If there's anyone else out there in the world of corporate email, I highly recommend these (especially the second):
1. Delay sending messages.
Ever write an email, click send, and immediately regret it? Yeah, me too. Lots, actually. The second link above walks you through how to delay your emails from being sent for x minutes. I chose x = 2, because 2 minutes is usually long enough to find a horrendous typo or realize that I already have the answer to the question I'm asking. You can also put in an exception so that emails marked high importance are still sent immediately.
2. Remind me about the Subject field and ... Attachments!
This one is awesome. The first link above includes a post on how to install the macro (it's easy, I promise!). When you click the send button, Outlook does two things. The first is to check the Subject field. If it's empty, it provides a pop-up, reminding you to fill it in and asking if you'd still like to send the message.
The second (and far more useful, imho) is to scan the body of the message for the word 'attach'. If it finds it and there's no attachment on the email, it provides another pop-up, suggesting you add your attachment and asking if you'd still like to send the message!!
This is pure genius. It seems that for techie underlings everywhere 2/3 of all emails consist of
'See attached for the template you wanted scanned.'
Or something like that. Which is very quickly followed by,
'Oops. Here's the file, for real this time.'
A bit geeky compared to my typical posts (at least I hope so!), but it was one of the most helpful finds I've come across in awhile, so I thought I'd share! :)
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