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Clean up your Outlook inbox with Speedfiler
by Nitin Badjatia Mar 24th 2006 at 10:25AM
Like many of you, much of my daily work pattern revolves around Microsoft Outlook. Over the years, I've
grown accustomed to Outlook, and have an understanding of its strengths and limitations. One of the biggest
limitations has been the ability quickly file inbox messages. Outlook lets you build rules to auto fule stuff,
but those rules tend to be pretty rigid. Plus, I'm not a fan of auto filing, at minimum I want to glance at any
incoming subject line before I banish it to a sub-folder. Drag and drop is slow, and the built in filing command
isn't powerful enough to give you folder options as you search.
The last couple of days I've been
testing a new, tiny application called SpeedFiler. SpeedFiler
does one thing, and it does it well. The Outlook Add-in gracefully extends Outlook's filing command (Ctrl Shift
v) with a smart window that narrows your folder list as you type. This means you don't have to go searching for
the appropriate folder by scrolling through a huge list of folders. Nice. Need to get to a folder quickly?
Just begin typing the folder name in the SpeedFiler toolbar and optional folder names begin to autopopulate. Cool
stuff.
SpeedFiler can also be setup to request a folder to file sent mail, every time you send a message. SpeedFiler has quickly become a part of my routine. If you want to check it out, you can download a trial copy, valid for 30 days. To purchase, SpeedFiler will set you back $19.95
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim said 1:40PM on 3-24-2006
Yeah, this is a great program. It makes filing email so much faster. My only wish now is for a programmer to make a similar program for Windows Explorer. I'd love to be able to select several zip files or mp3's and easily move them to an appropriate folder. It would also be really cool to be able to get to any folder really quickly like this program.
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MIke said 2:11PM on 3-24-2006
Tim,
Try Access Folders from Shelltoys. I think it will what you want.
http://www.shelltoys.com/
Mike
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Tim Berger said 1:01AM on 3-25-2006
Access Folders is a decent program, but it's defintely not what I'm looking for. I want a program that indexes all your folders (just folders) and allows you to copy/move files easily and jump to folders quickly. Access Folders is just for going to specific folders that you manual setup. I want to jump to any folder or copy/move a file to any folder, quickly and easily by searching for it like SpeedFiler.
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