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
Anonymous
12 Apr 2009 10:42 AM
John Gilham
13 Apr 2009 2:39 AM
Thank you for releasing this great tool!
Anonymous
20 Apr 2009 8:23 PM
Ewan has finally gone ahead and posted this amazing tool externally .  Thousands of us have been
Phillip Remaker
21 Apr 2009 2:15 AM
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.
22 Apr 2009 5:07 PM
@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.