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My preferred Outlook Junk E-mail Settings

This came up this morning so I thought I’d take a second to speak to it. For one, this not is by any means complete. There are hundreds of ways to combat spam (SPF/SenderID, RBLs, Heuristics, White/Black/Gray/Red/Green lists, International suffixes, the list goes on). All I want to point out here is what I think …

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Farking A – Another reason to love OneNote

Maybe I knew this and forgot but either way I discovered (or rediscovered) it today… OneNote 2010 (over 2007) introduced Versioning and Recycle Bin (see here for the complete list and notes about what does/doesn’t work with OneNote 2007 folks – http://www.onenote-tips.com/tips/fileformat.html) Versioning Requirements OneNote 2010 OneNote File in 2010 mode (note, converting will mean …

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Bunch of great Microsoft eBooks available

Hey folks, A whole pile of great eBooks on topics like SharePoint, Office, Exchange, Lync, Azure, CRM, Duet and more are available at the links below.  All free, all legit. Enjoy. Part 1:  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx Part 2:  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/30/another-large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-and-resource-kits-for-you-including-sharepoint-2013-office-2013-office-365-duet-2-0-azure-cloud-windows-phone-lync-dynamics-crm-and-more.aspx

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Synching Outlook Tasks with the iPhone and iCloud

I wanted to synchronize my iPhone with my Outlook Tasks (that exist within our Exchange Server at the office).  I noticed a number of APPS in the App Store that had some really poor ratings (crap, abandoned, etc.). Then looking in the Apple Forums, I noticed a bunch of folks whining about how it didn’t …

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How to get the SMTP Message Headers in various Outlook Versions

If you are trying to determine the IP of the sender of a bullsh#t email message (A spammer), you’ll want to get the info from the message headers. Below are the various methods to get it as Outlook has changed the interface with every version. Note, you need the original message. If someone forwards a …

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Installing Office 2007 MODI (OCR Scanning) bits into your Office 2010

I’m filing this under SharePoint because it is relevant to wanting to scan into SharePoint (using say, Dark Blue Duck) and still being able to OCR documents as part of the scan. What Microsoft decided for some reason not to include OCR abilities in Office 2010 (yet had included it in Office 2007). Maybe a …

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It’s About You: Tell Microsoft How They’re Doing!

I have been asked by some friends at Microsoft Canada to post this article (and a few others). – Sean Every fall and spring, a survey goes out to a few hundred thousand IT folks in Canada asking what they think of Microsoft as a company. The information they get from this survey helps them …

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