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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Notify Users of the Space Their Deleted Items Folder Is Using?

January 28, 2009 Jan 28, 2009 01/28/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! My users seem to think that once they delete an e-mail message, it is gone. Most do not have the concept of going and emptying their Deleted Items folder. Using Windows PowerShell on Exchange, I can easily obtain a report from the server about how much space this stuff is taking up. I would like a script the users...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Determine How Many Office Outlook E-Mail Messages I Sent in a Week?

January 27, 2009 Jan 27, 2009 01/27/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! The Pointy Headed Boss (PHB) just got back from some kind of stupid management summit, and he has decided he needs to track our work activities more closely. As a result, we now have to give him a weekly progress report. Seems to me that, if he would pay attention, he would know what we do, but then that would ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use Windows PowerShell to Work with Junk E-Mail in Office Outlook?

January 26, 2009 Jan 26, 2009 01/26/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how many e-mail messages are in my Junk folder. I found a script that does this with VBScript, but I need to be able to do it in Windows PowerShell. I do not want to delete the junk e-mail, because there are times when it is not junk. But because Office Outlook automatically moves e-mail to the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a Hyperlink to a Microsoft Office Outlook Signature?

June 25, 2008 Jun 25, 2008 06/25/08
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to use a script to create a Microsoft Office Outlook signature, but I can’t figure out how to add a live hyperlink to that signature. Can you help?-- BK (image) (image) (image) Hey, BK. You know, it’s interesting that you mention signatures. During his last two trips to TechEd Orlando...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Open and Close Outlook Attachments?

June 24, 2008 Jun 24, 2008 06/24/08
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We recently implemented a scheme whereby Team Leads or Contract Sponsors may request server access for their Team members by submitting an Excel spreadsheet. To this end, I proposed a script that will open Outlook, look for items in the Inbox that contain a particular Subject line (we will pick the wording later) ...