An Outlook Add-in to forward mails to Mattermost
- Make sure that Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010 is installed
- Download the latest binary distribution from the releases page
- Unzip the release file to
C:\Program Files\OutlookMatters(or any other folder where you want install the binaries)- To update your installation to a newer version, close MS Outlook and replace the old files in the installation folder with the new version.
- Double-Click file
OutlookMatters.vstoto install/update the Addin.
- In Outlook right-click on any e-mail in your mail folder
- From the context menu select
Mattermost->Settings...and configure- mattermost base url (e.g.
http://mattermost.some-company.com) - team id/name (e.g.
myteam) - your email address as known to mattermost (i.e. username)
- mattermost server version
- mattermost base url (e.g.
- From the context menu select
Mattermost->Refresh Channels
- In Outlook right-click on any e-mail in your mail folder that you want to forward to Mattermost
- As new post: From the context menu select
Mattermostclick on the channel you want to post into - As reply: Optain the Permalink of any post in a thread of posts you want to reply to and from the context menu select
Mattermost->As Reply.... Paste the Permalink and clickOK.
The contents of your mail should now appear mattermost.
Happy Posting :)
You'll need the following tools to build this application:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community
- Microsoft Web Developer Tools (installed via the Visual Studio Setup)
- Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2012 Download
- Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010 Download
- Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015 Download
We'd like YOU to make outlook-matters great! Be it by providing us feedback or by contributing to our codebase. There are a few guidelines that we need all contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.