Name: Outlook-Add-in-On-Send
Owner: Office Developer
Description: Learn how to check for restricted words in an Outlook email message body, add a recipient to the CC line and check that there is a subject in the email on send.
Created: 2017-03-21 06:55:13.0
Updated: 2018-05-17 21:49:42.0
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Language: JavaScript
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Learn how to check for restricted words in an Outlook email message body, add a recipient to the CC line and check that there is a subject in the email on send.
Note:
April 2017
Download or fork the repository.
Open app.js. In addCCOnSend function, change Contoso@contoso.onmicrosoft.com to your own email address.
Deploy the add-in files to a directory on your web server. The files to upload are app.js and index.html.
Open Contoso Message Body Checker.xml and Contoso Subject and CC Checker.xml manifest files in a text editor. Replace all instances of https://localhost:3000 with the HTTPS URL of the directory where you uploaded the files in the previous step. Save your changes.
For more information about:
running Outllook add-ins, see Running an Outlook add-in in an Office 365 account
manifests, see Outlook add-in manifests
Logon to Outlook Web App.
Click Settings (the gear cog in the upper right corner of the page) to open the Settings page (as shown in the following screenshot).
In Your app settings section of the Settings page, choose Mail.
In the Options page, select General and then Manage add-ins (as shown in the following screenshot).
On the Manage add-ins page, click the '+' icon, select Add from file. Browse to the Contoso Message Body Checker.xml manifest file included in the project. Click Next, then click Install. Finally, click OK.
Repeat step 5 to install Contoso Subject and CC Checker.xml manifest file.
Return to the Mail view in Outlook Web App.
Compose a new Outlook Web App email message.
Leave the subject line blank.
Add a recipient in the To line.
Click Send.
A carbon copy is added to the CC line. In this sample, it's Contoso@contoso.onmicrosoft.com.
The email is blocked from being sent and an error message displayed on the information bar to notify sender to add a subject. (as shown in the following screenshot).
Add a subject line.
A [Checked]: is added to the front of the subject line and email is sent.
Create a new Outlook Web App email message.
In the body of the message, type blockedword, blockedword1 or blockedword2. (These are the array of restricted words in the app.js file of the checkBodyOnlyOnSendCallBack function).
Add a recipient in the To line.
Click Send.
The email is blocked from being sent because of blocked words found in the message body.
An error message displayed on the information bar to notify sender of blocked words found (as shown in the following screenshot).
To send the email, remove the blocked words.
We'd love to get your feedback about this sample. You can send your feedback to us in the Issues section of this repository.
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