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Outlook is Microsoft's personal information manager software, often sold in a suite of applications known as Microsoft Office. Used as an email client, calendar/appointment manager, and contact book, it is used world-wide in many settings. Recent versions Windows outlook-2003 outlook-2007 ...

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How to send myself an email every 30 min as a reminder

I'm looking for an app (web or not) that will send me an email every 30 min until I stop it. Why? When I'm working on a special type of support case, I need to update my clients every 30 min. So, if ...
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change Outlook default view font setting

I hate Segoe UI, but can't config Outlook to default choose another font (at least Tahoma) for view in all mail folder. If anyone know how to do, please show me how to do it! Many thanks!
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Unreadable format of specific emails

I subscribe to group digest mail, which comes a few times a day, but ever since I got a new computer, and I’m using Microsoft Outlook instead of Outlook Express, the mails come to me in a strange ...
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subswitch for outlook - or a combobox for select a pre-defined part of email subject in Outlook

Anyone know about something like Thunderbird Subswitch for Outlook? Please tell me about it! Thanks a lot! (many tries with GOOGLE don't help much) I'm current using Outlook 2010 if it's a matter. ...
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Outlook “Mark as Read” Rule Not Working After Migrating to New User Account

I had several rules set up in Outlook, all worked fine, but I just recently switched to a new user account on the same machine and ever since then, my rules have not been working 100%. Most of my ...
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Outlook meeting invitations sent to people that have not been invited

I'm using outlook 2010 and whenever I send meeting invites to individuals other's who are not invited receive the invite as well. This has been an ongoing issue.What to do ?
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How do we copy a custom table style from Word to Outlook?

We're using Word 2007 and Outlook 2007. We've got a corporate table style defined in Word and set as the default. How do we make that table style available in Outlook mail messages? I can't see any ...
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Is it possible to include multiple time slot choices in a calendar event in MS Outlook?

I want to add multiple choices to an email w/ calendar event via MS Outlook. Is it even possible to do that, as I'm having trouble looking up how to do so, or the buttons suggesting that I can ...
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outlook can't search mail with subject in Japanese

Microsoft tell us that Microsoft Outlook supports Unicode and provides full support for multilingual data. but today, when I search for my message with this subject "FW: 1月分課題対応のお願い" (Sure that ...
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Hide reoccurring meetings in outlook?

Is there a way to hide reoccurring meetings in outlook? Basically I have a bunch of reoccurring meetings that show up in my calendar. But they make the one-off meeting less obvious ... which are ...
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Outlook 2010 doesn't like it when I tell it NOT to “Remember Password” for Gmail?

When I uncheck the "Remember Password" box, Outlook gives me an error when synchronizing, instead of asking me for my Gmail password. (It works fine when I tell it to remember the password, though.) ...
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Yahoo IMAP Spam folder not recognized by Outlook 2007

Yahoo uses the name Bulk Mail for it's spam folder, when connecting via IMAP. However, Outlook 2007 by default uses the name Junk E-mail. So whenever I connect to my Yahoo email account with ...
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How to Normalize Sender Names in Outlook

For the same person I usually have a few different names and mail addresses as the from and to fields of my mails. For example: John Doe John Doe (john.doe@googlemail.com) John Doe ...
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How to Bulk-Unmark Marked Outlook Mails

I have an insane amount of red-marked Outlook mails (800). Is there a way to unmark the oldest 700 of them (alternatively to unmark mails which are older than a certain date)? Can this be done without ...
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Set 'From' address in Outlook on a per-message basis

I'm trying to determine if it's possible in Outlook(2010 specifically) to select the from address on a per-message basis if the user has multiple valid SMTP addresses on their Exchange mailbox. This ...
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How do I change the completed date for tasks in Outlook?

I would like to use outlook to record the date of on which I complete work related tasks. I often forget to change a task status to "completed" on the day that I actually complete the task. When I ...
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Microsoft Outlook 2010 does not show upcoming appointments

I see the message, "No upcoming appointments." However, there are upcoming appointments (even some for today) and they don't show unless I click on the calendar.
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Is there a Shortcut for “Mark all messages as read” in Outlook?

I am trying to find a shortcut for marking all messages (eMails) in a folder as read by using a keyboard shortcut, but had no luck in finding one so far. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2010 and when I ...
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outlook 2007 cant open eml file

im trying to open a test.eml file using the following command although I get "the operation failed. An object could not be found" error message now. This was working before although it doesnt now! ...
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How do I email MS Project calendar items to people with Thunderbird email clients?

How do I send a .ICS or .VCS vCard Outlook/Project calendar file items in a format that all email clients understand? I don't want a .VCS attachment to show up in a Thunderbird Email client ...
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macro to make Outlook prompt me on open/close to turn Out of Office off/on

I would like to add a macro to Outlook 2007 that asks me when I shut it down if I want to turn the Out of Office Assistant on, and then asks me when I open Outlook if I want to turn Out of Office ...
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Outlook: Read all messages from a specific sender as plain text?

Is there a way to read all messages from a specific sender (or a list of senders) as plain text rather than HTML? I found how to toggle them all to plain text (Tools->Trust Center->Email Security) but ...
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How do I move only coming occurences of a series in Outlook?

