Outlook – How To
How to organize your Outlook email data
A question I’ve received and/or encountered on more then one occasion is “What’s the best/recommended way to organize my email?” The reality is that like so many other things, there no “one size fits all” approach. Everyone works differently, thinks differently, and have different requirements. Given that there is no one answer that is the “best” […]
How to manage the Inbox for multiple POP3 accounts
For people who have multiple POP3 accounts configured, there are essentially two ways to deal with incoming emails from those accounts that allows for everything to be conveniently separated. The first approach would be to configure each POP3 account to have email delivered to its own <Inbox> located in a separate PST file for each […]
How to quickly create an Outlook Contact Group from existing contacts
Crating a Contact group involves selecting one contact at a time which can be somewhat of a time consuming process especially if multiple contact groups need to be created. There is however a way to create Contact Group selecting multiple contacts either assigned to a particular category or filtered in any other way using the […]
How to organize Outlook contacts – Part 1 – Multiple Folders
There are several approaches that can be used to organize Outlook contacts for different purposes. While there is no single right or wrong answer, some approaches are better then others depending on individual requirements. In this first of two segments, the focus is on organizing contacts by using multiple folders which is generally the least […]
How to organize Outlook contacts – Part 2 – Categories – Contact Groups
This is the second of two segments with the focus is on organizing contacts by using Categories and Contact Groups. (For segment 1 – see How to organize Outlook contacts – Part 1 – Multiple Folders) Categories Using categories to segment contacts is probably one of the most flexible approaches available. When categories are consistently assigned, […]
