Exchange & Outlook®: Constructing Collaborative Solutions

Outlook Items and Forms

What is the relationship between Outlook items and forms? I think the best way to describe this relationship is to look at a list of all of the default forms that come with Microsoft Exchange, because when you create new Outlook forms, you will always begin with one of these. Table 6.1 displays these forms.

Table 6.1. The Standard Outlook Forms

Form Name	Description
Contact	Used to gather or display information about a person or an organization.
Distribution List	Used to create a list of contacts and/or email addresses that can be used as a single email address.
Task	Used to gather or display information about a task.
Mail Message	Used to send information to another user.
Post	Used to gather information that is inserted into a public ...