When I return to the Options screen I will see the name of my newly-created email profile at the top and almost all features will be unchecked. Because we all have our addresses in the format I will enter then uncheck the boxes next to New and Forward and click OK. A type of email profile for new/forwarded messages to my family.įor no.1 I click on Add and give it a name – e.g. A type of email profile for replying to coworkers For example, I’m going to create the above two examples: In the Change email profile screen you will be able to define other types of email profiles, such as “Reply to coworkers”, “New/Forward message to family” and so on easily, by clicking on ADD, then selecting to which type of emails the profile will be applied to (new ones or cases where you reply and/or forward a message).Īs in v3, you can configure email profiles based on your recipients’ addresses and create as many as you’d like. This is different from v3 of Bells&Whistles, where you could only set up specific Send Rules, thus customizing only a couple of the features our product was able to do. Tip: if you press the blue question mark at the right a short description of what that group of features does will appear.Īt the top, you can see the default, predefined email profile’s name – what this means is that whatever you customize in this screen will be added to the Everyone email profile and also, because it is defined for all NEW, REPLY and FORWARD types of emails, the options you checked will be applied to all types of email actions. Upon entering the Options screen, all the customizable fields are grouped by type.
#BELLS AND WHISTLES FOR OUTLOOK INSTALL#
*Please note that the following article on types of email profiles is provided using the Outlook 2010 interface, but Bells&Whistles works on almost all versions of Outlook (2000 and up) – the only difference is the placement of some buttons, that’s all!*Ĭreate email profiles for each type of situationĪfter you install Bells&Whistles for Outlook, you will be presented with a new ribbon in which you can access all its functions: I feel that it would be better to explain in greater detail just how Bells&Whistles handles the different email profiles and types of emails each user defines, how it actually works when compared to the last version and provide both our new and our existing users with a couple of useful tips. For each combination of the three, users can define an email profile with different settings. There are basically three types of email actions available: composing a NEW message, REPLYing to one and FORWARDing.
Bells&Whistles can now apply all customization options ( specific greetings, signatures, tracking IDs, attachment handling etc.) for each type of email action users can perform in Outlook. Since both its interface and the behavior system are quite different from the previous version, we received quite a number of emails from customers inquiring about the types of email profiles in Bells&Whistles, the different customization options and the Message recipient pop-up window (in which we take great pride – you’ll soon see why!).
As always, we strive to bring our users the best email experience possible, so version 4 features even more customization options than before, a more complete user experience with the help of various types of email profiles and better integration in Outlook. – advanced customizations for better email productivity –Ībout two weeks ago we launched the newest version of our award-winning Outlook add-in, Bells&Whistles.