Search Results

Cached mode is available in Outlook 2003 or later. It allows offline usage and usually improves Outlook mailbox performance.Optimizing Outlook 2007 Cache Mode PerformanceFor very large mailboxes (greater than 2 GB), Outlook may slow down due to the size of the...

There are more.. but.. here are the most useful….ENTER Open the selected message/contact, appointment etc. depending on the current folder you’re in.Ctrl+N Open/create a new message, appointment, contact etc. depending on the current folder you’re in.Ctrl+R Re...

Two software packages I really like for Microsoft Outlook are Lookout and Attensa. Lookout is a search toolbar that quickly indexes your email messages, attachments, folders, and other Outlook files. Because it pre-indexes all files, search results are retur...

These basic instructions came from Microsoft On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List (DL). In the Name box, type a name. Click Select Members. In the Show names from the list, click the address book that contains the e-mail addresses y...

Try runningoutlook.exe /cleanfreebusyandoutlook.exe /cleanremindersfrom Start→Run.

Aside from “hitting delete” on the auto-fill in the address list when using outlook, you can also delete the whole list by:From Outlook, click Tools\OptionsEmail Options\Advanced Email OptionsDeselect ‘Suggest Names while completing To, Cc and Bcc fields’Save,...

You’ve all probably run into the problem where someone on an email BCC list uses Reply All and blows their cover. If you don’t have time to read the article linked below, it boils down to: Limit the use of BCC whenever possible. Only use BCC when you’re willin...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q287497/

Did somehow your “Out of office” assistant get disabled?When you click on Tools>Out of Office Assistant do you get an error message:“The command is not available. See the program documentation…blah blah blah”There is a registry fix that you can do, but it d...

How to fix Outlook calendar reminders that are not workingClose Outlook. At the run command (click on Start, Run) type outlook /cleanreminders and click OK. Reopen Outlook and your reminders should start working again.If that doesn’t work, try running an add...

How to delete rules that are not working from your Exchange 2000 server.I discovered this fix for a problem that was discovered when people couldn’t set their out of office assistants. The message appeared to be set, but then the message never went out. The ...

Creating A Personal Folder in Microsoft OutlookSince email server storage is extremely expensive, it’s useful to be able to retain old, low value emails without having to manually save them out to the hard drive as individual files. Instead, you can save old e...

While trying to add an exchange server account the following message appeared:“There was an error locating one of the items needed to complete this operation. It might have been deleted”All you need to do is so a search for ‘mapisvc.inf’ on your C: drive. It w...

Instructions taken from: http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook.php1. Compact your Thunderbird folders (optional)Thunderbird keeps messages in mbox files even after they have been deleted. If you don’t want to include deleted messages in the conversion, y...

If you’ve ever hit CTRL+ENTER and accidentally fired off an unfinished email, this is one solution to disable that.http://superuser.com/questions/128842/disabling-keyboard-shortcuts-in-entourage-outlook

Is it possible to sync outlook contacts to an iPad or iPhone? What if you want to put business contacts on a personal device? thanks!- question by Tara BrownActiveSync is a popular way to connect an iOS device to the Exchange backend which Outlook interfaces:S...

“Free, Fast and easy tool for removing duplicate items from Outlook foldersWith ODIR it’s a snap to clean your Outlook folders by removing all duplicates. ODIR removes duplicates from Contacts; Calendar; Tasks; Notes and Email folders." http://www.vaita.com/OD...

“The Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool v2.0 (OCAT) provides a quick and easy method to analyze your Microsoft Office Outlook profile and mailbox for common configurations that may cause problems in Outlook. This can be very useful for busy Help Desk personn...