How to use Command Line Parameters to create Outlook 2013 email to Distribution Group?

Question

As a software developer that must account for project time, I am required to send in daily emails to 3 senior members of our development team.

So that I will not forget, I set up a daily task for this to launch a new email before I go home every day.

Using Command-line switches for Outlook 2013, I was able to specify the argument using a single email address as the argument in the list, the task works fine:

If you cannot see the argument text, it is:

/c ipm.note /m [e-mail]&subject=Daily%20Log

One email address works fine, but I need to include the email to 3 people - not 1.

So, I edited the argument to be as follows:

/c ipm.note /m [e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]&subject=Daily%20Log

If I try running that, I get an invalid argument message:

I read up on how to create a Group Distribution List, and I added that to Outlook's Contacts section:

Then, I edited my Task's argument to use this group:

/c ipm.note /m DailyLogGroup&subject=Daily%20Log

This works, but the result is not my Distribution Group, but rather just the text in the address field.

Does anyone know how to make a Distribution Group work in this scripted version of Outlook?

Answer 1

Wrap the /m argument in quotes, and use semicolons (;) to separate the names.

i.e.:

outlook.exe /c ipm.note /m "[e-mail];[e-mail];[e-mail]&subject=Daily%20Log"