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ReplyMate 1.0 - Email Productivity Outlook Add-On

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ReplyMate

ReplyMate

Heinz Tschabitscher

The Bottom Line

ReplyMate makes it easy to collect frequently used text, complete emails or even attachments and paste them to new messages or replies fast in Outlook.

Pros

  • ReplyMate lets you reply to more emails, better
  • Supports plain text, RTF and HTML, attachments
  • ReplyMate offers private and shared folders

Cons

  • ReplyMate requires Outlook 2000
  • No scripting or variables

Description

  • ReplyMate lets you build a knowledge base for email messages in Outlook.
  • Paste into replies or new messages using toolbar icons or keyboard shortcuts.
  • ReplyMate supports plain text, RTF and HTML as well as attachments.
  • ReplyMate can automatically insert customized salutions plus the recipient's name.
  • "Direct Send" delivers the email using the selected canned text immediately without editing.
  • "Hot Paste" text is immediately available from an Outlook toolbar icon.
  • ReplyMate offers personal and shared group folders.
  • ReplyMate supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and Outlook 2000/2/3.

Guide Review - ReplyMate 1.0 - Email Productivity Outlook Add-On

Typing the same replies to the same questions gets boring quickly, it is prone to spelling mistakes, and the replies often vary in quality. They are often unclear and thus require follow-ups.

ReplyMate solves these problems elegantly. This great time-saving tool lets you build a categorized knowledge base of often used replies, pieces of text (in plain text, RTF and HTML) and attachments that you can use in your Outlook messages with just a click.

Of course, ReplyMate lets you customize the canned text before sending (unfortunately it doesn't offer scripting or variables, though), but you can also have the replies delivered quickly without any questions. In a group, ReplyMate becomes even more useful with its support for shared folders.

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