Incoming Mail Organizer v4.0
Incoming Mail Organizer 4.0 is now in beta for Outlook 2010 (both 32-bit and 64-bit). It has a new feature that puts up a “Close And File” button into the ribbon that when pressed, will cause the email to close and the add-in will ask you where to file the email. You can find more on the add-in’s page at http://www.SperrySoftware.com/Outlook/Incoming-Mail-Organizer.asp.
Reply To All Monitor released out of beta
Reply To All Monitor (which prompts you before you make a mistake by replying to everyone) has passed our beta testing phase and is now released.
In addition, Quick Text Hotkeys was also released out of beta.
They both support Outlook 2010 in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors.
Outlook 2010 64-bit
We’ve begun releasing Outlook 2010 64-bit versions of the add-ins. The add-ins are located on the Downloads page along with the 32-bit versions for Outlook 2010 and the older versions.
That said, I suddenly have a craving for everything 64-bit…it’s so fast. I mean, I’ve been using 64-bit versions of Windows 7 for about a year, but after having worked with 64-bit versions of Outlook 2010 over the last two weeks, I won’t be going back to Outlook 2007!
On a side note, the Outlook 2010 64-bit versions of the add-ins are now available on the downloads page (as free, fully functional 14 day trial versions).
More betas released!
We now have 26 Outlook 2010 betas in progress!
Three more Outlook add-ins (beta) available
Well, we tried to get a dozen, but but three more is better than zero! This week, we were able to add Quick Text Hotkeys (handy if you find yourself typing the same thing over and over, or for quick replies (as in click Reply, hit F5, click Send)), Insert Date/Time (useful for who’s modifying contacts in public folders), and Attachment Forget-Me-Not (which also checks for blank subjects). In an effort to keep our wishful thinking under control, we should get three more add-ins out next week, not a dozen. 
Outlook 2010 versions
We’re making great progress on our new Outlook 2010 versions - we now have a total of four add-ins available for testing, and we should get to about a dozen by the end of the week. This is due to the way Sperry Software add-ins all work - they depend on a framework (or engine) that performs the bulk of the operations any add-in is required to do. Once the issues regarding that framework are worked out, then we can start releasing the betas in quick succession. See the home page for the beta links if you’re interested.
Mailtips in Outlook 2010
The Microsoft Outlook Office Team has been posting and previewing some of the changes that are coming with Outlook 2010. There’s come pretty cool stuff coming down the pike! One in particular has us pretty excited - the feature called MailTips. Mailtips provides a functionality somewhat similar to our Safeguard Send, or our Attachment Forget-Me-Not add-ins. We think that this will go a long way to making sure that you are more productive than ever with email.
Recently we had a customer ask if we thought if Microsoft is stepping on our toes with the new Mailtips feature. After considering it, we decided that the answer is no. Here’s why:
Mailtips and our add-ins do not directly overlap - there are some features in Mailtips that are useful and not in any of our products (Moderated Contact Group, Invalid Recipient Address, Message Too Large For Recipient for instance). There are features that are in both (Restricted Recipient, Large Number of Recipients, External Recipient). Then there are the features that are only in our products (missing attachments, missing subjects, warn when using certain keywords).
In addition, our add-ins do not require Microsoft Exchange Server and they work in older versions (Outlook 2000 and higher).
So no, we do not think Microsoft is stepping on our toes, in fact we recommend moving to Outlook 2010 as soon as possible and think our add-ins will make a great compliment to your email platform.
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