Collect data by email in "Windows live mail" (1 Viewer)

[mahenkj2]

I could make a fully functional small database with the help of all the experts in this forum. Eventually, this database becomes so effective that we could stop one paper format completely. Now, I am exploring this dB to another one step further.

To do so and to make the process paper free, I need to collect one field data via email. I saw "collect data by email" in external data and could see how it works but as far as I understand it is for Outlook 2007.

In our firm, almost everybody use Windows live mail. I need to know what are the ways, I can overcome this matter. I do not think it is advisable to use two email clients together and out of that one for just very little use.

Please advise.

 

[boblarson]

The only way you would be able to do it with Windows Live Mail, if you can't use Outlook, is to write the entire thing yourself. That is not a simple task by any means. The auto email collection ONLY works if you have Access 2007/Outlook 2007 or Access 2010/Outlook 2010. It doesn't work with any other email clients.

 

[mahenkj2]

Many thanks for your swift reply.

But the information provided is a bit shocking to me because I was feeling there are more than one ways in access to do the things and I was very much confident that I will get the other one. Anyway, now I must need to think other plan.

Basically, I wanted to get authorization kind a field from a senior person and in that case I was considering email as a best option as he remains always over the emails and he does not need to open additional application (access) to authorize.

best regards.