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raddevus3-Nov-20 8:11

3-Nov-20 8:11

+1 for the musical reply. Laugh | :laugh:

5teveH3-Nov-20 20:11

5teveH

3-Nov-20 20:11

raddevus wrote:
+1 for the musical reply.

and such a good one too. Love that song. What a great start to my morning. Smile | :)

Nelek3-Nov-20 10:08

Nelek

3-Nov-20 10:08

As Murphy said...

if it works at the first try... you did it wrong. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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raddevus3-Nov-20 10:21

3-Nov-20 10:21

Nelek wrote:
As Murphy said...

if it works at the first try... you did it wrong.

Now that makes sense to me! This will be my guiding principle from here on. Laugh | :laugh:

Gerry Schmitz3-Nov-20 17:11

Gerry Schmitz

3-Nov-20 17:11

Surprise-driven development.

It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food

raddevus4-Nov-20 2:38

4-Nov-20 2:38

Gerry Schmitz wrote:
Surprise-driven development.

SDD - The oldest and best Software Methodology! Laugh | :laugh:

agolddog4-Nov-20 3:40

agolddog

4-Nov-20 3:40

It's kinda like golf. Frustration, frustration, frustration...then you smoke a 3-wood and really enjoy it again...

raddevus4-Nov-20 3:57

4-Nov-20 3:57

agolddog wrote:
It's kinda like golf. Frustration, frustration, frustration...then you smoke a 3-wood and really enjoy it again...

Great comparison. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Really is very similar.
Just as you're about to give up on it for life, (and you've thrown a couple clubs into the frog pond) you make a nice shot.
"Well, I probably shouldn't quit now." Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Don Hughes4-Nov-20 4:18

Don Hughes

4-Nov-20 4:18

If it works the very first time you tried it, then you

definitely got something wrong that will come back and bite you on the ass in a few months.

raddevus4-Nov-20 5:05

4-Nov-20 5:05

Don Hughes wrote:
definitely got something wrong

Many people are posting this. Laugh | :laugh:

Steve Naidamast4-Nov-20 4:55

Steve Naidamast

4-Nov-20 4:55

If it works the first time through, there is definitely something wrong...

Smile | :)

Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com

New search in Outlook

Chris Maunder3-Nov-20 5:09

Chris Maunder

3-Nov-20 5:09

I noticed today that my Outlook now has a new searchbar. Evidently it's way better so I tried it.

Still the same endless progress dots.
Still the same blank results page even though I'm asking it to list emails from a single person whom I get about a billion emails a week from
No option to restrict the search to "this folder" instead of "this mailbox" (which massively improves performance)

So...a step backwards.

I use GMail and as I type it automatically suggestions refinements based on the results it's found in between key strokes. It's truly bizarre how bad outlook search is.

cheers
Chris Maunder

PIEBALDconsult3-Nov-20 5:13

PIEBALDconsult

3-Nov-20 5:13

Chris Maunder wrote:
results it's found in between key strokes.

I dislike that quite a bit.

Don't search until I tell you to search, dagnabit!

Also searches which only OR and never AND -- drives me nuts, totally useless.

Chris Maunder3-Nov-20 5:17

Chris Maunder

3-Nov-20 5:17

You dislike having results appear as you type?

That is curious.

cheers
Chris Maunder

PIEBALDconsult3-Nov-20 5:38

PIEBALDconsult

3-Nov-20 5:38

Of course.

"You need to cut the blue wire... but before you do that..."

Mycroft Holmes3-Nov-20 11:20

Mycroft Holmes

3-Nov-20 11:20

curmudgeon!

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

Greg Utas3-Nov-20 5:15

Greg Utas

3-Nov-20 5:15

Thanks for the heads-up. I noticed it a couple of days ago and wondered if it was too good to be true.

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OriginalGriff3-Nov-20 5:24

OriginalGriff

3-Nov-20 5:24

I just tried it, and it picked up 54 emails from you in my deleted items folder¹ out of the 8,575 items in there² pretty much immediately. Only niggle is that it won't show me which folder an item is in.

Are you IMAP or POP3? This was on my desktop, so it uses POP3 and downloads all emails to here to clear the server. The other devices use IMAP and leave it on the server for this machine to pull down. I really hate 500MB inboxes on the server! Laugh | :laugh:

1: Everything goes in there when it no longer needs comments, and isn't directly money related - not a slight at you or CP, I just like to keep the inbox for new and current items only.

2: About 3 months worth - I archive emails fairly regularly.

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Chris Maunder3-Nov-20 8:19

Chris Maunder

3-Nov-20 8:19

You're off my Christmas list.

cheers
Chris Maunder

OriginalGriff3-Nov-20 9:57

OriginalGriff

3-Nov-20 9:57

If it's any consolation, I have one user on my domain whose mailbox limit is currently 5GB, and I'll have to extend it soon as she's up to 83% full ... OMG | :OMG:

Nelek3-Nov-20 10:09

Nelek

3-Nov-20 10:09

Wouldn't be easier to ask her to delete some things?

Be careful, outlook used to have problems managing big pst files (4 Gb or so)

I don't know the new versions though

M.D.V.

Greg Utas3-Nov-20 10:18

Greg Utas

3-Nov-20 10:18

The easiest thing is to do nothing. Then the problem will soon take care of itself.

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OriginalGriff3-Nov-20 10:18

OriginalGriff

3-Nov-20 10:18

I've tried that before - it doesn't help as she can't decide what to get rid of ... Sigh | :sigh:

Dan Neely4-Nov-20 2:44

Dan Neely

4-Nov-20 2:44

My previous employer did an end run around that by banning local PST files, configuring the main serverside inbox to delete everything after a fixed period of time (6 months?), and creating a new serverside archival folder that started empty and had a relatively small cap (100mb) and then left it to employees to figure out what to save. D'Oh! | :doh:

Naturally no overhead was allowed to be charged for doing so. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

The bitter cynics - aka everyone still there - called it the evidence destruction policy behind senior managements back because we were convinced it was being driven in a reaction to previous legal problems. (The top lobbyist for our late congressvermin turned out to be a crook and the feds decided to look at all his clients.)

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Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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