First things first: Why am I posting so much today? Well, after my
vacation to Tonga, I was buried in email (1200 messages) that required answers,
not just deletion. That's 1200 with my filters on, with my rules going etc. When
I first came to Microsoft, I was overwhelmed, and I tried to respond to mail as
soon as it entered my inbox. What I soon learned is to work in a batch-oriented
process. Just while typing this blog entry, several mails have arrived. I will
get to them. Maybe, unconsciously I have found that I get better performance
when I follow the GC model of the .NET Framework. I mark and sweep, clean out
the objects, grabbing those that have been in memory for shortest time first and
freeing up their memory. Whatever. I am taking this way too far.
Anyway, I am catching up on things (I'm down to about 300 pre and
post vacation messages). This respite has given me the chance to catch up on a
few tasks. One of things I like is to have the BCC button appear on my default
mail form in Outlook. It is not there by default. To get it to appear, I just
add this registry key/value:
##########################
Warning: Altering the registry can cause problems
if done incorrectly.
If you are unsure about the registry or how to
alter it, you should not make changes using this method.
##########################
ShowBcc=dword:00000001
I add this to
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences
Rock on
