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The lost art of the OOF
29 December 07 10:10 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Some time ago, I posted about how the ".sig" has faded from grandeur. I'd like to add the somewhat terminal dryness of the OOF message to that list, and propose a solution. OOF is a Microsoft term for Out of Office. It should really be OOO, Read More...

Filed under: Office, Outlook, Exchange, Humour

Careful what names you give to Outlook Contacts when using UM!
05 November 07 09:45 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

This is a follow up to Friday's post about what happens if you have Exchange Unified Messaging set up to send you notifications on missed call alerts (and on voicemail), using caller-ID to reverse lookup against the personal contacts folder. Stephen Spence Read More...

Filed under: Outlook, Unified Comms, Exchange, Humour

The lost art of the .sig
30 May 07 01:18 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Whatever happened to elaborate and amusing '.sig's? It used to be common practice to have a signature with some kind of witty/pithy quote appended at random to every email. Nowadays, the autosignature that most email programs can insert (such as Outlook's Read More...

Filed under: Outlook, Random Stuff, Exchange, Humour