My Notes to Myself and Others... : Outlook

Increasing the rule quota limit/size (Exchange 2007)

Erik Rozman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:41:43 GMT

This has always bugged me. When using Exchange you have a limit on how many rules
you can create for your mailbox. At first sight you might say,what is the big deal-you almost
never hit the limit. The problem is that once one of your users does actually hit the limit
you have no compelling explanation as to why the limit for Exchange servers up to 2007
was 32KB (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886616).

In Exchange 2007 this changes, and the limit can be changed to either 64KB, 128KB or
256KB. This can be done by using a cmdlet called set-mailbox.

Set-Mailbox <mailbox> -RulesQuota:<size>

The specific attribute being changed is called appropriately: RulesQuota .

Mail Merge

Erik Rozman — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:24:21 GMT

I always wondered how I sometimes receive a personalized e-mail that is obviously
a bulk message. Well, the nice people at the Microsoft Office Outlook Blog have
decided to share the secret:Mail Merge.

Since we are before the holiday season this might be a great way to send out
personalized greetings….

IRM in Outlook 2007

Erik Rozman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:37:17 GMT

These days I find myself using Outlook as the main tool I use to communicate. Thus,
the more I know about it, the better. Information Rights Management enables us to protect
our data to some extent. When used in conjunction with Outlook, in addition to protecting
our data it can also help us shape the way our communication is used.

One useful example is the ability to prevent the dreaded ‘Reply to all’ button…

The Outlook team has decided to publish a series of posts regarding IRM with Outlook,
this is the first one:

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/06/17/irm-in-outlook-2007.aspx

Keyboard Shortcuts (Outlook 2007)

Erik Rozman — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:36:41 GMT

I never cease to be amazed by the shear amount of keyboard shortcuts that are
available for use in most applications. Most of us are accustomed to using the
mouse,yet from time to time I find myself picking up the habit of using a shortcut
that dramatically improves my productivity- the only problem is discovering these
shortcuts.

So,just for the fun of it, take a look at the available keyboard combinations
for Outlook 2007 (hopefully you will pick up a few tricks):

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP012303961033.aspx

Outlook Sidebar Gadgets for Outlook

Erik Rozman — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:08:01 GMT

When the Vista sidebar was released, I was a bit skeptical. It reminded me of
the old Office toolbar(ok,but not a big hit-at least not with me). Lately I have started
to view it in a different light-you can actually have quite a useful gadget attached to it,you
can build a gadget that will provide directory information for your companies employee
or direct access to your IT staff.

In addition to that two new gadgets were published on the Outlook teams blog: appointments
and tasks. Take a look at the post.