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Sending and Retrieval Tools for Microsoft Outlook

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The following pages are a collection of mail utilities for Microsoft Outlook that don't fit any of the categories listed under More Information. There is a separate page for each type of utility and those who don't fit within the four main types of utilities are under Mail Tools for Outlook. If you are still using the older exchange clients or Windows Messaging, available tools are listed at Mail Tools for Exchange Client and Windows Messaging.

  • Sending and Retrieval Tools for Outlook
  • Mass Mail Tools for Outlook
  • Compose Tools for Outlook
  • Duplicate Remover Tools for Outlook
  • Mail Tools for Outlook
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     Mass Mail | Compose Tools | Duplicate CheckersOther Tools | More Information

    Tools in the Spotlight

    3StepShare 3StepShare is designed to facilitate the sharing of Outlook folders (calendar, contact, task and email) without the need for Exchange, server computers, monthly hosting fees, or a computer specialist to install and keep it running. See for yourself just how easy 3StepShare makes sharing Outlook calendars, contacts, tasks, and email with your colleagues and friends. Trial version available.
    Email Scheduler Schedule messages to be sent at specific date/times or intervals by setting up a task for each message. Sold as part of the MAPILab Toolbox, v3.
    Follow Up Reminder Adds a "Send with Follow Up" button that sends the message and sets up reminders to help you keep track of whether recipients have responded to the message. Reminders are automatically cancelled when the recipients reply. Enter code WD9BHK53 during checkout.
    Redirect for Outlook Redirect individual messages (resend with original headers so the reply goes back to the original sender) instead of forwarding them.
    Schedule Recurring Email Send messages at regular intervals, similar to the scheduling for recurring appointments. Send an attachment or even the contents of an entire folder. Triggers Outlook security prompts only when creating the messages, not when sending them. For Outlook 2000 and 2002. Enter code WD9BHK53 during checkout.
    TeamKB for Outlook & Exchange TeamKB for Outlook and Exchange is an enterprise-grade knowledge base, allowing you and your team to share information, reduce customer support, improve staff productivity and eliminate time wasted searching for information across disparate systems such as shared folders and paper documents, all inside Outlook. With TeamKB, your team can document best practices and solutions to common problems and reply to time-consuming and repeated queries from your users in a click.

