Understand Your E-Mail: Xobni

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A new, free plug-in module for Outlook called Xobni (pronounced 'ZOB-nee,' which is inbox spelled backwards) adds some social-networking and data-mining features to your existing Outlook e-mail. Once installed, it lives as a vertical panel on the right side of your Outlook screen and doesn't block or intrude upon Outlook's own panes or functions.

Xobni indexes all of your stored e-mail, starting with the most recent messages. Once your e-mail is indexed, the Xobni sidebar shows a profile of the sender for any e-mail you have selected in the message list in your inbox or other folders. Each profile is divided into different sections, including a search box that is much faster than Outlook's search function.

Other sections include the name of the sender for any e-mail you have selected, with a photo (if available), a phone number, and a bar chart showing how many e-mails you've received from that person, as well as times of day when that person appears to be most or least active on e-mail. Also included is the sender's e-mail network—other people included in e-mails to you, 'Conversations' which display e-mail threads (other e-mails you've exchanged with the sender), and a section which lists all the files that are attachments on received e-mails.

Give Xobni a try! It might make your Outlook e-mail more useful.

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Steve Anderson is a licensed agent who heads The Anderson Network, Inc., which provides consulting services on how to maximize profits using common sense technology. He can be reached at American Insurance Consultants, PO Box 42, Franklin, TN, 37065-1546, (615) 599-0085, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.SteveAnderson.com.
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