Miscellaneous Mail Tools

Last reviewed on September 10, 2011

This is a collection of mail utilities for Outlook that don’t fit any of the other categories. Many of these utilities were designed for the old Exchange client or Windows Messaging and will not work with modern versions of Outlook.

Tools

Email Effects

Converts pictures and tables to text.

Email Exchanger

Email Exchanger is a utility for automatic scheduled retrieval of messages for all the services in your Outlook, Exchange or Windows Messaging profile. Outlook/Exchange does not need to be running.

Exchange Download Display Extension

Uses a system tray icon to display the number of messages being downloaded during the current connection session. The author says it needs the Microsoft Exchange Server service in the profile, but I've found that it works at least some of the time without it.

Fentun

Utility to decode attachments sent by Outlook that arrive as Winmail.dat files because you sent in Rich Text Format.

Personal Message Store Export Utility

Exports Outlook messages to a text file with complete Internet headers. Visual Basic 6.0 source code included.

Prosoft Apps Internet Email Software

Bulk mail tool to send an individual message to multiple recipients. Addresses can come from any address list and may include distribution lists.

Written by

Diane Poremsky
A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999 and involved in IT support since 1985, Diane is the author of several books and video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.