Outlook Thread Compressor download now available

Outlook Thread Compressor - saved 100MB of redundant e-mail for me! Use with care!

Aaron Tiensivu's Blog — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:42:54 GMT

This tool originally was a long fabled internal Microsoft tool that finally has a somewhat proper "official" release to the web with plenty of warnings and caveats. It is an add-in for Outlook 2000/XP/2003/2007 which removes unnecessary emails, on the

re: Outlook Thread Compressor download now available

John Gilham — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:39:01 GMT

Thank you for releasing this great tool!

Outlook Thread Compressor – now available externally

Eileen Brown's WebLog — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:23:22 GMT

Ewan has finally gone ahead and posted this amazing tool externally .  Thousands of us have been

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Phillip Remaker — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:15:28 GMT

This just points out the fact that current Outlook and Exchange model for message storage and presentation is inappropriate for modern email usage. GMail already threads conversations and compresses out redundancies in the presentation while completely preserving timestamp and header information. GMail also does not face the "top-post" assumption inherent in thread compressor.

While this helps hide the deficiency of native Outlook, it should really serve as a broader call to action to the Microsoft Messaging architects.

re: Outlook Thread Compressor download now available

Ewan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:07:31 GMT

@Phillip Remaker... I think it's going to take a bit more than the way messages are displayed to act as a clarion call for messaging architects to dump Exchange in favour of GMail.

As it happens, Exchange & Outlook are both evolving the way threads are handled - but preserving the original messages as well as being able to show a summarised view. Keep an eye on Exchange/Office 2010 for more details if you're interested.

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prabhupr70 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:09:16 GMT

Will this run on archive PST file?

re: Outlook Thread Compressor download now available

Ewan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:46:53 GMT

Yes, it will run on PST files as well as Exchange mailboxes.