into toolscustomizecommands and
choose the category "actions" I have a whole lot of commands there,
but not "new message to contact".
I have already re-installed Outlook. Same situation.

I don't use Outlook as my mail client, I have another one, if that
is
of any importance.
thanks for helping.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Something is wrong with your profile. Everyone else has this
option.
Repair
your installation or reset your toolbar.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Thanks for helping!

Yes, I made sure that the contact has a correct email address
(that's
a resolved electronic address,no?).
And I guess, I have a valid mail transport. How can I verify
this?
At
least I can go into my mail folder and click on new message, and
an
empty message pops up. No problem in that respect.

I will verify everything you tell me, but to me, it does not seem
obvious why I can create a new email in my email folder, whereas
in
my
contacts, I cannot "actionscreatenew message to contact" !

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Any Outlook profile that has a valid mail transport will also
have
a
"New
Message to Contact" option in that flyout when you have selected
a
valid
Contact that has a resolved electronic address.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
I'm sorry, Russ, I wanted to create a new topic, but couldn't
then
figured out that I couldn't delete my first posting ...

You told me that I should look in the "create" flyout. But for
me,
there is only "new task for contact" and "new journal entry
for
contact".

I have searched this group extensively, but could only find
those
topics dealing with "DL from categories" where "new message to
contact" is provided as a solution. But I am missing this in
my
"actions" menu.

Thanks so much for your help!

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Already answered. No need to post more than once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
In my OL2007 I don't have
Actions"new message to contact"
(even when I select a category or a contact).
It is not even grayed out, it simply does not show up
there...
Any ideas ?