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This page contains a list of help desk utilities for Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server. These utilities can be used for help desks, customer support, issue and ticket tracking systems.

Housekeeping and message management tools and utilities for Microsoft Exchange server.

The keys to keeping the size of your folders manageable are to Periodically empty the Deleted Items folder Archive or delete from Sent Items Remove attachments from sent messages, assuming that the attached files are stored elsewhere on your system Use one of the third-party tools listed here to compress attachments that you want to  

Listed below are Stationery collections and tools you can use to take advantage of the HTML stationery feature in Microsoft Outlook 98 and later versions. Tip: If you have a "standalone" version of Outlook installed and are missing the Stationery options, try copying winword.exe into the same folder as Outlook.exe. This will enable most missing  

Standalone fax users have many choices today, both in add-ins for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange and in alternative Internet faxing services. Why wrestle with a fax modem and tie up your telephone line when you can receive faxes for free via e-mail and send faxes via the Internet at little or no cost? Rates tend to be  

If you have Windows Server running on your LAN, you can configure Active Directory, which supports LDAP right out of the box. See How to Configure Address Book to Query Users in Active Directory for details on how to configure Outlook; follow the instructions in the Downlevel Client Considerations with the Address Book section to  

The tools on this page support "live" calendaring - changes to calendars are updated in real time. In some cases, the calendar is displayed in a web browser (which can be viewed from anywhere) and others display the calendars in Outlook or in their own application.

These utilities are primarily aimed at checking your mail accounts without requiring you to run the full Microsoft Outlook program. Some also provide automatic deletion of unwanted messages from the server, without downloading them first into your mail program. Tools | More Information More Information CNET Downloads -- Many more notification utilities for POP3 accounts  

This is a collection of mail utilities for Microsoft Outlook. Sending and Retrieval | Mass Mail | Compose Tools | Duplicate Checkers More Information Content Control Tools Compression Tools Decoder Tools Distribution List Tools Junk Mail Tools Mailing List Tools Notification Tools Security Tools -- Some of these also provide message tracking. Signature Tools Mail Tools  

Microsoft Exchange Server provides a foundation for shared address lists through the global address list; enter outside addresses as custom recipients. If everyone is using Microsoft Outlook, you can also create public folders for sharing contacts. If you don't have Exchange Server, beyond the tools listed below, you might consider using: An LDAP server --  

The tools listed on this page are used for sending mail to multiple recipients, including mail merge. Use them to send newsletters and other bulk mail. Many can be configured to slowly send messages if your ISP limits the number of messages you can send in a time period.

Do you need to process information arriving via e-mail by responding to particular text in the message rather than the message as a whole? These utilities help by extracting data from messages, exporting it to a file or database or responding with a custom reply using information from the incoming message. If you prefer a  

This page lists utilities that allow you to classify email, manage secure email, and rights management for individual messages. For tools dealing with securing Outlook and Exchange data with folder and user permissions, see: Managing Exchange Server Permissions S/Mime and PGP utilities are listed at S/MIME Encryption and Message Security Tools Public key servers and other  

These unsupported form samples illustrate some of the tasks you can organize with Microsoft Outlook, especially with Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folders. Not only are they useful in their own right, but they help you learn how to build custom Outlook forms. These forms are no longer available from Microsoft. I have copies of the  

The following are tools for use with Exchange server. This group of tools doesn't fit into any existing category we currently have at this site.   Miscellaneous Tools for Exchange Server was last modified: September 12th, 2011 by Slipstick

The following are an assortment of tools for Outlook which do not fit within the various categories of tools aleady on Slipstick.com.   Miscellaneous Tools for Outlook was last modified: August 28th, 2011 by Diane Poremsky

Special to Slipstick.com by Hal Hostetler I can clearly recall my boss telling me, when I'd finally convinced him we really needed to upgrade our WorkGroup PostOffice to an Exchange Server, 'Remember, this is a Television Station! e-mail is SECONDARY." My, how a little time changes things. Not only has e-mail become mission critical, but  

This page lists personal mobile solutions that work directly to Outlook on the desktop. For server-based solutions that work directly with Exchange Server, see Server Tools for Mobile Access to Exchange Server Data. Another approach is to use a web-based storage service, synchronizing Outlook data with the service. See Synchronizing Outlook - Web storage services.  

The utilities on this list were specifically designed to work with Office 365 Exchange Online.

This page lists some of the Outlook add-ins that are available in the Office Store. These add-ins are available only for Outlook.com and Office 365 Exchange Online accounts.