How Do I Create an Event from My Email?

Calendar allows you to create an event or a task from the contents of an email message. The attributes for the email are automatically populated from the email message.

The parts of the message are assigned to various attributes of the event or task. When you create an event or task from an email message you are the organizer of the event, the To and Cc recipients are assigned as the participants of the event and they are invited when the event is created, the subject of the email is the title of the event or task and the message body is the description of the event or task.

You can create an event or task out of an email message in two ways:

• From the Context Menu

• From the Mail Toolbar

To create an event from the context menu:

1. Right-click on the message you want to create a task or message.

   A drop-down list of actions you can perform on this message is presented.

   The following options are available:

   • Forward as Attachment

   • Move to

   • Copy to

   • Create Task from Message

   • Create Event from Message

   • Tag Messages

   • Mark Messages

   • Delete Selected Messages

2. Select Create Event from Message option.

   A new event tab is created and presented in the edit mode. You can modify the attributes or add more attributes to the new event.

To create an event from the Mail toolbar:

1. Right-click on the message for which you want to create the event.

2. Select Other from the drop-down list.

3. Select the Create Event from Message option.

   A new tab is created with the attributes of the message mapped to the event.