To cut a long story short, if you regularly put your computer to sleep rather than turn it off then always shut Outlook before doing so and use an OST (Cached Exchange Mode) if your IT will let you.

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You open Outlook and there’s something wrong – your Google Apps profile won’t load or a plugin won’t work so you log a support ticket and wait for help, causing downtime which could have been easily avoided:

Always shut all your applications properly before switching off your computer before going home in the evening!

Shutting down the computer with applications running (particularly Outlook as it is a very complex piece of software) can cause essential files to be corrupted which in turn can cause problems further down the line.

We know your train leaves at 5:28 and it’s a ten minute walk to the station and you didn’t want that last phone call, but it would be better to leave your computer on overnight with the screen off than to force a shutdown with applications running.

Here ends the lesson.

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eRules enables you to create rules which file your emails automatically as they are sent or received by matching specific text in an email’s subject line, message body and the addresses of sender or recipients.

Any number of criteria may be added to make an eRule and you can have as many eRules as you need.

The simple and clear user interface makes creating eRules easy.

Also new in eFiler 2.6 are the Location Scanner and Policy Manager utilities made to speed up and simplify the process of creating and deploying lists of filing locations, configuration settings and eRules.

Location Scanner searches a specified drive either for folders with a specific name e.g. “Email” or containing files with specific text in their filenames e.g. “msg”. It compiles a list of the folders which match the search criteria and the user then selects which ones are to be added to the list already in use or exported to be deployed to other users.

When the selected folders are compiled into an efl (eFiler locations) file they are given tags named after the folder, its parent and grand parent.

The Policy Manager utility allows users to upload, download, replace, restore and delete efl (locations), efc (config) and efr (eRules) files for deployment across an organisational unit.

Please watch the new video of eRules being created, edited and used to see how easy it is and how much time eRules could save the average user.

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The browser was slow, file system access was sluggish and, most alarmingly, Outlook was taking several minutes to open.

We watched all of the machine’s processes using Process Explorer (a highly recommended replacement for Task Manager) and noticed that csc.exe, the C# command line compiler, was being opened by Outlook and was apparently causing it to take ages to start.

A little bit of research suggested that a service needed by csc.exe might have stopped so we went through all the services and found that the COM+ System Application service was not running so we started it and set it to automatic, ran sfc/scannow at the command prompt for good measure and rebooted the machine.

Outlook now opens in a matter of seconds and the machine is back up to full speed!

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We are looking to form relationships with more individuals and businesses around the world with experience in software sales and implementation.

To find out more about eFiler please browse this site, watch the video of eFiler being used in real time and read about how eFiler could solve your customers’ email problem at low cost and with a very fast ROI.

If you think that eFiler would be a good fit with your current portfolio please email info@efiler.co.uk with #reseller in the subject line and tell us a bit about yourself or your business.

Successful applicants will have a proven track record of managing the sales process from lead generation to deal closure and will demonstrate the abilities to act ethically, to communicate clearly and to provide front-line technical support.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Emails sent by Outlook users in RTF (Rich Text Format) over the internet can sometimes be changed along the way. This can make the winmail.dat file, which describes the RTF formatting to the receiving client, visible as a potentially unreadable attachment.

There is a Microsoft KB article about this issue here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278061

More information about emails formats affecting internet email in Outlook can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290809

And if you want to prevent winmail.dat from being sent via IMC, read this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149203

And to prevent it from being sent to internet users: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138053

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excuse for having

unfiled emails in their Inbox!

Watch the clips below to find out more –

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Cloud Sync works with iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile.

Also released in eFiler 2.4 are some improvements to the look and feel of the user interface: eFiler now marks filed items with an eFiler icon (this is particularly useful to those who like to keep filed emails in their Outlook Inbox and see at a glance which emails have been filed and are therefore safe to delete when dealt with), and to make life easy we have added automatic prompting for saved filing references in the File Ref: Manager, making it even quicker to set up Drop Panel and Cloud Sync filing locations.

Download your free 30 day trial now and solve your email problem with eFiler.

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