Here's a link to a working script that saves an Outlook email as an OmniFocus task

[MitchWagner]

I had an amazingly difficult time finding a working script that would automatically save an email from Outlook as an OmniFocus task. Google kept directing me to scripts that did NOT work. But at last I was able to find a solution – it’s here at the bottom of a thread on these forums.

The page contains both a script and an Alfred workflow. I’m using the workflow. Enjoy!

[zzamboni]

I’ve been using Veritrope’s script for a while, and it works very well. Over time I’ve tweaked it to my taste and fixed a couple of things. My latest version is here: https://github.com/Hammerspoon/Spoons/blob/master/Source/SendToOmniFocus.spoon/scripts/outlook-to-omnifocus.applescript (you can find other X-to-omnifocus scripts I use in the same directory).

If you are interested: I use this script (and others) with Hammerspoon, which is an extremely powerful automation tool. I have a few getting-started articles in my blog, a good starting point is this one: http://zzamboni.org/post/getting-started-with-hammerspoon/

[MitchWagner]

For some reason, I’ve found the script on Veritrope’s page does not work for me. The Alfred automation I linked to above works just fine. I’ll check out Hammerspoon. Thanks!

[zzamboni]

Veritrope’s script broke with an Outlook upgrade a few months ago - I submitted the fix but I don’t know if he’s incorporated it. I documented the problem here: http://zzamboni.org/post/fixing-outlook-to-omnifocus-script/

[jmp51483]

hey @zzamboni,

really appreciate your fixing this and updating with Notification Center details… This is back to normal for me and has returned my productivity… Thanks again!