HowTo Show sender’s e-mail address as a column in message view

In the message overview, Outlook only shows the Display Name of the person who has sent you the email. A request heard often is to also be able to set Outlook to show the e-mail address of the sender instead of just the name.

While there is no built-in support for this in Outlook, you can display the sender’s e-mail address as a column in the message list by using a custom form configuration file. Continue reading: Show sender’s e-mail address as a column in message view

HowTo Upgrading to Outlook 2010

Planning to upgrade to Outlook 2010? This guide contains a lot of preparation and other information to get yourself ready before you double click on that setup.exe file.

Aside from the preparation steps, this guide informs you about what to expect when you start Outlook 2010 for the first time after you upgraded and how to troubleshoot several issues you may encounter during or after the installation.

Furthermore, for those of you who need some transition time, you'll find a Ribbon-Customization-file in this guide to make the Outlook interface look similar to the one found in Outlook 2007. Continue reading: Upgrading to Outlook 2010

News Junk E-mail Filter updates for June 2010

New Junk E-mail Filter definitions have been made available for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

Download: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB983503)
Download: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB983486)

If you have Windows Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Windows Update or has already been updated automatically for you.

News OutlookTools 2.3 released

A new version of OutlookTools has been released. OutlookTools 2.3 has been updated to comply with the changes in Outlook 2010. It is still compatible with previous versions of Outlook as well of course.

OutlookTools is a support and advanced settings tool for Microsoft Office Outlook created by HowTo-Outlook. It gives you easy access to Outlook settings and data folders and allows you to change settings that are normally only possible through the registry.

Main Program Features

  • Easy access to Outlook settings and data folders.
  • Easy access to troubleshooting tools.
  • Start Outlook with a startup switch.
  • Clear the Most Recently Used lists.
  • Make the New Mail Alert stay up for longer than 30 seconds.
  • Unblock attachments.

Development for OutlookTools 3.0 is well underway as well, introducing lots of new features.
OutlookTools is free to use, but you can support its development by making a donation.

Download: OutlookTools 2.3