Keyword search in Exchange Server mailboxes

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Introduction in Exchange mailboxes keyword searching

When a task occurs to find emails with specific keywords in mailboxes, the best approach is to perform this search on the server side – on Microsoft Exchange Server. Search in Exchange itself is quite complex since it involves special mechanisms and technical approaches in order to allow search for necessary keywords in hundreds or even thousands mailboxes quickly and efficiently.

Fortunately, there is no need to study or deal with these processes directly since there is a tool that makes search in Exchange absolutely simple and user-friendly – MAPILab Search for Exchange.

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Tracking mail merge in Word, Outlook and Publisher

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Please note, that email open rate tracking feature is currently not available, because of Google Universal Analytics being discontinued by Google.

Our team is currently working on this issue and developing a new version that will support email tracking features provided by the new Google Analytics 4 platform.

We are open to all suggestions and would appreciate it if you could share your usage case with our Support Team, by sending details on how you currently use this feature and what you expect from GA4 migration.

Make sure to connect with us on social media for all updates announcements: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

Measuring email campaign performance is an essential feature for bulk mailing. Mail Merge Toolkit allows tracking of mail merge using Google Analytics. Now it is possible to know if an email has been opened or read.

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How do I find the add-in Outlook after the installation?

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We sometimes get requests from our customers who downloaded and installed the add-in, but cannot locate program options in Outlook for some reason:
>> Have tried reinstalling several times. Setup seems to run correctly and confirms install. The program does no show up in Outlook.

>> We have downloaded the trial version of the add-in and have not found a way to make it work properly.

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How to print emails and attachments from Outlook: the basic useful facts

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Sometimes, a paper copy of your email or attachment is strongly required: quotes, invoices, contracts, arts, etc. The built-in facilities in Microsoft Outlook fulfill up to 80-85% of standard tasks in this area – the software let you operate with printing emails/attachments easily. If your business requires more advanced actions – additional apps will assist you to fulfill your needs. This brief article will just provide you a scope of answers regarding the most common things related with printing issues in Outlook. We will review the subject based on the latest Microsoft Outlook 2019. Also note, some of described below features are unavailable in the Outlook out-of-the-box, so we’ll illustrate them using our printing app – Print Tools for Outlook.

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What is a distribution list in Outlook and how to set it up

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Learn how to create and manage contact groups (formerly distribution lists) in Outlook 2016 with this super-quick guide.

Unlike ‘distribution list’, the new term ‘contact group’ is rather self-explanatory – in essence, it is a group of contacts in Outlook that you can manage as a single entity and easily set up group conversations or send mass emails without leaving anyone out. Invaluable for corporate communication, this feature enables you to reach out to specific departments, task forces, partners, and stakeholders.

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Smart mass-mailing with Send Personally in Microsoft Outlook 2019

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We released a major update of our popular program for sending numerous email messages from Outlook – Send Personally add-in.

It is now fully compatible with the new Microsoft Office 2019, but we also added several new features offered and requested by our customers: program Settings for notifications, custom folder and default macro values are added to the drop-down option list in the add-in toolbar at the message ribbon, with the new options you can:

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Out-of-office messages in Outlook: Setup and use

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Notifying your partners and customers about your current leave of absence is sometimes key to good communication. If you do not have the luxury of your own secretary and do not want to go through your inbox every evening on vacation, you can simply set up an automatic out-of-office reply that will notify its recipients about the time of your return.

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