We have a solution which seamlessly integrates Outlook and SharePoint ( Office versions 2003 &2007, and WS03, 08, MOSS 2007 etc.), and uses the Outlook look and feel (including metadata) when viewing these SharePoint folders and e-mails in Outlook. Of course the traditional SharePoint browser interface is also preserved, if users prefer that they simply enable the view from the Outlook client. It is very simple, but has been loved by Outlook devotees using SharePoint since its as simple as using Outlook…sorry to sound like a sales pitch! Just check it out for yourself, there are flash videos at the URL below, and if ever you want to evaluate a copy you know how to reach me.

Cheers!

Maron

http://www.epona.nl/en/products/EmailFiler/Pages/Default.aspx

Obviously there’s a lot of effort on many avenues going into the area of getting those emails into SharePoint.
Your work looks a lot like our SharedLook tool (http://www.paradisoft.com/outlook-to-sharepoint.asp)
An interesting feature we’ve found customers are interested in is a rule-based wizard to automate the procedure – according to the email’s metadata decide into which SharePoint folder the email should be saved and how to map the metadata.
You’re more than welcome to take a look.

Franz

Thank you for your post. I thought I would mention a product developed at our company called Scinaptic OnePlaceMail – a lot of effort has been put into the solution to make sure it works with Outlook 2003 and 2007 and SharePoint WSS and MOSS.

It allows you to drag and drop emails or attachments to SharePoint Libraries and Lists – automatically capturing email metadata and prompting the user for all metadata based on the selected content type… it has a many other functions as can be seen on the website http://www.scinaptic.com/oneplacemail – you are welcome to download and evaluation of the software directly from the website.

Nice work on your solution! – it also looks elegant.

James

thanks
Nagaraj