I have created a series that occurs every week. Now I want to change the time of this series. When doing this Outlook changes the time also for past events. I do not want this. What can I do? I came ...
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People PaneOutllok 2010 32Bit on Windows 7 64Bit

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit Outlook 2010 32 Bit Version 14.0.6112.5000 Exchange Server 2010 Outlook Email cached mode Registry Entry: RunOSC is 1 Windows Indexing: Index recreated When I try to use the ...
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Exchange 2010 accepted sender

We have an exchange 2010 in office and a Godaddy account to host our services. For authentication, it is required that the user follows a link from the email to authenticate their corporate email. ...
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Outlook, S/MIME, IMAP and Cert Expiration

How does outlook handle encrypted IMAP-Mails after the certificate/key the mail has been encrypted with expires? To still read the e-mail, that is encrypted on the IMAP-Server, I would need the ...
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How can I adjust start and end time for reoccuring meetings in Outlook?

I have a situation where I have a few reoccurring meetings in my Outlook calendar for which I want to change the start and end time for. I didn't create the meeting in the first place, and I don't ...
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Adding custom prefixes that are ignored when sorting by subject in Outlook 2007

I would like to add the word "EXTERNAL:" to the list of subject prefixes like "RE:" and "FW:" that are ignored when sorting by subject in Outlook 2007. For example, this message is sorted as if the ...
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What Are the Risks of Storing a “Personal” Email Password Password Locally?

I sometimes use MS Outlook 2010 on my home PC to check my personal Hotmail, but I have to type my password in every time I connect. What risks would I face if I allowed MS Outlook to memorize my ...
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Office365 Exchange: Cannot open shared two calendars in Outlook

The problem: Outlook won't open the calendars on another user's mailbox and and a room mailbox, even when users have permission. Note: This problem is affecting more than one account on more than one ...
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How to auto/schedule archive email in outlook that meets certain criteria?

I want to archive/delete (on a schedule, so not just a one off thing) all email that meets a certain criteria, in specific: Older than 1 year Where my name is not in the To or Cc box Not sent to ...
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How can I open Outlook PST files read-only in Outlook 2010

Running Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 I have two quite large outlook files each about 700MB each. I need regularly to access the emails in them, they are archives from recent years. However each time I ...
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Change default Outlook calendar

I had to import a backup PST file in Outlook recently but it duplicated all my folders. For mails and contacts no real problem, just moved them all over but for calendars I can't seem to do that. I ...
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Creating a new Outlook email from a text file

I'd like to be able to create a new email from a text file (e.g. a .html file or a text file containing the full email text including headers), and either open it as a draft or send it immediately ...
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Outlook and IMAP accounts

I am using Outlook 2010 and had a POP account which i am now re-creating as an IMAP account, the problem is that i cannot get rid of the .pst file associated with the pOP account. Is there a way to do ...
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Get a list of Outlook rules

I've set a few rules in outlook. And I'd like to get a list of all the rules I've created so far. How do I get this ? Thanks
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How to change a POP account to IMAP in Outlook or Windows Live Mail?

I have some e-mails accounts sets to POP and now we have the IMAP service, so we would like to change to IMAP because of the benefits that it comes with it. But I'm trying to do that in Outlook ...
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Enable Outlook sounds when using a (different) fullscreen program?

Whenever I start a game or something that runs in fullscreen and "locks" the display (i.e. pop-ups are suppressed and do not get focus), the notification sounds in Outlook (2010 on Windows 7) do not ...
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How can I determine why exactly UAC is blocking an app from running/installing?

Windows 7 Professional (Fully updated). UAC seems to be preventing an Outlook Add-in from installing/running correctly. When I disable UAC and restart, it works fine. When I re-enable UAC and ...
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Re-enabling Messenger in Outlook 2003

I have Outlook 2003 and have lost the messenger functionality. It was working up until I tried to install Communicator 2007. Communicator failed to connect to the server so I un-installed it and ...
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Google Apps Sync and Outlook Deleted Items

I'm using Outlook 2010 and Google Apps Sync for e-mail. Is there a way to ensure that the Outlook "Deleted Items" folder syncs deleted items to the Gmail interface trash?
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Rule to move all mails from the users of a Distribution List to a Folder

We are using Outlook 2007, and I wanted to create a rule that would move all the emails coming from any of the users that are a part of a specific Distribution List to a specific folder. I have tried ...
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Sorting Outlook calendar All Appointments view by next appointment date

I like the All Appointments view in the Outlook [2007] calendar, but I can't figure out how to get it sorted by the next appointment date. Put another way, I'd like to see the nearest-in-time ...
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Outlook: better way to organize sent mails into specific folders?

I heavily rely on organizing all my emails into folders (my brain finds email faster when they're grouped to a certain "topic"). I'm not only putting my received mails into them but also my sent ones, ...
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How to get Outlook attachment to a server from a mailbox

Every day we receive an email with an Excel attachment in our group mailbox. I created a rule that executes a VBScript to save the attachment to a server as a .csv file. This works well in my ...
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Outlook 2010: How to add meeting invites automatically to the calendar as tentative?

With previous Outlook version or installation, whenever I got a meeting invite, it was automatically added to my calendar as 'tentative', without me needing to open the meeting request. Now I need to ...
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Windows 7 + Outlook 2007 connection drop following Sleep mode

I have noticed a similar question to this having carried out a search but the answers given are unfortunately not helpful in my situation. I am currently carrying out Windows 7 deployment and a ...
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How do I filter on the BCC field in Outlook?

I have a filter set in Outlook that puts any message I send to myself, where my name is not on the To or Cc line, to a specific folder. I use this when I send emails I need to follow-up on. I Bcc ...
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Why does my Tray Icon's Behavior occasionally reset Windows 7?

I'm fine with having most of my tray icons hidden, however I want the Outlook Notification envelop to show at all times when I have new messages. Its important for me to know when I have unread ...
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Outlook email addresses erasing every time the computer is rebooted

Using Microsoft Outlook 2010 on a network with a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. The Exchange Server is the only email address associated with my Outlook. Have not had any problems for over a year, ...

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