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Which filter or view does Outlook use to match Contact records?

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When an email message is tracked in Outlook, which filter or view is used to match the sender to a CRM contact?

We have a couple of strange scenarios:

  • SCENARIO 1: An inbound email is set to track, and Outlook indicates that there is no matching record (red link). The user chooses Add Contact, and the duplicate detection dialog appears because there's already a contact with the same email address.
  • SCENARIO 2: An inbound email is set to track, and the email is attached to an inactive Contact record in CRM that was merged to a master record.

I unpublished the "Inactive Contacts" view thinking this would solve scenario 2, but it's still happening.

We're on CRM 2011 on-premise.

Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Which filter or view does Outlook use to match Contact records?

    Outlook doesn't match to a particular view.

    Outlook matches contacts based on Full Name and Email Address.

    If you received an email from "Jim Smith <jim.smith@mail.com>" and the contact is CRM is "James Smith <jim.smith@mail.com>" with an Inactive contact of  "Jim Smith <jim.smith@mail.com>". The email will be tracked against the Inactive contact.

    Here is some extra information regarding what happens when you track records from Outlook and CRM:

    community.dynamics.com/.../increasing-user-adoption-with-microsoft-crm-for-outlook-view-settings.aspx

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