Category Archives: Outlook

What to do about Outlook’s synchronization logs?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Those of you who read my “other” blog (at WindowsITPro.com) are probably aware of my views on Outlook’s continuing failure to be able to suppress or otherwise deal with the generous number of synchronization logs that the client generates. Last … Continue reading →

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How curious! Outlook 2003 can’t read Exchange 2010 PSTs

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft has released KB2742408 to report that Outlook 2003 clients can’t read PSTs generated by Exchange 2010’s New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet. This is kind of curious, if understandable. New-MailboxExportRequest is processed by the Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) running on a CAS server. It creates … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed blog digest June-July 2012

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Tony Redmond

I was remiss in not posting a digest of June articles so here’s a bumper edition listing all of the articles posted to WindowsITPro.com during June and July. In passing, I should also point to my 4,000-word plus in-depth review … Continue reading →

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Reverting to Outlook’s AutoArchive feature

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Tony Redmond

A question arising from my post about some things to consider when you enable Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes asked how a user could revert back to Outlook’s AutoArchive feature if they decided that they really didn’t want to use the archive mailbox. … Continue reading →

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Monday miscellany

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Some random thoughts to fill in the vacuum of a boring Monday afternoon in January… First, why doesn’t the Nokia Lumia 800 running Windows Phone 7.5 display a status bar to show the current state of the battery, wireless connectivity, … Continue reading →

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Shared mailbox or public folder

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

A recent question asked to this blog as to whether I thought it a good idea to use a public folder as a repository for a shared calendar. My answer was “no” as I consider using a shared mailbox to … Continue reading →

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More observations on Windows Phone (and the Nokia Lumia 800)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Tony Redmond

I received quite a reaction to my post about moving from iPhone to Windows Phone 7.5 and the Nokia Lumia 800 (I note that Paul Robichaux, a died-in-the-wool Apple fan if one ever existed has now declared his lurking desire for … Continue reading →

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Oops – “Reply All” strikes again

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Tony Redmond

Anyone who’s worked with email for a while is probably well aware of the havoc that the uncontrolled (or unintended) use of the Reply/All option can wreak on the unwary. It was interesting to see The Register report on the … Continue reading →

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Clients that support Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Tony Redmond

My post describing the issues that can arise when you enable an Exchange 2010 mailbox to have an archive is one of the most actively discussed on this blog. I think that this points to a certain lack of familiarity that … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 compliance at Exchange Connections

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Tony Redmond

I’ve already published an article about the news about Microsoft’s PST capture tool that Ankur Kothari shared at the Fall 2011 Exchange Connections in Las Vegas. Here I’d like to record some of the interesting observations and Q&A interchanges that … Continue reading →

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