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    Always Bcc Utility to always do a Cc or Bcc to specific recipients or to selectively copy the message based on filters the user sets. Does not trigger the Outlook security prompts. Enter code WD9BHK53 during checkout.
    Attach2Link Attach2Link replaces large attachments with a "blind-link" in the message and stores the original file on a website through an FTP transfer or Web-http transfer. Slimmed down messages can be sent without fear of rejection and local storage space is dramatically reduced as attachments are replaced by a link to a file remotely stored.
    Attachment Manager for Outlook Attachment management addin for Microsoft Outlook enables you to detach attachments and embedded images as files in a local or network drive and link them up within the emails, for easy reference and retrieval. This reduces your Inbox size and makes Outlook run much faster and also removes the requirement for constantly archiving emails. Remove links and re-attach files back when required, or when replying or forwarding the emails. You can also set Attachment Manager to monitor any number of mail-enabled folders and mailboxes to automatically detach incoming emails, with no manual intervention. Optionally, you can also set the addin to skip detachment of certain attachments with specific extensions.
    Auto Follow Up Auto Follow Up automatically sends email follow up messages when a contact failed to reply to an email after a specified period of time. Users can choose to use follow up emails when the message is composed or they can select an already sent email and enable follow up for it. Auto Follow Up supports a variety of follow up options, so users can easily decide how to follow up on each message. The user can specify how long to wait for a reply before triggering the follow up email, enter the email content of the follow up message, choose how many follow up emails to be sent and how long to wait between them, select to be alerted or not before the follow up message is sent or manage follow up alerts.
    Auto Reply Manager Auto Reply Manager allows you to define and send auto email replies from your desktop, notifying your contacts that you are away, confirming incoming email messages, automatically forwarding emails or simply sending custom email templates. Works with Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2007.
    AutoBCC Use AutoBCC to automatically send a blind-copy of all your outgoing messages to another address, for monitoring team communications with customers or just to improve workflow. Free.
    AutoFill BCC Create rules for filling TO, CC, BCC and SUBJECT fields of new message based on the folder where the original message is stored. Add-in allows to use different settings for different folders. The fields you don't want to change will remain the same. It only allows automatic address management, while message body remains intact. Works with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and up, fully compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server public and shared folders.
    CDBOutlookCorporate Tools Plugin Offers “Reply As Folder” functionality with option to force the use of the From address when replying as folder (controlled centrally). Sent items can be filed in a sent items sub folder. Appends Company Signature based on sender domain Suffix. By default, it blocks external mail sending except From group folders. Has centralized application management and error logging. Trial version available.
    CentralUniSent for Exchange 2007 CentralUniSent utility ensures that messages sent from mailboxes users have 'Send as' permission on will be moved to the Sent Items folder of the mailbox the message was sent from. Also you can easily see who was the original author of the message. This application is an Exchange store event sink, no need to install software on the client side. Enable/disable moving of Sent items for each mailbox individually via the user interface.
    ChangeSender ChangeSender adds one important piece of functionality to Microsoft Outlook when used with Exchange Server: It allows you to choose the sender address your emails are sent from with an easy selection box.
    ClockMan95 Comprehensive automation and scheduling program that can download and send Outlook or Exchange/Windows Messaging mail and clear junk mail from an Internet mailbox.
    ConfidentSend ConfidentSend is an add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 to remove hidden data & metadata from email attachments. ConfidentSend is able to remove 39 types of potentially confidentiality compromising hidden data from 18 file types, including Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), OpenOffice.org / StarOffice documents, PDF documents, and popular image and media file types such as JPEG, PNG, and SVG.
    Document Exporter for Internet Explorer Document Exporter for Internet Explorer brings PDF, XPS, DOC and other widely used formats to the most popular Internet browser ever, enabling you to save web pages to one of this supported document type or simply attach to your Microsoft Outlook emails in a single click. Whichever format you export, Document Exporter preserves all the inline/embedded images, hyperlinks and make textual contents editable in the generated documents. Supports Internet Explorer 7 and above. No PDF printer or Adobe Acrobat drivers required.
    drop.io Outlook Plugin Use the drop.io Outlook plugin to automatically upload large files to the drop.io server and insert links to the file in your message. (Beta)
    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.
    Email Responder Email Responder plugin for Microsoft Outlook is an out of office assistant. Auto reply with email away message templates. Change your status and out of office reply templates remotely. Change your free-busy status manually (Away, Out of Office, Vacation, Tentative, Custom) or use your MS Outlook Calendar or Windows Live Messenger availability status. Auto response to selected Contacts or Distribution lists only. Enable MS Outlook auto forward. Version 2.10. Works with Outlook 2010 Beta and Windows 7.
    GERTES GERTES (Global Email Response-Time Expectation System) is a new worldwide system that allows you to set an expected response-time on any email that you send. Works with Outlook and other email clients.
    InsertText 4Outlook InsertText reduces the time it takes to write and respond to emails while also increasing the accuracy. InsertText gives you the fastest way of creating and using templates/pre-written responses in Microsoft Outlook. Write templates that you can reuse later or insert repeated text/graphics fragments or create new emails directly from templates. Much more than just copy & paste and easy to use even if you have hundreds of templates. Your templates can include email specific fields such as the message, Subject, To, CC and BCC fields. Works inside Outlook and from the System Tray. Version 3.0.20
    Mail Catcher Works with the Windows 2000 SMTP service to redirect all misaddressed incoming mail messages to one domain-specific mailbox, without generating a non-delivery report to the sender. For Exchange 5.5 or 2000.
    Mailinfo Mailinfo tells you if the recipient received, viewed or has not opened your email. Receive daily reminders to follow up on emails you sent which haven't been confirmed by Mailinfo.
    MailMover When you forward, or reply to an email from shared Exchange account the sent mail ends up in the users personal Sent Items folder. MailMover automatically searches for the correct mailbox and places the reply, forward or new mail that was sent on behalf of that mailbox into it’s Sent Items folder instead of in the users personal Sent Items folder. Outlook 2007.
    Missing Attachment PowerToy The Missing Attachment PowerToy detects when an outbound e-mail message contains words which you typically use when including attachments and offers you the opportunity to revise the e-mail before Outlook sends it on its way. Free. Outlook 2007 only.
    OutDisk for Outlook OutDisk for Outlook automatically uploads files to your FTP server, with no user knowledge of FTP required. OutDisk insulates users from the complexities of FTP. Once setup, the user selects files in a manner that's very similar to using OutDisk's paperclip to attach files to an email. Multiple users can share one FTP account. Each user can have a unique "working" directory. OutDisk will create a unique subdirectory for each email beneath the working directory. This adds security: by not co-mingling files, the recipient can only access the files that they are intended to access.
    Outlook Automator Tool for scheduling Outlook 98 sessions to connect to the Internet, download mail, then close Outlook.
    POP before SMTP Proxy Small program to handle mail servers that require you to connect to your POP account before you can send mail with your SMTP account. Suitable for Outlook 97, 98 or 2000. Not needed with Outlook 2002.
    Remind me Attachments Remind me Attachments will automatically remind you that you wrote 'attachment' - or any other keyword you select – before you really send the message scanning each outgoing email. You will have then the opportunity to attach a file to your outgoing message.
    Remind me Blank Subject Remind me Blank Subject will automatically remind you that you have a blank subject before you really send the message scanning each outgoing email. You will have then the opportunity to insert a subject to your outgoing message.
    ResponseTemplates Response Templates for Microsoft Outlook (Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010) is an intuitive addin that allows you to create and store email templates for replying to frequently repeated email questions. Using an easy to retrieve folder storage system built into Outlook, Response Templates enables you to easily find and insert the items you need (text snippets, sentences, paragraphs, URLs, attachments, etc.) into your emails for quick, easy and professional replies to customer emails.
    Send And Move Send And Move assists you in getting organized with your Outlook folders by moving every sent mail to the preferred folder immediately after sending.
    SendAsGroup for Exchange Use SendAsGroup to send e-mail which is handled through generic department distribution groups. For internal mail they want to be able to send mail from their own account, however when this user sends e-mail out of the office, the From address needs to be set to the address of the distribution group. Also available for Exchange 2000/2003.
    SendGuard 4Outlook Send Guard will detect and prompt you whenever you make any of these mistakes and more: forget to send an attachment you promised in a message, Reply-to-All or forget to Reply-to-All, send emails using the wrong email account, send emails with blank or incorrect subjects, said something you oh-so-knew-better than to say. Works with Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007. Version 1.0.75 Free trial available.
    SendLater Send messages at the date/time of your choice either once or recurring. Can transmit the latest version of a file. Outlook needs to be running when the time for sending the message arrives. Outlook 2000 or later.
    SendShield SendShield is a metadata scrubber for Microsoft Outlook.Simple automatic background scanning of documents for hidden metadata. Clean or convert to PDF directly from within Outlook.
    SentRoute Free Outlook 2000 COM add-in to file each sent message in a folder corresponding to the sending account in Internet Mail Only mode. Separate commercial version for Outlook 2000 Corporate/Workgroup mode and Outlook 2002 also available.
    SilentMail for Outlook SilentMail for Outlook monitors outgoing emails and sends a blind carbon copy (BCC) of every email to a specified address. SilentMail for Outlook does this by copying the message from the Outbox mail folder, making the monitoring process invisible for the user. Supports all versions of Outlook. Does not require Exchange server.
    SmartReply 2007 for Outlook 2003/2007 This utility allows an Outlook user the ability to easily select the From address of the new, replied or forwarded message. The message can be replied with the same From address as original message has been sent to. You can also set a different signature for each e-mail address.
    VBOffice SAM SAM automatically sets the sender, signature, and folder for sent items based on several criteria. Use SAM to assign a sending account and signature to contacts, folders, or categories. Works with Outlook 2007, and 2010.
    WhichAddress for Exchange WhichAddress allows you to see what address the message was originally sent to, when you have multiple SMTP addresses. The actual SMTP address can be displayed in Outlook instead of mailbox name. WhichAddressPF version provides the same capabilities with public folders.
    YouSendIt YouSendIt provides companies and individuals with the ability to transfer large files up to 2GB in size. The YouSendIt solution combined with Outlook plug-in allows users to send large attachments right from their mailbox without worrying about file size limitations. The Corporate Solution allows IT and network teams to easily manage all users by integrating and centrally managing large file sending right from Outlook. Registration required.

