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November 27, 2007

Trouble Searching Outlook or Notes Email? Try this.

Let's face it, many of us use email as a database for all our email. Those that are really organize tend to have folder after folder of very specific topics that hold their email. Searching thru all that email in Outlook and Notes can be a challenge.

To help with this email search problem, IBM has just released a product innovation on their AlphaWorks site that helps you find those needles in the proverbial email haystack. I've got a big haystack and using the standard search capabilities in Outlook is no longer cutting it. After giving the product a test drive for a week now, I've found it much better than the standard search capabilities in Outlook.

Once you download and install the product, it will go to work and index your email. It may take some time but have patience as it will be worth the wait. Once you have the plug-in installed in Outlook (I have not used the Notes version), you can simply pump in your query into the text box, hit find and see the results of your search in a browser window almost like you were using a standard search box that produces results.

I've found it to be quite valuable and if you want to give it a try, here is the link to get more information on the product along with download information.  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/emailsearch

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