Email Subject line option in template

[#1]

1. For each template you create for emails, you should have the option of being able to set the subject line.

I dont send mass emails, I send out templated emails to different contacts every day, and I have to type the subject line in for every one i send out, even if there the same subject to different contacts. I only use about eight different email templates, every one has the same subject line relevent to the template I'm sending. I understand that if your going to blast a ton of emails, you only have to type the subject line once, do the mail merge and its done. However, I'm emailing different contacts throughout the day a set template email and every time i send it i have to type the subject line.

I'm truly bored of retyping the same subject line over and over. Due to the time requirements they must be sent individually so I cant "batch" them at the end of the day. I flatly refuse to buy high impact email to do this trivial thing.

So the solution is to include a field in the email template merge fields where you can set the subject line or not.

2. Ensure that the user/admin can set up a one click email template button on the toolbar Currently you cannot do a one click email template launch. You have to go to Write > email from template > choose email. Therefore you are unable to create any buttons which will launch user defined email templates.

Message Edited by Strail on 08-29-2009 02:33 AM

[#2]

How about they function like every other email merge in the world and besides maintaining their subject line, they also remember what attachments go along?

[#3]

Excellent ideas that I could use myself. This is the sort of functionality that businesses really need. Jeff

[#4]

For your first point, I would copy the title and paste it in instead of typing it. 

For the second one, can you not add a new drop down and popluate with command - it's not a one click solution, but it's pretty close.  

[#5]

We have exactly the same problem as Strail.

In Netscape Messenger they have template emails. Both the subjects and attachments .can be set in advance. It's one of the many ways Netscape Messenger (RIP) is vastly superior to Outlook .

Perhaps the subject and attachements could be exposed through a properties dialog.

But this is mainly a no-brainer obviously useful feature I would be very glad to see implemented.

Adding this feature wuold strengthen the quality of ACTs email integration.

Adding this feature would increase their efficiency with ACT.

I already use the copy and paste of subject fields and it's really quite lame.

[#6]

Thanks for everyones feedback so far.

I would like to make a comment on the cutting & pasting.

I already have to copy and paste other things into ACT, I appreciate that for unique and specific things you will need to do this in any application.

Adding the subject line can easily be done with an outlook vb script which is 7 (yes seven) lines long. The problem is it needs to be run by ACT not outloook alone, so it needs integration with the ACT email template. 

Heres the code:

Sub super()

Set olkMsg = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
olkMsg.To = "dude@hotmail.com"
olkMsg.CC = "Anotherdude@hotmail.com"
olkMsg.Subject = "My subject line"
olkMsg.Display
End Sub

If you run this as a vb script in outlook it will generate a blank email with the subject line, to and cc fields pre populated.

I am not a vb coder, however, I dont believe the above to be so advanced that it cannot be integrated into the Act email template...do you?

[#7]

Wow, tried my email template for the first time today to 20 contacts and discovered this "subject line" issue.  It's like buying the car without the wheels.  Come on ACT! people--don't you live in the real world.  Why would you design a template feature that doesn't include a subject line. 

Lame.  Guess I'll be moving to iContact afterall.... 

[#8]

This is absolutely necessary. That and attachments.