Comments on: Sending Polls in Outlook 2007

By: GG

GG — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:17:34 +0000

This does not work when sending email across exchange server. I sent an email through exchange server with Voting options (change to rich text format or not)and reciepient is on the same exchange 2003 server. I tried both Outlook 2007 to 2007 and Outlook 2003 to 2003, but i am not able to see the Voting buttons. I can see them when I view sent itoms, but receipient can not see voting buttons at all. Are the any setting in outlook or exchange server that we can change so it will work?

By: Arvind

Arvind — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:50:55 +0000

This does not seem to work when sending email across different exchange servers. I sent an email through my employer’s exchange server with Voting options to my client (reciepient on the client’s exchange server). Both me & my client use Outlook 2007, but he is not able to see the Voting buttons. The same happens when the client sends email with Voting buttons to me.

By: Nagesh

Nagesh — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:19:14 +0000

Good article…but we need to analyze if we can disable Reply button when somebody receives a Poll. This will avoid people responding to the poll with a reply. I do think that it is possible with scripting.. but do not have time to dig in..

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:58:26 +0000

This can be done exactly the same way in Outlook 2003 (it’s not a new feature of 2007).

By: mysticgeek

mysticgeek — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:23:58 +0000

AL I totally agree with you on the look and feel of this option. I am looking into a way to improve the UI with this. I am sure all of our reader will have great ideas for this also!

By: AL

AL — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:30:13 +0000

The problem with the Outlook polls is that they’re not very obvious (i.e., hidden above the message in a dropdown bar that doesn’t even look like it’s clickable). We had a poll running in our office last week and although I specifically said to use the voting buttons, we had a lot of ‘OK’ replies from people who didn’t get the voting thing. I think Outlook should make the buttons more obvious and not hide them behind a one click.