Microsoft Outlook + RescueTime

Log new Microsoft Outlook messages in a folder as highlight events in RescueTime

Stay focused on your work while staying updated with your important messages, thanks to this workflow. This automation kicks into action when there's a new message in a specified folder in Microsoft Outlook, and instantly logs a highlight event in your RescueTime app. So, you'll always know when important emails come in without having to leave your productivity tasks.

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New Message in Folder
Triggers when a new new message in folder is created.
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Log a Highlight Event
Creates a new highlight or action log entry. Highlight events show up as a list of accomplishments in your reports. Action events are similar, but they can be grouped and categorized as well. Requires RescueTime Premium
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Supported triggers and actions

- Calendar
- Time BeforeRequired
- Time Before (Unit)Required
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- Parent FolderRequired
- Child Folder
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- Contact Folder
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- Parent Folder
- Child Folder
- Search termsRequired
- Note
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- Shared Inbox
- Parent Folder
- Child Folder
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- Event
- Merge with existing attendees?
- Attendees
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- Calendar
- SubjectRequired
- Start Date & TimeRequired
- End Date & TimeRequired
- Location Name
- Sensitivity
- Attendees
- Is this an All Day Event?
- Description
- Show me as Free or Busy
- Is this an Online Meeting?
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- To Email(s)Required
- CC Email(s)
- BCC Email(s)
- Reply-To Email
- SubjectRequired
- Body FormatRequired
- BodyRequired
- Attachment
- Action for Files Larger Than 150MB
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- Contact to DeleteRequired
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- Email IDRequired
- To RecipientsRequired
- Comment
- Send From
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- Email IDRequired
- Comment
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- From Email
- To Email(s)Required
- CC Email(s)
- BCC Email(s)
- Reply-To Email
- SubjectRequired
- Body FormatRequired
- BodyRequired
- Attachments
- Action for Files Larger Than 150MB
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- Contact Folder
- ContactRequired
- First Name
- Last Name
- Email Addresses
- Business Phones
- Home Phones
- Mobile Phone
- Job Title
- Company Name
- Department
- Business Website URL
- Personal Notes
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
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- Calendar
- Search TermRequired
- Start Date & Time
- End Date & Time
Action
Search
- Search Info
- Search ValueRequired
Action
Search
- Calendar
- Start Date & TimeRequired
- End Date & TimeRequired
- Select Fields
Action
Search
- Alert Name
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New Daily Summary Report
Triggers when a new daily summary is available
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New FocusTime Session Start
Triggers when a new FocusTime session is started
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- Date / TimeRequired
- DescriptionRequired
- Action Label
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- Start TimeRequired
- End TimeRequired
- Activity NameRequired
- Activity Details
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Cancelled Calendar Event
Triggers when an event is cancelled.
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Instant
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- Calendar
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- Shared Inbox
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New Flagged Email
Triggers when a new email is flagged.
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- Calendar
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- Email IDRequired
- CategoriesRequired
- Mark as Read
Action
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- Contact Folder
- First NameRequired
- Last Name
- Email Addresses
- Business Phones
- Home Phones
- Mobile Phone
- Job Title
- Company Name
- Department
- Business Website URL
- File As
- Personal Notes
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
Action
Write
- Email IDRequired
- To Email(s)
- CC Email(s)
- BCC Email(s)
- Reply-To Email
- Subject
- Body
- Attachment
- Action for Files Larger Than 150MB
- Reply to All
Action
Write
- EventRequired
Action
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- Email IDRequired
- Destination FolderRequired
Action
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- Draft Email IDRequired
- Send From
Action
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- Event
- Subject
- Start Date & Time
- End Date & Time
- All Day Event?
- Is Online Meeting?
- Hide attendees list?
- Description
- Show me as Free or Busy
- The importance of the event
- Merge with existing attendees?
- Attendees
- Categories
- Location
Action
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- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
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- Contact Folder
- First Name
- Last Name
- Email
Action
Search
- Folder Info
- FolderRequired
- Search Terms
- From Address
- Start Date
- End Date
Action
Search
- Contact Folder
- First NameRequired
- Last Name
- Email
- Business Phones
- Home Phones
- Mobile Phone
- Job Title
- Company Name
- Department
- Business Website URL
- File As
- Personal Notes
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
- Street
- City
- State
- Postal Code
- Country or Region
Action
Search or write
New Highlight Event
Triggers when a new daily highlight event is posted
Trigger
Polling
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New FocusTime Session End
Triggers when a FocusTime session finishes.
Trigger
Instant
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New Weekly Summary Report
Triggers when a new weekly summary is available
Trigger
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- FocusTime ActionRequired
Action
Write

About Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

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About RescueTime

RescueTime helps you understand how you spend your time on the computer by automatically keeping a log of the time you spend on different applications and websites. Having an accurate idea of how you time is spent makes it easy to stay productive and balanced.

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