     

    Add-ins that do bulk mail with Outlook may be unusable unless they have been rewritten to accommodate the "object model guard" in the Outlook E-mail Security Update. One possible workaround is the free Express ClickYes utility, which "clicks" the Yes buttons on the Outlook security prompts automatically. Note, however, that while Express ClickYes is active, a virus could also gain access to addresses and send messages.

    Also see:

  • Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments -- Use Word VBA to create a mail merge with attachments. Includes code sample written by Word MVP Doug Robbins.
  • Contact Management Tools -- Some of these tools can do bulk mailings, with attached files.
  • Exchange Server Mailing Lists
  • Using Microsoft Excel To Do a Bulk Mailing in Microsoft Outlook -- sample code
  • Bulk Reply Form -- Sample Outlook form to generate a single reply to all messages in a folder
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    More Information

  • Content Control Tools
  • Compression Tools
  • Decoder Tools
  • Distribution List Tools
  • Fax Tools -- includes tools for scanning documents into Outlook items
  • Junk Mail Tools
  • Mailing List Tools
  • Notification Tools
  • Security Tools -- Some of these also provide message tracking.
  • Signature Tools -- including random quotes

  • Microsoft Outlook Message Form Samples -- more sample message forms 
  • CNET Downloads -- Many additional sources for Outlook stationery and mail notification utilities, among other things
  • OL2000: How to Broadcast Mail Using Outlook
  • EMail Checkers for Windows NT - Workstation
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