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POAccess and display web sourced data as 'messages' in Outlook
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copied!<p>I have data I provide on an http connection that's essentially message information.</p> <p>I'd like to create an AddOn for Outlook that will consume/interface with that http service as if it were a mail source and display sender, recipient, subject, date etc and then be able to download the actual message and display it.</p> <p>I envision this service being accessed either via a folder in the left-hand panel. (Uber feature would be if I could drag a message out of this service into the inbox!)</p> <p>Unfortunately, I don't normally write code on the MS Stack -- I'm a linux guy. So I'm looking for either a follow-the-dots tutorial or an example of something similar. Failing that, I'll hire someone to write this so would love to know the specific skillsets I should be looking for when I contract someone to write it.</p> <h3>EDIT / Additional Thoughts</h3> <p>I have considered changing the web service (or at least creating a middle-man) that spoke IMAP, but only implemented a sub-set of commands (eg, there's no delete or create-folder or move)</p> <p>One problem with that is that retrieving the actual message needs to be a different opperation (one that has a quota cost to the end user) so I can't just show the message. An option would be to show a "retrieve" button rather than the actual message (I found a great resource here: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd542625.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd542625.aspx</a> for doing something like that) and then having that button do the retrieve and then reload itself. Maybe.</p>

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