Outlook & Blackberry (Tasks with email attachement)

[rabeehzakaria]

Hi Guys,

I am trying to figure out the best way to transform an outlook email into a task.

I have outlook 2010 and the GTD 2010 white paper suggested that I either:

1. Add a task with the email as an attachment
or
2. Add a task with a copy of the body of the email

I certainly prefer the first option since i can double click the "email icon" and reply to the mail immediately instead of searching my @ACTION email folder for the email again.

My problem is my blackberry.

After synchronizing the tasks to my blackberry i found out that the message is not visible on the BB. I tried pocketinformant and the problem is the same.

Did anyone face a similar problem before? what's the best practice for this situation

I am extensively on the move and do use my blackberry a lot to finish my work.

Appreciate any info you can share :rolleyes:

[kelstarrising]

This is the expected behavior actually. File attachments would not appear on a BlackBerry.

If you actually want to respond from your BlackBerry, I would create the Task as Text, the have a really clear organizing system for storing the original email to reply to, like "@Action Support" that we suggest. Look at the latest Coaches' Connection article (https://secure.davidco.com/connect/coaches_connection.php?id=91) on Connect for a detailed description of this.

[rabeehzakaria]

Thanks a lot Kelly. The article was very helpful. :)