We wouldn’t be ourselves, if we hadn’t fixed an issue with a 3rd party product and then shared it with the world. Many of our tools was initially created solely for our own needs, tested by us in a live environment as we grew from a small business to what we are now, and then turned into products that many of you use today. So… here we come with another tool for Outlook and iPhone/iPad aficionados.
We’ve heard from our fellow users that the iCloud feature from Apple™, which is meant to synchronize Outlook with iCloud, iPhone, iPad and other iCloud-compatible devices, is a great tool but does not really sync the stuff that you already have in Outlook but creates another set of folders.
To delve into the problem, we started using iCloud Control Panel together with Outlook for our own needs and soon we realized that our Outlook synchronization algorithms can quickly fix the issue. That’s how we came up with this:
CodeTwo Sync for iCloud enables you to automatically synchronize Microsoft Outlook folders with iCloud folders – the rest is in done by iCloud itself. The program will let you seamlessly synchronize Outlook calendar, tasks and contacts with your smartphone. And, as always, it’s easier and faster than you can imagine.
If you already use CodeTwo Public Folders for sharing Outlook folders between many computers, or are on an Exchange Server account with some public data stored in the Exchange public folders, you have probably already noticed that Outlook categories are not synchronized by means of these solutions. Luckily, there’s an easy way to sort it out. Long story short, all you have to do to solve this problem is equip your Outlook with a free extension called CodeTwo CatMan, the rest is very easy…
CodeTwo CatMan is a smart FREE Outlook add-in that allows sharing Outlook categories across many computers via a local connection or through the Internet. The program can be downloaded at no cost from www.codetwo.com.
Microsoft Outlook’s tasks feature is very powerful, but it isn’t as sexy and as convenient as most users would like it to be. Thus, scores of users resort to tasks and project tools that live outside Outlook. Maybe Outlook tasks would come in handy if they had more features and were more intuitive? Wouldn’t it be great to assign and track tasks or projects of the entire team still being inside Outlook together with all your email, calendars and contacts?
We simply took the default Outlook workflow and turned it into a comfortable, natural experience. Today we’re pulling back the curtain to reveal a new tool for Outlook – CodeTwo Task Workflow. This free and intuitive add-in lets you create and manage Outlook tasks and projects in an easy and intuitive way thanks to additional functions, revamped workflow view, substatuses, statistics and a bunch of other great functions. Just check it out for yourself:
As always, this free tool is totally adware free . No strings attached. Just freeeee… tools.
CodeTwo software solutions are inspired by users’ individual needs as well as our personal experience. Our main goal is to create usable applications that simply solve users’ problems instead of creating new issues for them. We do have our own imagination of how our programs function in customers’ environments but we also like to verify this vision with real-life examples. That’s why we have recently interviewed some of our customers – to find out how they utilize our programs and what problems they faced prior to installing CodeTwo software. All these individual stories can now be found in the Case Study section on each product page, but let’s take a look at a short summary here.
If your company uses a single POP3 email account for receiving general inquiries from customers and business partners, you’d probably like to know how to make it accessible for a larger group of employees via Microsoft Outlook. In this short tutorial I will show you how to create a shared company Inbox in Outlook without investing huge sums of money in servers and costly server-dedicated software. All you need to achieve this goal is the free trial version of CodeTwo Public Folders installed on all machines in your office.
To cut a long story short, CodeTwo Public Folders lets you create public folders in the Outlook folder tree that can be easily accessed by your office-mates from other PCs. It also allows sharing private Outlook folders with others and set detailed access rights for all shared items. Today we will cover only a small selection of use cases that this powerful collaboration tool has – a shared company inbox.
To see how to install CodeTwo Public Folders, watch this short video:
If you already have CodeTwo Public Folders installed on all machines in your network, we can move on to configuring the shared inbox.
Step 1
Choose one workstation in the office that will be responsible for receiving mail from your general email address (e.g. info@company.com) and configure an Outlook account on it that will use the general email address.
If you need any help with configuring a POP3 account in Outlook, you can use a free tool by CodeTwo, CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig that will do it for you automatically.
Step 2
Create a public mail folder in the C2PublicFolders folder tree that will receive data from your general email address and act as a common Inbox.
In the Administration Panel of CodeTwo Public Folders set access rights for the common Inbox according to your needs. The Administration Panel is located on the machine equipped with the Syncing Master. You will find it in the Windows Start Menu.
