http://www.empoweris.com Managed Network Services, Hardware, Software and Security Support Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.empoweris.com/2008/10/31/how-to-reset-an-ost-file/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/10/31/how-to-reset-an-ost-file/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:43:28 +0000 jholbrook http://www.empoweris.com/?p=290 To reset .ost files Start Outlook in Offline mode, and salvage desired items to an Outlook data file (.pst file). Start Outlook again, and select Connect to go online with the new Exchange database. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next. Click the Microsoft Exchange Server account, and then [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/10/31/how-to-reset-an-ost-file/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/06/18/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-demo-the-sales-process/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/06/18/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-demo-the-sales-process/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:49:12 +0000 jholbrook CRMmicrosoftoutlook http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=246 At Empower we are seening that quite a few small and medium sized businesses are either evaluating or adopting the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. It is a robust platform for may CRM processes and need. If you are asking yourself, what is Microsoft CRM, below is a quote from their site. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/06/18/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-demo-the-sales-process/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/05/13/how-to-reset-cache-mode-in-outlook-2007/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/05/13/how-to-reset-cache-mode-in-outlook-2007/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 14:59:30 +0000 jholbrook EmailExchange ServerOfficeOutlook 2007 http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=240 Cached Exchange Mode provides you with a better experience when you use a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account. A copy of your mailbox is stored on your computer. This copy provides quick access to your data and is frequently updated with the mail server. If you work offline, whether by choice or due to a connection [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/05/13/how-to-reset-cache-mode-in-outlook-2007/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/25/how-to-550-authentication-is-required-for-relay/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/25/how-to-550-authentication-is-required-for-relay/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:29:06 +0000 jholbrook EmailoutlookPOPsmartermailSMTP http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=225 The reason for this error is that your email server requires SMTP Authentication to send outgoing mail. In order to resolve this issue you will need to configure your email client such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, or Thunderbird so, that you are an authenticated user. For Outlook do the following: Click on the Tools menu Click on [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/25/how-to-550-authentication-is-required-for-relay/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/23/compliance-requirements-for-email-and-messaging-does-my-company-need-it/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/23/compliance-requirements-for-email-and-messaging-does-my-company-need-it/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:23:02 +0000 jholbrook businessCommunicationsComplianceData ProtectionExchangemessagingOfficeoutlookSecurity http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=226
What do organizations need in order to make e-mail communications compliant? The most important component is a corporate e-mail policy. Based on relevant laws for their industry, compliance or risk officers should create corporate messaging policies that include compliance measures. In addition to compliance with external legislation, companies also need to mitigate the risk of corporate [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/23/compliance-requirements-for-email-and-messaging-does-my-company-need-it/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/08/outlook-contacts-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/08/outlook-contacts-tips-and-tricks/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:03:50 +0000 jholbrook EmailExchangeoutlook http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=220 Had a client today asking about all the ways you can manage contacts in outlook. We had a nice 20 minute discussion. I told him I would see if I could find any additional information about contacts ont the web and post it to our blog. Therefore after a little searching on youtube, I came [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/08/outlook-contacts-tips-and-tricks/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/01/calendar-sharing-in-outlook-2007/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/01/calendar-sharing-in-outlook-2007/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:21:32 +0000 jholbrook calendarColaborationExchangeExchange ServerOfficeoutlookOutlook 2007Sharing http://weblog.empoweris.com/?p=216 Often users like to make their Outlook calendar available to others. We found a great tutorial on ways to share your outlook calendar including the use of internet calendars. ]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/04/01/calendar-sharing-in-outlook-2007/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/03/27/outlook-2007-calendar-sharing-demo-how-do-i-share-my-calendar-in-outlook-2007/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/03/27/outlook-2007-calendar-sharing-demo-how-do-i-share-my-calendar-in-outlook-2007/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:58:38 +0000 jholbrook ColaborationOfficeOffice Communicatoroutlook http://weblog.empoweris.com/2008/03/27/outlook-2007-calendar-sharing-demo-how-do-i-share-my-calendar-in-outlook-2007/ There are a lot of differences between Outlook ‘03 and ‘07 especially if you are using Exchange 2007. We found a clip of Youtube that goes over the differences. [youtube LYWM_7AIAXc Outlook 2003 vs. 2007] ]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/03/27/outlook-2007-calendar-sharing-demo-how-do-i-share-my-calendar-in-outlook-2007/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/01/25/why-is-winmaildat-blocked-what-is-winmaildat/ http://www.empoweris.com/2008/01/25/why-is-winmaildat-blocked-what-is-winmaildat/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:37:46 +0000 jholbrook dataEmailemail securityExchangemicrosoftoutlookwinmail http://weblog.empoweris.com/2008/01/25/why-is-winmaildat-blocked-what-is-winmaildat/ Email users sometimes find that they receive email messages with a strange file attached, called winmail.dat. When they attempt to open this file, either it can’t be opened at all, or it contains “garbage” data. The situation causing this is that people are using several different email client programs to receive, read, and send email.  Unfortunately, [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2008/01/25/why-is-winmaildat-blocked-what-is-winmaildat/feed/ http://www.empoweris.com/2007/12/05/how-to-setup-a-pop-account-in-outlook-2/ http://www.empoweris.com/2007/12/05/how-to-setup-a-pop-account-in-outlook-2/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:22:36 +0000 jholbrook EmailExchangehowtoInternetOfficeoutlookPOPsetup http://weblog.empoweris.com/2007/12/05/how-to-setup-a-pop-account-in-outlook-2/ Setup a POP account in Outlook POP is a protocol used to retrieve email messages from an Internet email server. Generally, when you use POP is it best to use it from one particular computer. When you download your messages, the POP email server stores them for your later retrieval. If you go to another computer [...]]]> http://www.empoweris.com/2007/12/05/how-to-setup-a-pop-account-in-outlook-2/feed/