KB: Setting a default content type when uploading e-mail messages with harmon.ie

When uploading an e-mail message to SharePoint, you can automatically assign the e-mail message to a mail content type, even if the mail content type is not the default content type defined for this library.

To set a default mail content type for a certain document library:

1. Create a new empty file named mail.contenttype on your local computer.
2. Open the file in a text editor and write the mail content type name that you want to set as the default content type for e-mail messages.
3. Upload the file to the root of the document library.

To globally set a default mail content type:

1. Add the DefaultContentType registry key to harmon.ie root key.
2. Add a subkey called Email, and set the (default) value data to the mail content type name as appears in the content library settings.
3. Restart Outlook.

To learn how to set a default content type for all harmon.ie users, read:

• Harmon.ie for SharePoint, Outlook Edition: Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint.
• Harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition: Provisioning harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition.

Note: The content type name defined in the file mail.contenttype takes precedence over the DefaultContentType\Email registry key.

Read also:

• KB: Mapping e-mail headers to SharePoint metadata.
• harmon.ie for SharePoint, Enterprise Edition: Saving e-mail headers in SharePoint columns.
• harmon.ie for SharePoint, Notes Edition: Saving e-mail headers in SharePoint columns.