Secure Email Signatures in Outlook 2010

Mark Berry April 8, 2013

I don’t come across Secure MIME (S/MIME) signed emails very often so I thought it might be interesting to post a few screenshots of what happens when you receive a signed email.

Copy Outlook Signatures to New Computer

Mark Berry April 20, 2011

Need to copy your Outlook signatures from one computer to another? Just copy the contents of this folder:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures

That %appdata% code will expand to the correct name for XP, Vista, or Windows 7.

Another way to get to that folder from Outlook is to go to Options > Mail Format Ctrl-click on the Signature button. That’s explained in more detail here.

This even works copying signatures from Outlook 2007 to 2010.

Consolidate Multiple Accounts in Outlook 2010

Mark Berry April 6, 2011

Outlook 2010 allows adding multiple Exchange accounts. But what if you want to save all mail in a primary account, but still send mail from secondary accounts? With some help from Microsoft Partner Support, here is a workaround.

Prevent Outside Parties from Scheduling Your Calendar

Mark Berry January 18, 2011

Ever receive an email with an Outlook calendar item attached, then find that the item appeared in your calendar without your permission? It turns out that by default, Outlook lets anybody in the world add items to your calendar as “tentative” appointments, whether you agree or not. I got instructions from Microsoft support on how to disable that “feature.”

Remove a Contact from an Outlook 2007 Distribution List

Mark Berry June 23, 2010

You may have learned the hard way that if you open a distribution list in Outlook 2007, highlight one contact, and click on Delete, the entire distribution list is deleted!

The trick is to click on Remove instead of Delete in the distribution list ribbon bar:

Tip:  if you do accidentally delete the entire distribution list, check you Deleted Items folder. If you’ve already cleared your Deleted Items contact MCB Systems. We may be able to restore the distribution list from a backup.