# Outlook workaround

**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394
**Category:** Discussion & Help
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394 "2024-09-06T01:37:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![MitchWagner](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/mitchwagner/32/111_2.png) [@MitchWagner](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/MitchWagner)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394/1 "2024-09-06T01:37:55Z")

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Reviewing this documentation

> **[Using Hookmark With Microsoft Outlook – Hookmark](https://hookproductivity.com/help/integration/using-hook-with-microsoft-outlook/)**
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> As of 2023-06-19 to our knowledge the "new outlook" released around 2020 by Microsoft still lacks AppleScript, making it impossible to obtain an ID to the content.
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> As noted, In Microsoft Office 2016 Outlook:
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> Did not serve a RFC-5322 compliant ID...

I’m unable to figure out how to implement the workaround so I can link to Outlook messages. Let’s say I got an email in Outlook today and I want to save a hook to that message — how would I use the workaround to do that?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![MitchWagner](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/mitchwagner/32/111_2.png) [@MitchWagner](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/MitchWagner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394/2 "2024-09-13T18:48:29Z")

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Any word on this? My company is standardized on Outlook and it would be a big help to me to be able to link to individual Outlook messages, even if it requires an odd workaround.

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### Author: ![bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/bchend)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394/3 "2024-09-14T00:10:28Z")

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Thank you for getting in touch, @MitchWagner .

Sorry the workaround described in [Using Hookmark With Microsoft Outlook – Hookmark](https://hookproductivity.com/help/integration/using-hook-with-microsoft-outlook/) allows the users to see the info for old Outlook bookmarks, not a workaround for new Outlook. Hopefully, Microsoft will have AppleScript for new Outlook soon.

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### Author: ![Cassady](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/cassady/32/2229_2.png) [@Cassady](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/Cassady)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/outlook-workaround/8394/4 "2026-02-10T08:14:03Z")

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Just clarifying—no news one this?

Been forced to upgrade to the new Outlook, when search stopped working in the “classic” version.  
It’s broken my Applescript method of getting my emails into Devonthink, but now realise Hookmark also doesn’t work.

Are we dependent on Applescript support for the new Outlook? There’s nothing in the form of a workaround, involving third party apps or tools and the like?