Outlook macro to jump to (open) IMAP Inbox

Question

I am using Outlook to sync mail with GMail via IMAP.

Unfortunately, Outlook's default shortcut to go to the Inbox (Shift+Ctrl+I) opens the original Inbox, not the new default IMAP Inbox (which I have specified as the new Outlook default e-mail account).

I'd like to create a macro that I can bind to another keystroke, which will open the IMAP Inbox.

Anyone have a VBA code snippet they can share that shows how to open a specific IMAP folder in Outlook 2007?

THANKS.

Answer 1

Hi, I think the only way to do this would be to create a button on the toolbar that searches for your IMAP folder and calls display on it. Then you can assign a keyboard shortcut to that button and use that. the other way would be to use winapi to hook the shortcut and call you search and display.

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Answer 2

-right-click DESKTOP
-click NEW > SHORTCUT
-for OUTLOOK 2003 type (including the double-quotes): "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" Outlook://SUBSTITUTE-OUTLOOK-INBOX-NAME-HERE/Inbox

-for OUTLOOK 2007 type (including the double-quotes): "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\OUTLOOK.EXE" Outlook://SUBSTITUTE-OUTLOOK-INBOX-NAME-HERE/Inbox

Answer 3

Hoping that this is still relevant to someone; adding to dakruhm's answer:

It's best to add the /recycle switch to the command. That way, if Outlook is open, a new Outlook window will NOT be created. (Use that unless you WANT one to be created.)

The command (for Outlook 2007) therefore looks as follows: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle Outlook://Gmail IMAP/Inbox

Also, dakruhm's answer was very detailed, but he forgot to mention that you need to assign a shortcut key. I've checked this, and if you use Ctrl-Shift-I, there seems to be a delay until the command is carried out. I therefore use Ctrl-Alt-I, which takes some getting used to, but works much quicker.