Ok, that’s it. Now all messages sent to your company’s general email address can be read and processed by all employees in the network, even though they use their individual email accounts in Outlook. All messages received by the PC configured in Step 1 will be synchronized in real time and visible in the common Inbox on all other machines. You can also choose to extend this feature by installing CodeTwo CatMan, the free Outlook category manager that will allow your workmates to assign statuses for messages, e.g. pending, processed etc. For more details watch the CodeTwo CatMan video:
The example described in this article is only one of many team work scenarios that can be applied using CodeTwo Public Folders. For more examples of application see the CodeTwo Public Folders product page.
If you are a Microsoft Outlook user you probably know a common problem with blocked attachments that you can neither open, nor save to your hdd.. The most common files of this type are: .exe, .bat, .asp, .url, gadget., .js, .reg etc. Outlook blocks these files automatically due to the security reasons and Microsoft’s strategy aiming to protect Outlook users from virus attacks. Nevertheless, this method is not always convenient and pretty often becomes unacceptable for some people. Unblocking disabled attachments is not an easy thing to do. There are numerous questions in this matter regularly posted by irritated users on social forums and IT blogs. So to save your time spent on digging in manuals and in advanced settings of the program, CodeTwo has created a quick and friendly application that immediately brings you back a control of all attachments coming to your inbox. The tool is called CodeTwo Attach Unblocker and is totally free of charge. The program has been successfully serving Outlook users for the last four years. Now we are happy to show you this handy add-on once again, as it has been improved.
What is new in CodeTwo Attach Unblocker 1.2.4?
Apart from a completely new, ‘refreshed’ user interface, the program is now independent from Outlook and can be launched and running even when Outlook is offline. The installation file automatically checks bit version of your Microsoft Outlook and installs a proper version. We have also eliminated a problem with Windows 2000 installation error.
To define the attachments types that you wish not to be blocked by Outlook anymore, you just need to create your own list by entering file extensions in a proper field (see a picture below). After restarting Outlook all attachments from your list will no longer be blocked and you will be able to open, save or forward them.
It’s been only three months since the premiere of CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro, our most advanced Exchange Server add-on so far, and we’re about to launch another new application that we hope you will find useful. This time the program is dedicated strictly to Outlook users. Our programmers have been developing it for past last couple of weeks and are now close to completing their work. I guess our team is like a rolling stone. We just need to do something new and challenging over and over again in order to stay satisfied :)
CodeTwo Outlook Sync will allow you to share Microsoft Outlook folders between two machines linked in a local network. Using it, you will be able to keep Outlook data in sync on two computers without the need of buying costly and complicated solutions designed for larger office networks. Sounds interesting? It looks even better. We can hardly wait to show it to you.
CodeTwo Outlook Sync is now being tested and the last improvements are currently implemented. Anytime soon the program will be available on our website in two versions: Freeware and Pro.
We have released a minor update to CodeTwo Public Folders, a cost effective Exchange Server alternative designed for sharing Outlook folders between multiple users. The latest version (4.6.2) has an improved activation and licensing mechanism. We recommend all users to download and install the latest fix.
The update is free of charge for all current CodeTwo Public Folders users. To update the currently used version, download and run the installer. Note that first the Syncing Master has to be updated, then the same procedure has to be applied to each of the Outlook Add-ins. Detailed information about upgrading the program can be found here.
Since we do a lot of applications for Outlook, we also use them in our everyday work. We use CodeTwo Public Folders and CodeTwo Exchange Rules. Some time ago we created a program for ultra-fast and automatic email account configuration. We love this app so much that we decided to share it with you! We have just released a free tool called CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig. It’s an amazingly easy application that automatically configures an email account in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail. If you want to use any of the above-mentioned email clients, you no longer need to know any technical details like SMTP and POP3 addresses, mail server port numbers, encryption methods, etc. Using CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig, you can create your email account in split second only by providing your email address.
Download CodeTwo Outlook AutoConfig and launch it. Enter your email address – a suggested Display name will appear beneath. Display name is what is shown to recipients instead of your full email address. Naturally, you can change the display name to anything you want, e.g. your name and surname.
Have you ever tried to buy a TV using Internet? If yes, than I assume what dilemmas came across your mind. What brand to choose? Should it be big or small? HD Ready or Full HD? What is HD actually?? Too many questions at once. Why not visit a proper discussion on the Web? There must be someone, who came through all of this before you:)
Here at CodeTwo, we know exactly how using different software can be difficult to users. We have learned it especially from our Technical Support experience. That’s why we’ve created Oulook-center.com – the online encyclopedia for all Microsoft Outlook topics. A place where all MS Outlook users can share tips, advises and solutions to the issues that bother their minds.
After joining the Forum, not only will you get the access to the instructive discussions but you will also become a member of a wide community of Outlook users who share their knowledge with others. Of course we won’t leave you alone with your problems. Our experts are always willing to answer your posts on the Forum.
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